Liabilities / Assets
60th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
EIN 52-1260322 • Vienna, VA
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
Liabilities / Assets
60th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Liabilities / Revenue
62nd percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
74th percentile
Higher net margin than 74% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
81st percentile
Higher top officer pay than 81% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Revenue Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Assets
$8,488
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Liabilities
$0
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Assets
$8,488
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Revenue
$42,230
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Expenses
$33,810
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Income
$8,420
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Most recent year
2017 • Form 990EZXML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.
Defense of the U.S. Constitution and individual rights
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Participated in 32 amicus briefs on cases involving the U.S. Constitution, statutory interpretation, or public policy. | $0 | $31,500 |
| Sponsored four articles on matters of public policy. | $0 | $1,250 |
| Maintained a website. | $0 | $818 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence D Pratt | President And Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| James W Clymer | Vice President And Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| William J Olson | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
“Description;Amount^Website;817|Bank service charges;41|Wire transfer fee;19|Deposit slips;9^Total;886^”
“The organization made payments of $31,500.00 during 2017 to the William J. Olson, P.C. law firm for shares of the fees and expenses incurred in the preparation and filing of 32 amicus briefs regarding various public policy issues of concern to the organization. William J. Olson, who serves as a director of the organization, is the President of the William J. Olson, P.C. law firm.”
“The organization amended the corporate purposes in its Articles of Incorporation to reflect more fully its legal defense and educational activities as described herein, and as previously reported on its IRS 2002 Form 990, 2003 Form 990, and 2004 Form 990, after which the organization was entitled to file IRS Forms 990-N, as follows: "Section 1: The objects and purposes for which the Corporation is exclusively organized and shall operate are: to defend limitations on government provided for in the United States and state constitutions as well as in natural law and common law; to protect rights recognized and protected in the United States and state constitutions, including the right of individuals to make their own healthcare choices, to the free exercise of religion, and to participate fully in the affairs of this Constitutional Republic; to support traditional, family, and Biblical values through research, education, briefing, litigation, and assisting and working with other organizations which qualify as organizations tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3), or successor Section of the Internal Revenue Code which share the same goals."”
This appendix keeps the raw XML leaves available for debugging and edge-case review. The human report above is the primary experience.
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | Description;Amount^Website;817|Bank service charges;41|Wire transfer fee;19|Deposit slips;9^Total;886^ |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 1 | The organization made payments of $31,500.00 during 2017 to the William J. Olson, P.C. law firm for shares of the fees and expenses incurred in the preparation and filing of 32 amicus briefs regarding various public policy issues of concern to the organization. William J. Olson, who serves as a director of the organization, is the President of the William J. Olson, P.C. law firm. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 2 | The organization amended the corporate purposes in its Articles of Incorporation to reflect more fully its legal defense and educational activities as described herein, and as previously reported on its IRS 2002 Form 990, 2003 Form 990, and 2004 Form 990, after which the organization was entitled to file IRS Forms 990-N, as follows: "Section 1: The objects and purposes for which the Corporation is exclusively organized and shall operate are: to defend limitations on government provided for in the United States and state constitutions as well as in natural law and common law; to protect rights recognized and protected in the United States and state constitutions, including the right of individuals to make their own healthcare choices, to the free exercise of religion, and to participate fully in the affairs of this Constitutional Republic; to support traditional, family, and Biblical values through research, education, briefing, litigation, and assisting and working with other organizations which qualify as organizations tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3), or successor Section of the Internal Revenue Code which share the same goals." |
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 1 | Form 990-EZ, Part IV |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 2 | Form 990-EZ, Part V, Line 34 |
| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd | 0 | 1 |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/PersonNm | 0 | Lawrence D Pratt |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/PersonTitleTxt | 0 | President |
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| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/SignatureDt | 0 | 2018-11-15 |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/BusinessName/BusinessNameLine1Txt | 0 | CONSERVATIVE LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND |
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| ReturnHeader/Filer/USAddress/CityNm | 0 | Vienna |
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| ReturnHeader/PreparerFirmGrp/PreparerUSAddress/ZIPCd | 0 | 221805615 |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerPersonGrp/PhoneNum | 0 | 7033565070 |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerPersonGrp/PreparationDt | 0 | 2018-11-14 |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerPersonGrp/PreparerPersonNm | 0 | William J Olson |
| ReturnHeader/ReturnTs | 0 | 2018-11-15T19:09:51-07:00 |
| ReturnHeader/ReturnTypeCd | 0 | 990EZ |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodBeginDt | 0 | 2017-01-01 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodEndDt | 0 | 2017-12-31 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxYr | 0 | 2017 |
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