Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)
Background
The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), formerly Alliance Defense Fund,1“Alliance Defending Freedom Through The Years,” SPLC, July 24, 2017. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5BAVt is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that describes itself as “the world’s largest legal organization advancing every person’s God-given right to live and speak the truth” with an alliance it claims includes “5,000 network attorneys, 3,000 Blackstone Legal Fellows, and nearly 4,500 religious associations and organizations in the Church and Ministry Alliance.”2“About Alliance Defending Freedom,” Alliance Defending Freedom, March 20, 2025 (last updated according to metadata). Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ocCU9
ADF was launched in 1994 “by leaders in the Christian community,” with examples such as Alan Sears, Bill Bright, James Dobson, Larry Burkett, and Dr. D. James Kennedy. The ADF website adds, “These leaders wanted to create an alliance-building legal organization with the goal of keeping the doors open for the Gospel.”3“About Alliance Defending Freedom,” Alliance Defending Freedom, March 20, 2025 (last updated according to metadata). Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ocCU9
The late D. James Kennedy was also responsible for founding D. James Kennedy Ministries, formerly known as Coral Ridge Ministries and Truth in Action Ministries, and other groups such as Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Evangelism Explosion International, the Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale, the Knox Theological Seminary, and the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, a socially conservative political group.4“About: Our Vision,” D. James Kennedy Ministries. Archived February 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/b4GoM
James Dobson is the founder and former chairman of Focus on the Family, a right-wing Christian advocacy group based in Colorado.5“Focus on the Family,” SourceWatch. Accessed April 4, 2025. ProPublica has reported Focus on the Family changed its designation to become a church in 2016 “largely out of concern for donor privacy.”6Andrea Suozzo. “Right-Wing Think Tank Family Research Council Is Now a Church in Eyes of the IRS,” ProPublica, July 11, 2022. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/GbH0B
ADF Organizational Priorities
In documents DeSmog found indexed by the Internet Archive, ADF explicitly outlines some of its domestic and international organization priorities, including to “[a]ffirm that there is no right to abortion under international law” and to “[a]ffirm that there is no right to same-sex ‘marriage’ under international law.”7“Organizational Priorities,” via cloudfront.net. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Melissa Southwick, who lists herself as a legal secretary at Alliance Defending Freedom on her LinkedIn account, authored this document according to its metadata.8“Melissa Southwick,” Linkedin. Accessed April 2025. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Document text:
US Advocacy
- Establish religious freedom and the right of conscience as preeminent when religious exercise conflicts with SOGI and related mandates.
- Defeat attempts to expand Title IX to include gender identity protections.
- Protect religious freedom and the right of conscience for health care providers.
- Establish a robust marketplace of ideas for students and faculty on public campuses.
- Expand the right of churches, pastors, and religious organizations to operate with minimal state interference or coercion and allow them to speak the full counsel of God’s word.
International Advocacy
- Establish religious freedom and the right of conscience prevail when they conflict with the SOGI or pro-abortion agenda.
- Secure and expand the right of churches and Christian ministries to operate with minimal state interference in the selection of personnel and expression.
- Establish a culture of free speech and a robust marketplace of ideas.
- Secure and expand the right of Christian parents to raise their children in conformity with their own Christian convictions.
- Significantly reduce the global persecution of Christians.
- Affirm that there is no right to abortion under international law.
- Affirm that there is no right to same-sex ‘marriage’ under international law.
- Prevent alternative forms of the family from becoming the legal and cultural norm.
SPLC Designated Hate Group
The Alliance Defending Freedom is a “designated hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). SPLC describes ADF as “one of the most influential groups informing the [Trump] administration’s attack on LGBTQ rights.”9“Alliance Defending Freedom,” SPLC. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/H67tH
The SPLC summarizes:10“Alliance Defending Freedom,” SPLC. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/H67tH
“The Alliance Defending Freedom is a legal advocacy and training group that has supported the recriminalization of sexual acts between consenting LGBTQ adults in the U.S. and criminalization abroad; has defended state-sanctioned sterilization of trans people abroad; has contended that LGBTQ people are more likely to engage in pedophilia; and claims that a ‘homosexual agenda’ will destroy Christianity and society.
