Funding search · EIN 541660459 · Scottsdale, AZ
Alliance Defending Freedom
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 127
- grants reported
- $22.5M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $20,766
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Top recipients
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- Alliance Defending Freedom International1 grant · $8.7M
- Adf International1 grant · $8.6M
- Adf Action2 grants · $1.0M
- Adf Action1 grant · $900,000
- Child & Parental Rights Campaign3 grants · $180,000
- Liberty Counsel1 grant · $150,000
- Ethics and Public Policy Center3 grants · $119,200
- Deforest Koscelnik & Berardinelli2 grants · $100,000
- Envisage Law1 grant · $96,852
- The Family Foundation of Virginia2 grants · $94,980
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 127 grants.
- $8.7M
Alliance Defending Freedom International · Lansdowne, VA · 2024
Operations support
- $8.6M
Adf International · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
Operations Support
- $900,000
Adf Action · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Operations support
- $822,186
Adf Action · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
Operations Support
- $185,000
Adf Action · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
Operations support
- $150,000
Liberty Counsel · Orlando, FL · 2023
Religious Liberty
- $96,852
Envisage Law · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Family values
- $85,000
Child & Parental Rights Campaign · Norcross, GA · 2021
Family Values
- $84,183
The Family Foundation of Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2021
Sanctity of Life
- $80,219
Consovoy McCarthy Pllc · Arlington, VA · 2024
Religious liberty
- $78,000
Ethics and Public Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2021
Family Values
- $75,000
Liberty Counsel · Orlando, FL · 2024
Religious liberty
- $65,000
Child & Parental Rights Campaign · Norcross, GA · 2022
Family Values
- $60,000
Institute for Patients Rights · New York, NY · 2023
Sanctity of Life
- $56,498
Dalton & Tomich Plc · Detroit, MI · 2023
Religious Liberty
- $55,000
Boyden Gray Pllc · Washington, DC · 2024
Religious liberty
- $55,000
Boyden Gray Pllc · Washington, DC · 2023
Family Values
- $55,000
American Freedom Law Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Religious Liberty
- $50,000
Deforest Koscelnik & Berardinelli · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Sanctity of Life
- $50,000
Deforest Koscelnik & Berardinelli · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Religious Liberty
- $50,000
County Citizens Defending Freedom - USA Foundation · Mulberry, FL · 2021
Religious Liberty
- $50,000
Women'S Libertation Front · Washington, DC · 2021
Religious Liberty
- $47,800
Ethics and Public Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Family values and religious liberty
- $46,835
Hershberger Law Office · Hanover, IN · 2022
Family Values
- $45,646
American Association of Prolife Obstetricians and Gynecologists · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Sanctity of Life
- $45,072
Kellum Law Firm · Memphis, TN · 2023
Family Values
- $42,396
Cooper & Kirk Pllc · Washington, DC · 2021
Religious Liberty
- $41,406
Wadleigh Starr & Peters Pllc · Machester, NH · 2021
Religious Liberty
- $40,050
Religious Freedom Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Religious Liberty
- $40,000
American College of Pediatricians · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Sanctity of Life
- $40,000
Life On Belay · Ofallon, MO · 2023
Religious Liberty
- $40,000
Patrick Henry College · Purceville, VA · 2022
Religious Liberty
- $40,000
Patrick Henry College · Purcellville, VA · 2021
Religious Liberty
- $36,060
Indiana Family Institute · Noblesville, IN · 2023
Family Values
- $33,100
Indiana Family Institute · Noblesville, IN · 2022
Religious Liberty
- $31,833
Dillon Pllc · Washington, DC · 2024
Religious liberty
- $31,760
Mauck & Baker Llc · Chicago, IL · 2022
Religious Liberty
- $31,637
Simms Showers Llp · Leesburg, VA · 2024
Sanctity of life
- $30,351
Fox Rothschild Llp · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Religious liberty
- $30,015
Women'S Liberation Front · Washington, DC · 2022
Religious Liberty
- $30,000
Bodanza & Bodanza Law Office · Leominster, MA · 2024
Family values
- $30,000
Child & Parental Rights Campaign · Norcross, GA · 2023
Family Values
- $30,000
Hixson & Brown Pc · West Des Moines, IA · 2021
Sanctity of Life
- $30,000
Kriegshauser Ney Law Group · Topeka, KS · 2021
Religious Liberty
- $29,968
Smith Appellate Law Firm Pllc · Washington, DC · 2022
Sanctity of Life
- $28,042
