Public Charity

ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM

ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM is a Public Charity headquartered in SCOTTSDALE, AZ. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $119.8M revenue, $108.6M expenses, $112.2M total assets. 302 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $277.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 541660459 SCOTTSDALE, AZ Civil Liberties NTEE: R60 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$119.8M
Total Expenses$108.6M
Total Assets$112.2M
Grant Records302
Funding Total$277.9M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM EXISTS TO KEEP THE DOOR OPEN FOR THE GOSPEL BY ADVANCING EVERY PERSON'S GOD-GIVEN RIGHT TO LIVE AND SPEAK THE TRUTH. WE CONTEND FOR THE TRUTH IN LAW, POLICY, AND THE PUBLIC SQUARE, AND EQUIP THE ALLIANCE TO DO THE SAME.

Where $100 goes at Alliance Defending Freedom

How Alliance Defending Freedom divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$77 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$13 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $77 for programs

$38
Legal advocacy
49% of program spending
$24
Allied support and training
31% of program spending
$15
Education
20% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Caleb Robinson
SVP OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Grant Dawson
SR COUNSEL, SVP CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT Jeremy Tedesco
CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL Jim Campbell
VP OF APPELLATE ADVOCACY, SR COUNSEL John Bursch
CHAIRMAN John Rogers

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Top Grant Purposes

Economic Development
$119,950,280 8 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$89,570,109 20 grants
General Support
$61,184,816 213 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$3,967,200 18 grants
Human & Social Services
$1,282,418 12 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $119.8M $108.6M $112.2M
2024 $110.7M $106.4M $102.8M
2023 $101.8M $97.1M $97.6M
2022 $104.5M $81.3M $85.1M
2021 $78.8M $67.1M $78.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $78.8M to $119.8M (+52%), with total assets most recently reported at $112.2M.

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