LIBERTY COUNSEL INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization
LIBERTY COUNSEL INC (EIN 59-2986294)
Tax period
2011-07-01 to 2012-06-30
Filed
2012-11-05
IRS object ID
201203109349301315
Schema version
2011v1.2
Source
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Mission Description(See Schedule O for description.)Liberty Counsel is an international nonprofit litigation, education, and policy organization founded in 1989. With offices in Florida, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and an outreach in Israel, Liberty Counsel has hundreds of advocates around the world. Liberty Counsel's mission of advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of human life, and the family is accomplished by providing pro bono litigation and education on these and related topics.MissionDescription
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DescriptionLITIGATION: (See Schedule O for description.)Liberty Counsel staff includes attorneys who assist individuals, organizations, and churches on a pro bono basis with legal issues regarding religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, and the family. Liberty Counsel is committed to representing clients without regard to their ability to pay. Without assistance, most clients could not afford to assert their constitutional rights in court. Liberty Counsel handled more than 1,200 telephone calls for legal assistance during the past fiscal year. A total of 78 cases are currently in active litigation or pre-suit status under Liberty Counsel management. Although the vast majority of legal situations brought to Liberty Counsel are resolved without litigation, others are filed in federal and state courts across the United States. Litigation that is publicized through our media outreach also serves an educational purpose to the public. Quality in litigation is of paramount importance to Liberty Counsel, especially since most of the cases falling within its mission are likely to create important legal precedent for future cases. In his well-documented doctoral dissertation, Professor Hans Hacker concluded that Liberty Counsel accomplishes more with its resources than any other similar legal organization.The following brief synopsis of the hundreds of cases and other legal actions Liberty Counsel undertook in Fiscal Year 2011-2012 is just a sampling of the actual volume of activities. The highlights of Liberty Counsel's activities listed below illustrate its motto: Restoring the Culture by Advancing Religious Freedom, the Sanctity of Human Life, and the Family.Advancing Religious Freedom:Liberty Counsel is involved in numerous precedent-setting cases and handled hundreds of legal issues in its mission to advance religious freedom. Some major highlights include: Stopped the ACLU's intimidation of the Santa Rosa County School District in Florida after two and a half years of intense litigation and restored religious freedom to teachers, staff, students, and members of the community. Obtained court-awarded sanctions amounting to tens of thousands of dollars at both the trial and appellate courts against a Florida attorney who repeatedly filed multiple frivolous and hostile lawsuits against a ministry to the Jewish community. Defended the Dixie County, Florida, Open Forum Policy in a federal court of appeals. The Policy allows private displays of law and history, including the Ten Commandments, outside the courthouse. Successfully concluded an intensive legal defense of the Giles County, Virginia, school board after a high school was sued for posting a donated "Foundations of American Law and Government" display and other historical documents that included the Ten Commandments. Exonerated a high school freshman who was wrongfully given an in-school suspension for sharing his Christian beliefs about homosexuality. The district issued a letter fully vindicating the student's First Amendment right to freedom of religious expression. Successfully defended Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) by causing Pajaro Valley Unified School District in California to retract its prohibition of the word "Bible" on the CEF flyers. Stopped the Clay County School District from interfering with constitutionally protected prayer at the flagpole by students, teachers, and community members prior to the start of the school day. Successfully defended Child Evangelism Fellowship against religious bigotry, resulting in the Midlothian, Texas, school district repaying hundreds of dollars to CEF that were charged illegally. Filed a federal lawsuit against Seaside, Oregon, for denying access to the city library for an educational meeting that included religious content. The city eventually settled, granting access and paying damages and attorney's fees. After winning an appeal and following extensive litigation, successfully defended a Florida couple fired from their property management job and evicted from their management apartment, who were told they were "too religious" for displaying in their office a picture of a lily with part of a verse from the Book of Matthew ("Consider the lilies..."), and settled the case for $76,250.Advancing the Sanctity of Human Life: Liberty Counsel has fought for the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death. The following is a sample of Liberty Counsel's actions during the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Liberty Counsel filed the nation's first private lawsuit against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("ObamaCare") in 2010, challenging the individual and employer mandates, became the first to argue the case at a federal court of appeals, and filed two briefs before the United States Supreme Court. Successfully defended a pro-life sidewalk counselor and obtained a dismissal after two years of federal litigation. The court chastised the government for conspiring with the abortion clinic and filing the case without any evidence, which resulted in the Department of Justice having to pay $120,000. Successfully defended Mississippi's Personhood Amendment at the state Supreme Court against the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and the Center for Reproductive Rights, thus allowing the citizens the right to vote to amend the state constitution to protect human life from the moment of conception. Successfully defended the Oklahoma Personhood Amendment against Planned Parenthood and paved the way for the citizen initiative to move forward. Filed a significant amicus brief in the Alabama Supreme Court in the case of Ankrom v. State of Alabama, tracing through history the protections afforded to unborn children in a case involving chemical endangerment of unborn children who are exposed to illegal drugs in utero.Advancing Family Values: Here are a few cases and situations involving family issues that required Liberty Counsel involvement during the past fiscal year. Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief and won a precedent-setting case at the Ohio Supreme Court that protected a biological mother from losing custody to a former same-sex partner. Filed suit at the New York Supreme Court against a new same-sex marriage law in response to the legislature's violations of the state's constitution and legal procedures. Successfully represented a 2010 "Teacher of the Year" in Florida, who, after 22 years of teaching, was suspended from his classroom for expressing disapproval of New York's same-sex marriage law on his personal Facebook page. Buell was reinstated and returned to his classroom. Filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court defending the broadcast decency laws against a lawsuit filed by broadcast networks seeking the right to broadcast indecent programming. Defended the Defense of Marriage Act against an initiative led by senators who wanted to overturn the law defining marriage as one woman and one man. Took on the defense of a Massachusetts pastor against a federal lawsuit by a foreign group called Sexual Minorities of Uganda, represented by a radical leftist legal organization partially financed by George Soros, which is attempting to use international law claiming "crimes against humanity" because the pastor spoke in the foreign country against homosexuality and pornography.Description