Smith Appellate Law Firm Pllc · Washington, DC · 2021
Sanctity of Life
- $28,000
Hostetter Law Group Llp · Enterprise, OR · 2024
Family values
- $27,726
Wadleigh Starr & Peters Pllc · Manchester, NH · 2024
Family values and religious liberty
- $27,387
Charlotte Lozier Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
Sanctity of Life
- $26,000
Ethics and Public Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Religious Liberty
- $25,130
Mauck & Baker Llc · Chicago, IL · 2023
Religious Liberty
- $25,066
Burke Law Group · Houston, TX · 2024
Family values
- $25,000
Child & Parental Rights Campaign · Peachtree Corners, GA · 2024
Family values
- $25,000
American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists · Eau Claire, MI · 2021
Sanctity of Life
- $25,000
Live Action · Arlington, VA · 2021
Sanctity of Life
- $25,000
Mauck & Baker Llc · Chicago, IL · 2021
Religious Liberty
- $25,000
Nussbaum Speir Gleason Pllc · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
Religious Liberty
- $24,935
Burke Law Group · Houston, TX · 2023
Religious Liberty
- $24,381
Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Sanctity of Life
- $22,726
Wagenmaker & Oberly Llc · Chicago, IL · 2024
Religious liberty and sanctity of life
- $21,820
Shreffler Law Pllc · Lakeville, MN · 2022
Religious Liberty
- $20,969
Dalton & Tomich Plc · Detroit, MI · 2024
Religious liberty
- $20,928
Frontline Policy Council (Georgia) · Newnan, GA · 2021
Religious Liberty
- $20,766
Reprotection · Louisville, KY · 2022
Sanctity of Life
- $20,000
Illumine Legal Llc · Denver, CO · 2024
Religious liberty
- $20,000
Murray-Nolan Berutti Llc · Clark, NJ · 2024
Family values
- $20,000
Canopy Global Foundation · Naples, FL · 2022
Sanctity of Life
- $20,000
Adams & Graham Llp · Harlingen, TX · 2021
Religious Liberty
- $19,500
Dalton & Tomich · Detroit, MI · 2021
Sanctity of Life
- $18,304
Orndorff Mowen Pllc · Scott Depot, WV · 2023
Religious Liberty
- $18,000
Harned Strategies Llc · Arlington, VA · 2024
Sanctity of life
- $17,733
Dakota Law Pllc · Lakeville, MN · 2024
Religious liberty
- $17,194
Lynch Murphy McLane Llp · Bend, OR · 2024
Religious liberty
- $17,000
Center for Arizona Policy · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Sanctity of Life
- $16,766
Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021
Sanctity of Life
- $15,990
Spero Law Llc · Charleston, SC · 2023
Family Values and Sanctity of Life
- $15,951
Wadleigh Starr & Peters Pllc · Manchester, NH · 2022
Family Values
- $15,200
Ethics and Public Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Sanctity of Life
- $15,000
Association of Pro Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists · Ft Wayne, IN · 2024
Sanctity of life
- $15,000
American Freedom Law Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Religious Liberty
- $15,000
Law Offices of Jonathan R Whitehead Llc · Lees Summit, MO · 2023
Family Values
- $14,324
Wadleigh Starr & Peters Pllc · Manchester, NH · 2023
Family Values
- $13,798
Demetrios K Stratis Llc · Fair Lawn, NJ · 2023
Sanctity of Life
- $13,522
Orndorff Mowen Pllc · Scott Depot, WV · 2024
Family values
- $13,366
John Paul Ii Shrine and Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Religious Liberty
- $13,326
Miller Johnson · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Religious liberty
- $13,128
Phelps Dunbar Llp · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022
Sanctity of Life
- $12,500
Edmunds Law Office Llc · Overland Park, KS · 2024
Religious liberty
- $12,000
John Paul Ii Shrine and Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Sanctity of life
- $11,430
Religious Freedom Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
Sanctity of Life
- $11,040
Law Office of Nic Cocis · Murrieta, CA · 2024
Sanctity of life
- $10,800
The Justice Foundation · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Sanctity of life
- $10,797
The Family Foundation of Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2022
Religious Liberty
- $10,610
Nelson Madden Black Llp · New York, NY · 2023
Religious Liberty
- $10,268
John Paul Ii Shrine and Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Sanctity of Life
- $10,060
Campbell Miller Payne Pllc · Dallas, TX · 2023
Religious Liberty
- $10,000
American Freedom Law Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Sanctity of life
- $10,000
Raymond M Adler Pc · Noblesville, IN · 2024
Religious liberty
- $10,000
Silent Majority Foundation · Pasco, WA · 2024
Religious liberty
- $10,000
Charitable Allies · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Sanctity of Life
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