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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CITIZENS AGAINST LAWSUIT ABUSE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,640,700
Total expenses
$1,642,848
Contributions and grants received
$1,640,700
Grants paid
$5,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,852
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,852
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,585,355
Management and general expenses
$57,493
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,585,355

Program services were 96.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,640,700

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $42,567 · management and general $42,567

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,350 · management and general $8,350

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,147,517 · program services $1,147,517

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $264,916 · program services $264,916

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,849 · management and general $2,849

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $580 · management and general $580

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,177 · program services $9,177

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,638 · program services $5,638

  • 24a · Other expenses: Subscriptions

    total $35,963 · program services $32,816 · management and general $3,147

  • 24b · Other expenses: Direct mail

    total $5,591 · program services $5,591

  • 24c · Other expenses: Political contribution

    total $114,700 · program services $114,700

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $2,852

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $2,852

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CALA advocates for commonsense legal reform measures by educating the public about the devastating, real-world costs of lawsuit abuse on working families and small businesses.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CALA advocates for commonsense legal reform measures by educating the public about the devastating realworld costs of lawsuit abuse on working families and small businesses

  • 1.Throughout the tax year, CALA operated in the states of California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Texas, and West Virginia. CALAs Executive Directors for the operations in each of these states engaged in legislative advocacy to support or oppose key bills and policy outcomes that would have an impact on the civil justice landscape in respective state. This engagement varied from digital petitions, letters to lawmakers, and testimony at legislative hearings. 2.In those same states, CALA also hosted various events with small business owners and lawmakers throughout the state to encourage continued conversations about the impact of lawsuit abuse in local communities. CALA worked to amplify the stories of these small

    Expenses $1,585,355 · Grants $5,000

  • businessowners, many of whom face onerous legal battles over meritless claims threatening their livelihood. CALA also hosted press conferences in some of its target states to highlight the impact of lawsuit abuse on the local economy. 3.A large focus of the CALA program was educating the public on the localized impact of lawsuit abuse via reports, such as the Economic Impact Report that CALA releases annually. This report serves as an important tool to socialize and highlight the broad impact of lawsuit abuse with the public as well as lawmakers. 4.Throughout the course of the year, CALA also generated over 240 pieces of earned media content in local outlets throughout the states

  • of California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Texas, and West Virginia.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joe Petito

    DirectorSecretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • H Sherman Joyce

    DirectorPresident

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Woods

    DirectorTreasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503149349301785

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