Rule of Law Trust

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $7.9M · expenses $16.3M · assets $174.0M

EIN
83-1047727
Address
8300 Boone Blvd Ste 500, Vienna, VA 22182
NTEE code
-
Exempt type
-
Ruling date
-
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Mission

To advance conservative principles and causes through communications, research, strategy and assistance to other organizations.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Leonard A Leo Trustee2020-2024 $500,000$2,050,000 4

People by year

2024 · 1 person listed · 1 paid, $500K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Leonard Leo Trustee10 $0$500,000$0 $500,0004
2023 · 1 person listed · 1 paid, $600K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Leonard Leo Trustee6 $0$600,000$0 $600,0004
2022 · 1 person listed · 1 paid, $400K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Leonard Leo Trustee1 $0$400,000$0 $400,0004
2021 · 1 person listed · 1 paid, $550K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Leonard Leo Trustee5 $0$550,000$0 $550,0004
2020 · 1 person listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Leonard Leo Trustee5 $0$0$0 $04

Highest-paid independent contractors

2024 · 1 contractor · $200K
NameLocationServicePaid
Semmes Associates LLCSanta Barbara, CAconsulting$200,000
2023 · 2 contractors · $725K
NameLocationServicePaid
Semmes Associates LLCSanta Barbara, CAconsulting$440,000
Baker HostetlerWashington, DClegal services$284,979
2022 · 3 contractors · $1.2M
NameLocationServicePaid
Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLCHaymarket, VAlegal services$419,464
Baker HostetlerWashington, DClegal services$412,500
Semmes Associates LLCSanta Barbara, CAconsulting$350,000
2021 · 2 contractors · $620K
NameLocationServicePaid
Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLCHaymarket, VAlegal services$344,543
Semmes Associates LLCSanta Barbara, CAconsulting$275,000
2020 · 3 contractors · $606K
NameLocationServicePaid
Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLCWarrenton, VAlegal services$306,201
Yaas LLCWashington, DCconsulting$175,000
Semmes Associates LLCSanta Barbara, CAconsulting$125,000

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2024 · 2 grants to organizations · $15.2M
2023 · 4 grants to organizations · $28.3M
2022 · 2 grants to organizations · $8.7M
2021 · 1 grant to organizations · $3.0M
2020 · 3 grants to organizations · $36.3M

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$7,864,959$16,253,155 $174,002,529$174,002,529 $0$0 $000
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$3,065,418$30,379,617 $170,124,340$170,124,340 $0$0 $000
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,275,161$11,168,424 $187,864,450$187,864,450 $0$0 $000
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$160,580,040$4,799,057 $202,362,093$202,362,093 $157,068,780$0 $000
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,493,794$38,447,824 $52,683,753$43,683,753 $0$0 $000

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $157,465,780 in all, tax years 2020 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
Marble Freedom Trust Public charity Exact 2020, 2024 2$153,400,000 2024$400,000
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BH Fund Public charity Exact 2021 2$4,065,780 2021$4,065,780
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Not reported: none of these organizations has foundation or DAF-sponsor grants in the filings we have.

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $16,253,155 spent · pay $0 · grants $15,150,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $15,150,000$15,150,000-- 93.2%
Fees: other services $516,133$387,100$129,033$0 3.2%
Travel $119,205$17,881$101,324$0 0.7%
Information technology $110,482$16,572$93,910$0 0.7%
Depreciation and depletion $108,652$0$108,652$0 0.7%
Occupancy $96,287$14,443$81,844- 0.6%
Office expenses $90,912$13,637$77,275$0 0.6%
Fees: accounting $43,705$0$43,705$0 0.3%
Fees: legal $17,779$2,667$15,112$0 0.1%
Total$16,253,155100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $30,379,617 spent · pay $0 · grants $28,335,541 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $28,335,541$28,335,541-- 93.3%
Fees: other services $843,149$632,362$210,787$0 2.8%
Occupancy $439,527$65,929$373,598$0 1.4%
Fees: legal $359,213$233,489$125,724$0 1.2%
Travel $127,848$19,196$108,652$0 0.4%
Office expenses $115,909$17,386$98,523$0 0.4%
Depreciation and depletion $108,777$0$108,777$0 0.4%
Information technology $40,092$30,069$10,023$0 0.1%
Fees: accounting $8,787$0$8,787$0 0.0%
Insurance $774$0$774$0 0.0%
Total$30,379,617100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $11,168,424 spent · pay $0 · grants $8,650,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $8,650,000$8,650,000-- 77.5%
Fees: legal $869,248$565,011$304,237$0 7.8%
Fees: other services $691,333$518,500$172,833$0 6.2%
Occupancy $542,571$81,386$461,185$0 4.9%
Travel $152,468$22,870$129,598$0 1.4%
Office expenses $109,985$16,498$93,487$0 1.0%
Depreciation and depletion $108,652$0$108,652$0 1.0%
Information technology $31,605$0$31,605$0 0.3%
Fees: accounting $10,438$0$10,438$0 0.1%
All other expenses $1,350$0$1,350$0 0.0%
Insurance $774$0$774$0 0.0%
Total$11,168,424100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $4,799,057 spent · pay $0 · grants $3,000,000 · events $5,300
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $3,000,000$3,000,000-- 62.5%
Fees: other services $817,924$534,275$283,649- 17.0%
Fees: legal $402,580$342,193$60,387$0 8.4%
Occupancy $297,702$253,047$44,655$0 6.2%
Depreciation and depletion $108,652$0$108,652$0 2.3%
Office expenses $101,814$15,675$86,139$0 2.1%
Travel $44,671$44,671$0$0 0.9%
Information technology $15,454$0$15,454$0 0.3%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $5,300$5,300$0$0 0.1%
Fees: accounting $4,250$0$4,250$0 0.1%
Insurance $710$0$710$0 0.0%
Total$4,799,057100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $38,447,824 spent · pay $0 · grants $36,293,800 · events $144,379
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $36,293,800$36,293,800-- 94.4%
Fees: other services $842,495$541,798$300,697$0 2.2%
Fees: legal $465,441$395,625$69,816$0 1.2%
Occupancy $149,733$127,273$22,460$0 0.4%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $144,379$144,379$0$0 0.4%
Office expenses $128,096$108,882$19,214$0 0.3%
Fees: investment management $118,712$0$118,712$0 0.3%
Depreciation and depletion $108,652$0$108,652$0 0.3%
Travel $103,595$103,595$0$0 0.3%
Information technology $51,798$44,028$7,770$0 0.1%
Fees: accounting $26,200$0$26,200$0 0.1%
Other (as described)Fundraising Software $14,213$0$0$14,213 0.0%
Insurance $710$0$710$0 0.0%
Total$38,447,824100%

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