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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ADVOCATES FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,012,590
Total expenses
$671,950
Contributions and grants received
$1,010,421
Grants paid
$25,000
Program service revenue
$1,440
Investment income
$729
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$488,183
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$488,183
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$521,586
Management and general expenses
$90,193
Fundraising expenses
$60,171
Program service expenses (Part III)
$521,586

Program services were 77.6% 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

    $1,010,421

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Publication Sales

    total $1,440 · related or exempt $1,440

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $729 · excluded $729

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $25,000 · program services $25,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,820 · management and general $2,820

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $368,883 · program services $233,902 · management and general $80,989 · fundraising $53,992

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $65,695 · program services $65,695

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $46,751 · program services $35,067 · management and general $5,558 · fundraising $6,126

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $155,397 · program services $155,397

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,853 · program services $4,974 · management and general $826 · fundraising $53

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,551 · program services $1,551

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $169,829 · end of year $488,183

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $12,500 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $34,786 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $147,543 · end of year $488,183

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To educate the general public about the political map and libertarian philosophy; to teach communications skills to libertarians, free market advocates and civil libertarians.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To bring about a free society by empowering those who love liberty- See Part III and Sch O

  • Digital Outreach: Attracted 878,000 new visitors to our website theadvocates.org, with over 2.4 million unique pageviews. Our World's Smallest Political Quiz, which educates students, teachers, and the general public about five distinct political philosophies, was taken by 540,000 unique users at our website. Across social media platforms, we reached an audience of more than 50 million people with our digital content.

    Expenses $261,314

  • Other Content and Programming:Improved our website, theadvocates.org and expanded our "Quiz Engagement Program" to include more information for audiences to understand and compare their political viewpoints. Released new political opinion surveys to gauge the public's views and opinions about important civic and social issues; the results are shared with and available to the general public.

    Expenses $245,971 · Grants $25,000

  • Other Educational Programs:Distributed Operation: Politically Homeless kits to various nonpartisan individuals and student activist groups for use in educating the public about libertarian ideas and important civic issues. Each kit reaches an average of several hundreds of individuals. Sold or distributed outreach materials including quiz cards, posters, books, and other supplementary educational materials to teachers and educators.

    Expenses $14,301 · Revenue $1,440

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Chris Rufer

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 22 related

  • Michael Sertic

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

  • Emily Henkel

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 42 related

  • Karrie Rufer

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related

  • Todd Rufer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513149349305316

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