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COMMON SENSE LEADERSHIP FUND INC

EIN 86-2883453 ARLINGTON, VA

Largest nonprofits in Virginia

Revenue 2024
$7,347,283
Expenses 2024
$5,852,759

Program services were 74.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
Street
PO BOX 231013

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

COMMON SENSE LEADERSHIP FUND IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES CONSERVATIVE POLICIES OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, LOWER TAXES, AND LESS REGULATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND GRASSROOTS MOBILIZATION EFFORTS TO EDUCATE CITIZENS AND INFLUENCE LEGISLATIVE AND POLICYMAKING OUTCOMES. THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE TELEVISION ADVERTISING, DIGITAL ADVERTISING, SURVEY RESEARCH, DIRECT MAIL, AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS, GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY, AND PRINT ADVERTISING.

  • THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND GRASSROOTS MOBILIZATION EFFORTS TO EDUCATE CITIZENS AND INFLUENCE LEGISLATIVE AND POLICYMAKING OUTCOMES. THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE TELEVISION ADVERTISING, DIGITAL ADVERTISING, SURVEY RESEARCH, DIRECT MAIL, AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS, GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY, AND PRINT ADVERTISING.

    Expenses $4,360,859 · Grants $350,000 · Revenue $12,283

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Kevin McLaughlin

    PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $330,089
    From this org
    $300,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,089
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,089
    Filer's total
    $330,089

  • Les Williamson

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $72,017
    From this org
    $60,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,017
    Hours/week
    15

  • Gov Haley Barbour

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Reed

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Parker Poling

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Hall

    DIGITAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $284,672
    From this org
    $250,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,672
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,672
    Filer's total
    $284,672

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $7,347,283
    Expenses
    $5,852,759
    Contributions
    $7,335,000
    Grants paid
    $350,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,190,000
    Expenses
    $4,607,689
    Contributions
    $3,190,000
    Grants paid
    $705,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,117,025
    Expenses
    $12,620,746
    Contributions
    $11,117,025
    Grants paid
    $1,700,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,581,544
    Expenses
    $14,461,070
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,128,633

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.