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DescriptionEDUCATION: (See Schedule O for description.)Liberty Counsel also advances its mission through educational activities involving publications, radio, television, the internet and other media, public speaking, conferences, internships, and other programs. Liberty Counsel was the primary sponsor and organizer of The Awakening 2012 in Central Florida, with over 60 prominent speakers celebrating the theme - "Uniting Our Voices Around Shared Values: Turning Voices into Votes." Many remarked it was the best event they ever attended. The organization cosponsored the educational portion of the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., with a record crowd of over 3,000; cosponsored the American Association of Christian Counselors World Conference with 6,500 attendees; conducted many conferences to educate teachers and public school administrators on how to integrate American values and history into their curricula; hosted thousands of activists in several states at Awake! events to integrate faith and social change; and participated in the Restoring Courage event in Jerusalem, Israel, outside the Southern Wall of the Old City, by recognizing honorees for their faith, hope, and charity. Liberty Counsel expanded the Ninth Annual Day of Purity to 37 nations and nearly 1,000 schools and successfully obtained the first city Proclamation of the Day of Purity, which educates and encourages youth to commit to sexual purity. Launched the Tenth Annual Friend or Foe Graduation Prayer Campaign to educate and, when necessary, litigate to ensure that prayer and religious viewpoints are not censored from graduation. Launched the Ninth Annual Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign to educate and, if necessary, litigate to keep Christmas from being censored and expanded the "Naughty & Nice" list that catalogs retailers which recognize or censor Christmas. Liberty Counsel partnered with the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) to mobilize the Hispanic community to advance Biblical values. Women Impacting the Nation (W.I.N.) became a project of Liberty Counsel and is expanding to educate and equip women on issues that impact faith, families, and freedom through conferences, W.I.N. Talks, and W.I.N. chapter meetings.Liberty Counsel's Founder and Chairman continued to serve with a national panel of legal experts on The Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations. The panel addresses key legal issues affecting nonprofit organizations, such as the current prohibition against political campaign intervention by churches and other nonprofit organizations.PublicationsLiberty Counsel memoranda and research papers have been relied upon by legislators, and prepared testimony has been entered into the Congressional Record. Liberty Counsel launched a project to publish books and educational material on American history, the Founding Fathers, first principles, and Christian citizen activism through New Revolution Publishers. Launched the FF Social 2.0 Internet platform and FF Mobile smart phone application with GPS capability to locate events, support blogging, and for social networking. During the past fiscal year, Liberty Counsel distributed more than 400,000 pieces of printed material pertaining to religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, and the family. The organization provides free copies of many educational publications to countless individuals via its website, LC.org. It is impossible to measure how many educational materials are downloaded and printed for free from the website. Liberty Counsel published and mailed a monthly letter and additional periodic update to more than 25,000 individuals and organizations to provide education on topics related to our purpose. Additional educational mailings were sent to more than 1.2 million individuals through periodic mailing programs. The organization sends educational Liberty Alert email updates and News Releases to more than 44,000 subscribers several times per week. Liberty Counsel attorneys wrote commentaries that were reprinted in various online periodicals. Liberty Counsel's Founder and Chairman is the author of eleven books. Liberty Counsel offers any educational material upon request, for a suggested donation, and retains 100% of the money received.The organization continued promoting its Day of Purity Project, which is designed to educate youth about the advantages of sexual purity. A special website, www.DayOfPurity.org, and www.Facebook/DayOfPurity provide free information, including flyers for students to distribute to their friends at school on variety of topics, including statistics on sexually-transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy, how