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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CONSTRUCTION LEGAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,062,113
Total expenses
$1,293,309
Contributions and grants received
$949,550
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,031,638
Other revenue
$80,925
Total assets, end of year
$6,620,531
Total liabilities, end of year
$225,294
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,395,237
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $949,550

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $156,448 · excluded $156,448

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,060,475

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $5,185,285

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $875,190

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $875,190 · excluded $875,190

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $80,925 · excluded $80,925

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $80,925

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $87,341

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,494

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,913

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,555

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $701,844

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $56,619

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $17,969

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,595

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,702

  • 24a · Other expenses: ISSUE ADVOCACY COSTS

    total $323,668

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $66,609

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $388,748 · end of year $11,298

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,438,487 · end of year $1,938,553

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,142,018 · end of year $4,670,680

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $47,315 · end of year $126,134

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $100,378 · end of year $99,160

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,821,560 · end of year $6,395,237

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROTECT THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF ALL EMPLOYERS, USERS, AND EMPLOYEES TO WORK AND PARTICIPATE EQUALLY IN THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM WITHOUT FEAR OF VIOLENCE, INTIMIDATION OR DISCRIMINATION AS GUARANTEED TO SUCH EMPLOYERS, USERS, AND EMPLOYEES UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

  • TO FUND AND SUPPORT PRECEDENT-SETTING LEGAL ISSUES OR LEGAL ISSUES IN DEFENSE OF CONTRACTORS UNDER DIRECT ATTACK. THE LEGAL EFFORTS ARE AIMED AT PRESERVING AND ADVANCING MERIT SHOP CONSTRUCTION PRINCIPLES, WHICH INCLUDE OPEN COMPETITION AND A FREE-ENTERPRISE SYSTEM BASED SOLELY ON MERIT, REGARDLESS OF LABOR AFFILIATION. IN 2024, THE FOUNDATION TRUSTEES APPROVED 24 LEGAL APPLICATIONS.

  • TO FUND ABC NATIONAL, CHAPTER AND MEMBER EFFORTS TO ENSURE FAIR AND OPEN COMPETITION FOR TAXPAYER FUNDED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ISSUE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS. IN 2024, THE FOUNDATION TRUSTEES APPROVED 6 ISSUE ADVOCACY APPLICATION.

  • THE FOUNDATION ALSO PROVIDES "RAPID RESPONSE" FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY THREATS TO MERIT SHOP CONSTRUCTION IN THE FORM OF ANTI-COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT POLICIES OR REQUIREMENTS OF GOVERNMENTAL OR PRIVATE ENTITIES. IN 2024, THE FOUNDATION TRUSTEES APPROVED 0 RAPID RESPONSE ISSUE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DAVID CHAPIN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • PHILLIP HOPPMAN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • THOMAS MISTICK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ART ODOM

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL KOLAKOWSKI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRAD AUSTIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHUCK GOODRICH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIM KEATING

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT MACDANIELS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WADE POPE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GEORGE R NASH JR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GARY RODEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513169349308211

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