EIN 94-3037261

American Center for Law and Justice

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
12
Year formed
1986
Most recent tax filings
2023-12-01
Description
A non-profit organization promoting the God-given rights of religious freedom and free speech through education, litigation, and media services.
Also known as...
Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism
Total revenues
$67,919,815
2023
Total expenses
$61,423,113
2023
Total assets
$95,256,984
2023
Num. employees
12
2023

Program areas at American Center for Law and Justice

Information and education - Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism, Inc. (case) is a not-for-profit organization specifically dedicated to the ideal that religious freedom and freedom of speech are inalienable god-given rights. The purpose of case is to educate, promulgate, conciliate and where necessary, litigate to ensure that those rights are protected under the Law. Membership in the organization is free and members receive e-mail updates periodically. Membership provides opportunities for members to join with other members to make their voices heard. The educational department sent out 12,857,468 pieces of informational mail to members and individuals who requested information regarding our exempt functions and purposes. The website is for members, press, educators, and the legal community as well. Over 516,493,370 informational emails were sent to members and individuals. Over 5,329,693 unique internet users visited our website. Page views for 2023 totaled 14,513,366 for the website aclj.org. Our organization's facebook likes total over 8,430,000 and we have over 885,000 twitter followers. 2023 facebook live views were over 4,478,784. Youtube views were over 25.5 million. Rumble unique view were over 5.86 million. Our daily call-in radio program is heard on over 746 outlets nationwide plus xm satellite. Our weekend radio show is heard in 517 outlets nationwide. Our one minute informational feature, Law and Justice, is carried by over 651 radio stations.
Media services - the organization's media and educational divisions consist of four nationally broadcast radio shows that are currently aired on major radio stations in the united states of america and canada. Our weekly tv show, aclj this week, is seen on 272 full power and low power stations as part of the trinity broadcast network. In 2023, our show was also being broadcasted internationally on the trinity broadcast network's 78 satellites and over 18,000 television and cable affilates worldwide. Tbn through their network stations and satellite broadcast has a reach of 175 nations on over 30 networks and 2 billion viewers every day. Our legal programs include numerous trial and district court, court of appeals and us supreme court cases as well as numerous demand letters and interventions on behalf of individuals who religious rights may have been violated. As always there are no legal fees charged to those individuals represented by our lawyers. Our legal grants provide the necessary legal expertise in a variety of cases involving our exempt purposes as well as training of lawyers in the field of constitutional Law and religious freedoms.
Legal services - our legal programs include numerous trial and district court, court of appeals and us supreme court cases as well as numerous demand letters and interventions on behalf of individuals who religious rights may have been violated. As always there are no legal fees charged to those individuals represented by our lawyers. Our legal grants provide the necessary legal expertise in a variety of cases involving our exempt purposes as well as training of lawyers in the field of constitutional Law and religious freedoms. Our chief counsel is a leading expert in first amendment Law and a number 1 new york times best selling author. He has appeared on numerous television and radio shows as a constitutional Law expert. Mr. sekulow regularly appears on fox news, fox news business, hannity, cbn, cbs, abc, nbc and other shows. Jordan sekulow is also an expert in international human rights and appears regularly on fox news, fox news business, cbn, tbn, hannity and others.

Grants made by American Center for Law and Justice

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Aclj - National (ACLJ)Litigation/legal Research$24,992,428
Law and Justice InstituteEducation$324,350
Aclj ActionLobbying Activities$100,000

Who funds American Center for Law and Justice

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding TrustUnrestricted General Support$85,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$75,980
The US Charitable Gift TrustFor Recipient's Exempt Purpose$21,250
...and 7 more grants received

Personnel at American Center for Law and Justice

NameTitleCompensation
Gary Sekulow CpacgmaChief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer$583,485
Adam SekulowVice President of Finance$433,820
Jason LynchFacilities Manager$140,877
Sharon AlfordController$135,535
Pam SekulowSecretary and Treasurer and Director$0
...and 4 more key personnel

Financials for American Center for Law and Justice

RevenuesFYE 12/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$65,222,489
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$1,306,463
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$19,425
Net rental income$52,583
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$1,163,500
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$155,355
Total revenues$67,919,815

Form 990s for American Center for Law and Justice

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-122024-07-25990View PDF
2022-122023-05-15990View PDF
2021-122022-08-10990View PDF
2020-122021-07-07990View PDF
2019-122020-10-09990View PDF
...and 11 more Form 990s

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Data update history
September 1, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
September 1, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
August 26, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
July 9, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $21,250 from The US Charitable Gift Trust
July 24, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsHuman rights organizationsCivil rights and social justice organizationsHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Human rights
Characteristics
ChristianReligiousProvides grantsLobbyingNational levelTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
1595 Mallory LN
Brentwood, TN 37027
Metro area
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
County
Williamson County, TN
Website URL
aclj.org/ 
Phone
(770) 414-1404
Facebook page
theACLJ 
Twitter profile
@aclj 
IRS details
EIN
94-3037261
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1986
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
R60: Civil Liberties Advocacy
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Central organization
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