to combat messages that promote sexual promiscuity, information about the addictive nature of pornography, and keys to developing proper relationships.Liberty Counsel has created the Advocates for America prayer team and joined with other nonprofit leaders to develop and support the American Prayer Initiative website that contains daily prayer topics and corresponding scriptures. Liberty Counsel has developed a partnership with the Christian Educators Association International (CEAI), an association for educational professionals, to provide legal information for CEAI members.Radio, Television and the MediaLiberty Counsel staff attorneys responded to over 1,000 media inquiries and resulting interviews. More than 350 radio stations broadcast Liberty Counsel's 60-second weekday program (Freedom's Call) and an 11-minute weekday program (Faith & Freedom) which is videotaped and made available online. Both programs are placed online and via satellite for rebroadcast by interested stations at no cost to the media.Liberty Counsel furthers its purpose by utilizing the media to educate the public. Liberty Counsel is active in social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Liberty Counsel has appeared in thousands of news stories in America, as well as Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Canada, and elsewhere. Liberty Counsel's annual Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign has grown in success each year. The campaign involves, among other educational and litigation activities, partnering with churches to educate the public regarding legally celebrating the religious aspects of Christmas. The organization designed a newspaper advertisement for use by churches and fielded the resulting telephone inquiries.Internship and Training ProgramsIn 2011, Liberty Counsel's Founder met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and launched the Liberty Ambassador Counsel (LAC), taking people to Israel with the goal of strengthening their Christian faith and equipping them to be goodwill ambassadors for Israel. Liberty Ambassador Counsel educates and connects thousands of Americans with Israel. LAC completed two dynamic trips with visits to Biblical sites and special briefings by leading Israeli political, military, and academic leaders.Liberty Counsel continued its successful legal training program at its 6,000+ square-foot litigation and training office adjacent to Liberty University School of Law in Lynchburg, Virginia. The summer program includes components for second-year law students, college students, and foreign scholars. The organization also continued its year-round Legal Internship/Clerkship Program to train second- and third-year law students. During the fiscal year 2011-2012, Liberty Counsel trained 45 law clerks and student interns, which are either paid or participate to receive course credit. Legal interns and law clerks have the opportunity to work on real litigated cases and witness preparation of our legal team in moot court activities. Liberty Counsel hosted law student interns at the U.S. Supreme Court, as part of a ten-week summer internship and constitutional litigation program. Law students and other interns have the opportunity for placement in the organization's Washington, D.C., office where they learn about national and state legislative and policy matters. Liberty Counsel also provides year-round training opportunities for college students interested in the intersection of law and media.Description
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY396949BOY
EOY995537EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY781908BOY
EOY1447918EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses598588ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes0ReconcilationOtherChanges
Info In Schedule O Part XIIXInfoInScheduleOPartXII
Method Of Accounting AccrualXMethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited1FSAudited
Audit Committee1AuditCommittee
Financial Statement ConsolidatedXFinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2XPubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years2094934CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years2316242CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years4476894CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year4069711CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year4227273CurrentTaxYear
Total17185054Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years209395CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years203375CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years55499CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year105104CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year483702CurrentTaxYear
Total1057075Total