“ADF also works to develop ‘religious liberty’ legislation and case law that will allow the denial of goods and services to LGBTQ people on the basis of religion.”
According to the SPLC, one of the reasons for its decision to include ADF as an “anti-LGBT hate group” is “the substance of their work abroad, which has recently included defending — albeit unsuccessfully — European laws requiring the sterilization of transgender citizens seeking administrative recognition of their preferred gender.”11Alex Amend. “Anti-LGBT Hate Group Alliance Defending Freedom Defended State-Enforced Sterilization for Transgender Europeans,” SPLC, July 27, 2017. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/u6rxc
In another SPLC article, they outline why the SPLC first added ADF to its list of “anti-LGBT hate groups” in 2016:12“Alliance Defending Freedom Through The Years,” SPLC, July 24, 2017. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5BAVt
“The designation is a result of ADF’s propagation of known falsehoods about LGBT people over the years (including the conspiracy theory that there is a ‘homosexual agenda’ or ‘homosexual legal agenda’ to undermine ‘the family’ and Christianity), its demonization of LGBT people, its support of criminalization of gay sex in the U.S. and abroad and its continued attempts to create state and local policies and legislation (so-called ‘religious liberty’ laws) that allow Christians to deny goods and services to LGBT people in the public sphere and marginalize LGBT students in schools.”13“Alliance Defending Freedom Through The Years,” SPLC, July 24, 2017. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5BAVt
SPLC cited numerous examples, including involvement in a 2000 legal case where they helped “fund and strategize” the filing of amicus briefs on behalf of Boy Scouts of America in Dale v. Boy Scouts of America and in 2003 when it filed two amicus briefs in the Lawrence v. Texas case, a landmark supreme course case that ruled criminalizing sodomy between consenting adults was unconstitutional, supporting retaining criminalization.14“Alliance Defending Freedom Through The Years,” SPLC, July 24, 2017. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5BAVt
Role in Overturning Roe v. Wade
According to ADF’s website, it has “played various roles in 77 Supreme Court victories.” It added, “Since 2011, ADF has represented parties in 15 victories at the Supreme Court, including cases such as Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 303 Creative v. Elenis, and Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, where ADF helped write Mississippi’s law and then served on Mississippi’s legal team in the case that overturned Roe v. Wade.“15“About Alliance Defending Freedom,” Alliance Defending Freedom, March 20, 2025 (last updated according to metadata). Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ocCU9
They have celebrated their group’s involvement in the overturn, noting it took “Many years of planning and tireless work.”16“What You May Not Know: How ADF Helped Overturn Roe v. Wade,” Alliance Defending Freedom, January 10, 2024. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DQPtM
“Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys and staff were proud to be involved from the very beginning, all the way back in 2017,” ADF noted on its website.17“What You May Not Know: How ADF Helped Overturn Roe v. Wade,” Alliance Defending Freedom, January 10, 2024. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DQPtM
“ADF’s appellate team provided support to the Mississippi legal team as they prepared to argue the case in front of the nine justices. On Dec. 1, 2021, Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart argued before the Supreme Court,” ADF added, outlining the timeline of the case going to the Supreme Court.18“What You May Not Know: How ADF Helped Overturn Roe v. Wade,” Alliance Defending Freedom, January 10, 2024. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DQPtM
ADF noted that following the decision, they “provided expert testimony post-Dobbs,” highlighting comments from ADF Senior Counsel Denise Harle, who tweeted, “…nothing in the Constitution’s text, structure, or history supports a so-called right to abortion.”19“What You May Not Know: How ADF Helped Overturn Roe v. Wade,” Alliance Defending Freedom, January 10, 2024. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DQPtM
ADF Senior Counsel Erin Hawley testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee:20“What You May Not Know: How ADF Helped Overturn Roe v. Wade,” Alliance Defending Freedom, January 10, 2024. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DQPtM
“An abortion is a situation in which a child is PURPOSEFULLY put to death . . . ” she testified.
“I believe that life begins at conception, and scientific fact establishes that,” she also said, and ADF highlighted, in her testimony.
