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AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC

EIN 54-1586817 VIRGINIA BCH, VA

Revenue 2024
$30,227,170
Expenses 2024
$29,880,238

Program services were 89.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R600
Classification
1000
Street
1000 REGENT UNIVERSITY DR

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).

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.

  • DR JAY SEKULOW ESQ

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • DENNIS BREWER ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REV WILLIAM HAYNES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS P MONAGHAN ESQ

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $549,601
    From this org
    $518,127
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,474
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $485,813
    Bonus
    $18,776
    Other
    $13,538
    Deferred
    $13,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,524
    Filer's total
    $549,601

  • HAROLD RAY ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES MURPHY ESQ

    VP OF ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $126,476
    From this org
    $98,568
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,908
    Hours/week
    30

  • GARY SEKULOW CPA CGMA

    VP OF FINANCE/CFO

    Total calculated
    $441,063
    From this org
    $403,374
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,689
    Hours/week
    30

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $387,618
    Bonus
    $15,007
    Other
    $749
    Deferred
    $13,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,739
    Filer's total
    $441,063

  • SHARON W ALFORD

    CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $279,279
    From this org
    $246,733
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,546
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,013
    Bonus
    $43,909
    Other
    $811
    Deferred
    $8,807
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,739
    Filer's total
    $279,279

  • MATTHEW CLARK ESQ

    SENIOR COUNSEL FOR DIGITAL

    Total calculated
    $544,619
    From this org
    $497,741
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,878
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $406,786
    Bonus
    $90,832
    Other
    $123
    Deferred
    $13,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,928
    Filer's total
    $544,619

  • DONN PARSONS ESQ

    CORPORATE COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $414,406
    From this org
    $399,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,862
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $363,286
    Bonus
    $36,135
    Other
    $123
    Deferred
    $7,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,512
    Filer's total
    $414,406

  • BEN SISNEY ESQ

    SENIOR COUNSEL FOR LITITGA

    Total calculated
    $479,688
    From this org
    $435,948
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,740
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $394,416
    Bonus
    $40,901
    Other
    $631
    Deferred
    $10,812
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,928
    Filer's total
    $479,688

  • HARRY HUTCHISON

    DIRECTOR OF POLICY & SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $413,890
    From this org
    $376,285
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,605
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $352,214
    Bonus
    $24,071
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,866
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,739
    Filer's total
    $413,890

  • CECE NOLAND-HEIL ESQ

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $418,270
    From this org
    $371,466
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,804
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $342,495
    Bonus
    $28,443
    Other
    $528
    Deferred
    $13,876
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,928
    Filer's total
    $418,270

  • MARC BRUGNONI

    MARKETING EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $377,340
    From this org
    $334,983
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,357
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,109
    Bonus
    $32,346
    Other
    $528
    Deferred
    $9,429
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,928
    Filer's total
    $377,340

  • CHRISTINA COMPAGNONE ESQ

    SENIOR MANAGING COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $344,167
    From this org
    $330,235
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,932
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $298,022
    Bonus
    $32,115
    Other
    $98
    Deferred
    $12,725
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,207
    Filer's total
    $344,167

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 — 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
    $30,227,170
    Expenses
    $29,880,238
    Contributions
    $22,831,855
    Grants paid
    $2,518,027
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $28,323,716
    Expenses
    $28,436,024
    Contributions
    $22,300,979
    Grants paid
    $2,225,456
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $27,031,908
    Expenses
    $26,886,769
    Contributions
    $26,529,144
    Grants paid
    $1,981,574

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

  • ACLJ - DC

    $922,793

    2024 TO SUPPORT AFFILIATED LEGAL ACTIVITIES.

  • ACLJ - DC

    $853,796

    2022 TO SUPPORT AFFILIATED LEGAL ACTIVITIES.

  • ACLJ - DC

    $853,796

    2023 TO SUPPORT AFFILIATED LEGAL ACTIVITIES.

  • ACLJ - MIDWEST

    $162,029

    2022 TO SUPPORT AFFILIATED LEGAL ACTIVITIES.

  • ACLJ - MIDWEST

    $150,236

    2023 TO SUPPORT AFFILIATED LEGAL ACTIVITIES.

  • ACLJ - MIDWEST

    $150,236

    2024 TO SUPPORT AFFILIATED LEGAL ACTIVITIES.

Where these grants went next →

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

Listed as of 10 September 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.