Total509 Total509

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years2304329CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years2519617CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years4532393CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year4174815CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year4710975CurrentTaxYear
Total18242129Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years554356CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years566267CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years742488CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year1054468CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year795000CurrentTaxYear
Total3712579Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total0Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years554356CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years566267CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years742488CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year1054468CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year795000CurrentTaxYear
Total3712579Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total50914529550PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year18474CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year32978CurrentTaxYear
Total51452Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year18474CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year32978CurrentTaxYear
Total51452Total

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year9510CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year6537CurrentTaxYear
Total16047Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years2304329CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years2519617CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years4532393CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year4202799CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year4750490CurrentTaxYear
Total18309628Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage5090.79350PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage0.00280InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis97073OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation72098Depreciation
Book Value24975BookValue

Equipment Equipment

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis61872OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation52802Depreciation
Book Value9070BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings34045TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierDescription of Uncertain Tax Positions Under FIN 48:Identifier
Return ReferencePart X:ReturnReference
ExplanationThe Organization is exempt from federal income tax as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and from state income tax pursuant to Florida law. The Organization is further classified as a public charity an not a private foundation for federal tax purposes. The Organization has not incurred unrelated business income taxes. As a result, no income tax provision or liability has been provided for in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The Organization has not taken any material uncertain tax positions for which the associated tax benefits may not be recognized under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Federal and state tax authorities may generally examine the Organization's income tax positions or (if applicable) returns for periods of approximately three to six years.Explanation

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained1RecordsMaintained
No Grant More Than5000XNoGrantMoreThan5000

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierProcedure for Monitoring Grants in the U.S.:Identifier
Return ReferencePart I, Line 2:ReturnReference
ExplanationSchedule I, Part I, Line 2: The Organization makes grants only to 501(c)(3) public charities whose purposes are consistent with that of the Organization, and therefore does not monitor the use of grant funds.Explanation

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Name Business NameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1MCCM LLCBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RelationshipBd Ownshp - Two of the Orgn's board members are each 1/3 owners of the LLC.Relationship
Amount Of Transaction66660AmountOfTransaction
Description Of TransactionOfc lease - The Organization leased office space from MCCM, LLC during the year ended June 30, 2012. Independent members of the Board of Directors approved the transaction after considering terms of comparable transactions in the immediate area which showed that the proposed lease rate was below market rate. The provisions of the Organization's conflict of interest policy were followed in approving the transaction.DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues0SharingOfRevenues

