- Revenue 2024
- $1,311,239
- Expenses 2024
- $1,326,972
Program services were 41.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- R60
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 244 FIFTH AVENUE 1445
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
THE CORPORATION SEEKS TO UNITE LEADERS AND PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENTS FROM AUTHORITARIAN COUNTRIES BY SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO ENSURE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW, FACILITATE RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AND PROMOTE THE RESTORATION OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO UNITE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM. WE BUILD NETWORKS OF POLITICAL DISSIDENTS TO SHARE INTELLIGENCE AND STRATEGICALLY GROW PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENTS, SPEAK OUT AGAINST ABUSE, AND SUPPORT THOSE SUFFERING INJUSTICE. WE ARE BUILDING A WORLD OF HOPE, FREEDOM, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
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FINANCIAL FREEDOM - WE EDUCATE OUR MEMBERS ON THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS BITCOIN AND AI IN THE SERVICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, FINANCIAL FREEDOM, AND CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND ENSURE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS ACCESSIBLE AT SPEED.
Expenses $297,189
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POLITICAL PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK: WITH AN ESTIMATED ONE MILLION POLITICAL PRISONERS IN THE WORLD, THE NEED TO OFFER SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES IS URGENT. OUR POLITICAL PRISONER GUIDE HELPS PRISONERS AND THEIR FAMILIES NAVIGATE THESE MOST DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. IT IS A UNIQUE GUIDE WRITTEN BY PEOPLE WITH DIRECT EXPERIENCE IN CAMPAIGNING FOR UNLAWFULLY DETAINED FAMILY MEMBERS. THE GOAL OF THE YEAR 2024 WAS TO LAUNCH THE HANDBOOK: PATHWAY TO FREEDOM: HANDBOOK FOR THE LIBERATION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS. THE HANDBOOK WAS PRINTED IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND FRENCH AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE WEB PAGE TO BE USED BY THE POLITICAL PRISONERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
Expenses $163,307
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YOUTH LIBERTY CONGRESS: THE YLC BRINGS TOGETHER STUDENT LEADERS DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE WORLD. THEY ORGANIZED THE TEAM AND ELECTED THE YOUTH MEMBERS TO REPRESENT THEM IN THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE WLC, IN VILNIUS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ATTENDING 45 YOUNG LEADERS FROM UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE WORLD.
Expenses $59,008
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FREEDOM ACADEMY: WE BRING ACTIVISTS TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THE KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS, AND STRUCTURE VITAL FOR TAKING THE BATTLE TO AUTOCRATS AND DICTATORS. THE FIRST EVENT TOOK PLACE IN LUSAKA, ZAMBIA. WE TRAINED 56 ACTIVISTS FROM 19 AFRICAN COUNTRIES, DURING 5 DAYS. THE SECOND EVENT WAS IN HEREDIA, COSTA RICA, TO ATTEND 44 ACTIVISTS FROM 4 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES: NICARAGUA, CUBA, BOLIVIA, AND VENEZUELA, FOR 5 DAYS, COVERING ALL THE ISSUES PROGRAMMED TO PREPARE THE ACTIVISTS FOR THE NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE.
Expenses $36,696
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
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.
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Leopoldo Lopez MendozaLEOPOLDO LOPEZ MENDOZA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $127,000
- From this org
- $127,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 34
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Javier El-HageJAVIER EL-HAGE
CHAIRMAN/SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
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Masih AlinejadMASIH ALINEJAD
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
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Garry KasparovGARRY KASPAROV
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
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Alvaro SalasALVARO SALAS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
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Carmen Elisa HernandezCARMEN ELISA HERNANDEZ
CFO/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $39,857
- From this org
- $39,857
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 34
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $1,311,239
- Expenses
- $1,326,972
- Contributions
- $1,311,239
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,534,340
- Expenses
- $1,322,967
- Contributions
- $1,534,340
- Grants paid
- $0
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.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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$550,000
2023 WLC FREEDOM ACADEMY/WLC FLIGHT EXPENSES
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY
$253,707
2024 EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY
$160,488
2023 EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE
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2023 Economic Education
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Disregarded entities on its 2024 return
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WLC OPERATIONS LLC
TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM · DE · income $0 · assets $0
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
Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.
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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.