2012-11-05T15:25:32-06:00 2012-06-30 204193611 Batts Morrison Wales & Lee PA 801 North Orange Avenue Suite 800 Orlando FL 32801 990 2011-07-01 592986294 Liberty Counsel Inc LIBE 8006711776 PO Box 540774 Orlando FL 328540774 Anita L Staver 8006711776 2012-11-05 Michele M Wales P00428093 4077706000 2012-11-05 2011 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z Anita L Staver PO Box 540774 Orlando FL 328540774 4750490 0 X www.lc.org X 1989 FL The Organization advances religious freedom, the sanctity of human life, and the family by providing pro bono litigation and education on these and related topics. 7 3 2 13 0 0 3451057 4227273 104680 483702 18474 0 9934 39515 3584145 4750490 2000 5507 0 0 1147663 1298945 0 0 354206 2515701 2847450 3665364 4151902 -81219 598588 781908 1447918 384959 452381 396949 995537 X (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. 0 0 1346960 483702 LITIGATION: (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. 2129952 5507 6537 EDUCATION: (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. 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MCCM LLC Bd Ownshp - Two of the Orgn's board members are each 1/3 owners of the LLC. 66660 Ofc 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. 0 Form 990, Part V, Line 2a: The Organization was enrolled in an employee leasing 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 2 Anita Staver and Mathew Staver have a family relationship. Anita Staver and Art Ally have a business relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 The 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 12c The 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 15 The 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 19 The Organization provides, upon request, copies of its Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, conflict of interest policy, and its financial statements. 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