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (8 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part V, Line 2a: The Organization was enrolled in an employeeleasing program during the year ended June 30, 2012. The Organization did not directly process payroll for its employees; rather, the employees were paid by the Organization's professional employer organization. Therefore, a Form W-3 was not submitted by the Organization, but by ADP TOTALSOURCE MI VI, LLC (EIN: 65-0945794) for the Organization's 2 leased employees.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2Anita Staver and Mathew Staver have a family relationship. Anita Staver and Art Ally have a business relationship.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11The Organization's top management official and top financial official each review the Form 990 prior to its filing with the IRS. A copy of the final Form 990 is also provided to the voting members of the Organization's governing body prior to its filing with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cThe Organization's conflict of interest policy is distributed to each member of the Organization's governing body, its officers, and its key employees on an annual basis. Each such individual provides an annual disclosure statement indicating that they have received, read, understood and agreed to comply with the policy, and certifying that: (1) they have no relationships or interests that present a conflict of interest, (2) they have one or more conflicts of interest that have been fully disclosed as required by the policy and have been properly administered in conformity with the policy, or (3) they have previously undisclosed conflicts of interest and disclosing the details of such conflicts. Any disclosure statement with previously undisclosed conflicts of interest are forwarded to appropriate Organization officials to take appropriate actions as required by the policy.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15The Organization has adopted an executive compensation setting policy applicable to its key leaders, including the Organization's CEO, officers and other top leadership personnel. Under the policy, an independent committee of the Board of Directors annually reviews and approves the compensation levels of all individuals subject to the policy. The deliberations and decisions of the committee are documented in the minutes of the committee meeting. In its deliberations, the committee utilizes appropriate information regarding compensation amounts paid for comparable positions in comparable organizations. These procedures are followed to ensure that compensation arrangements for the Organization's key leaders are reasonable and appropriate. Anita Staver, President, and Mat Staver, Chairman, personally contributed more than 12% of their combined compensation to Liberty Counsel, Inc. during the year ended June 30, 2012.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19The Organization provides, upon request, copies of its Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, conflict of interest policy, and its financial statements.
Form 990, Part VII, Section A, Column B: All board members each devoted anaverage of less than one hour per week to related organizations.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: The Organization's Board of Directors, or acommittee thereof, assumes responsibility for the oversight of the audit of its financial statements and the selection of an independent accountant. This process has not changed from the prior year.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII (4 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1CityAddressUS/CityStateAddressUS/StateZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCodeEINEINPrimary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesLegal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateExempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionBusiness Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Controlled OrgControlledOrg
Luke 1827 Foundation Inc
PO Box 540774OrlandoFL32854274110360Support and furtherance of the activities of Liberty Counsel, Inc.FL501(c)(3)Liberty Counsel Inc1
Liberty Counsel Action Inc
PO Box 540629OrlandoFL32854274110735A social welfare organization organized for educationFL501(c)(4)Liberty Counsel Inc1
Liberty Counsel Action
PO Box 190ForestVA24551541364971A social welfare organization organized for educationVA501(c)(4)Liberty Action Mission Trust1
Freedom Federation Inc
PO Box 540629OrlandoFL32854274110831A social welfare organization organized for educationFL501(c)(4)Liberty Counsel Inc1

Form990 Schedule R Part IV Form990ScheduleRPartIV (3 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1CityAddressUS/CityStateAddressUS/StateZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCodePrimary ActivityPrimaryActivityLegal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateBusiness Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Type Of EntityTypeOfEntity
Liberty Mission Trust
PO Box 540774OrlandoFL32854Sole member of Liberty Counsel, Inc. and appoints majority of boardFLLiberty Counsel IncT
Liberty Action Mission Trust
PO Box 540774OrlandoFL32854Sole member of Liberty Counsel Action, Inc. and Liberty Counsel ActionFLLiberty Counsel IncT
Freedom Mission Trust
PO Box 540774OrlandoFL32854Sole member of Freedom Federation, Inc. and appoints board membersFLLiberty Counsel IncT
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties1ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org1GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org0GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org1LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org1LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org0SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org0PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets0ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs0RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs0RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs0PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs0PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities0SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees0SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org0ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org0ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org0OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org0OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

Transactions Related Orgs Table TransactionsRelatedOrgsTable

Name Of Other Organization NameOfOtherOrganization

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Liberty Counsel ActionBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Transaction TypeATransactionType
Amount Involved30000AmountInvolved
Method Of Amt DeterminationActual cash paidMethodOfAmtDetermination

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