The ADF article concluded:21“What You May Not Know: How ADF Helped Overturn Roe v. Wade,” Alliance Defending Freedom, January 10, 2024. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DQPtM
“No matter what may come, Alliance Defending Freedom rejoices alongside others in the pro-life movement over the victory in Dobbs. It is a testimony to God’s faithfulness that the overturning of Roe v. Wade, something once thought nearly impossible, occurred during our lifetimes.
But, most importantly, we are grateful that the Supreme Court’s decision is protecting women and unborn children from the evil of abortion.”
ADF has commented in its “Defending Life” publication that it “is now engaged in assisting several states in defending their pro-life laws in court.”22“Defending Life: An Overview of Key Abortion Cases and Their Impact” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Stance on Climate Change
October 19, 2022
ADF described Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies in an article on the ADF website titled “What Are ESG Policies, and Why Are They Harmful?“23Caroline Reeves. “What Are ESG Policies, and Why Are They Harmful?” Alliance Defending Freedom, October 19, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/xuSAB
“[I]f a company wants to boost its environmental score, it needs to go green. Facing pressure from investors, banks, and shareholders, companies are rushing to appear as if they’re doing their part to save the planet.
“This includes creating policies that appear to address climate change—prioritizing wind and solar energy, limiting waste and water usage, and combating pollution.”
Under the section “Who does ESG hurt?” ADF claimed numerous “damaging effects” to ESG policy:24Caroline Reeves. “What Are ESG Policies, and Why Are They Harmful?” Alliance Defending Freedom, October 19, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/xuSAB
“When companies embrace ESG, they are encouraged to prioritize DEI quotas and ideological initiatives over providing quality products and services to customers. The damaging effects of ESG policies are numerous, affecting every American.
“Employees who disagree with a company’s politicized pursuits are often coerced into silence. Polarizing activist agendas like abortion and critical race theory are smuggled into our institutions. Customer needs are shelved for the sake of attaining better ESG rankings, causing businesses to suffer.
ESG threatens to tear at the fabric of our freedom.”
ADF went on to describe ESG as “detrimental to civil society” and also quoted Vivek Ramaswamy in an interview with Newsweek.25Caroline Reeves. “What Are ESG Policies, and Why Are They Harmful?” Alliance Defending Freedom, October 19, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/xuSAB
“Complicity in cancel culture is not only harmful to companies’ workforces, brand integrity, and bottom lines—it also poses a serious threat to open markets and our democratic republic,” the ADF article concluded.
Stance on Abortion
March 31, 2025
“For abortion profit centers such as Planned Parenthood, their primary business objective—their mission—is to end unborn lives.”, ADF senior digital copywriter and editor Dustin Hobbs wrote on the ADF website in an article titled “Planned Parenthood Does Not Deserve Your Tax Dollars.”26Dustin Hobbs. “Planned Parenthood Does Not Deserve Your Tax Dollars,” Alliance Defending Freedom, March 31, 2025. Archived April 3,2 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/gBV7P
October 11, 2024
ADF has fundraised to “engag[e] in efforts to encourage the Supreme Court to overturn Roe and protect life.”27“Stand for life,” Alliance Defending Freedom October 11, 2024 (last updated according to metadata). Archived April 2, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/gr8ip
Below is from their “Stand for life” page (emphasis in original):
“Nearly 50 years after Roe v. Wade, we face a historic opportunity: a chance to reverse this U.S. Supreme Court ruling that left millions of innocent lives dead in its wake.
“Dobbs. v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which the Supreme Court heard on December 1, could overturn Roe and return the issue of abortion back to the states.
“Roe is now on the ropes. Supporters of the abortion agenda know it.
“With your help, Alliance Defending Freedom is funding and engaging in efforts to encourage the Supreme Court to overturn Roe and protect life.
But this defense of life is only possible with God’s blessing (John 15:5) and your faithful support. So please make your best gift today to stand for life and help create a nation in which life is protected, and abortion is unthinkable.“
Funding
ADF Funding Guidelines
ADF offers a detailed grant and funding guidelines document that outlines how it funds projects and sets priorities for funding recipients:28“GRANTS & FUNDING GUIDELINES” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, March 21, 2025. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
The following information is collected from publicly available 990 forms at ProPublica, combined with historical data retrieved from the Conservative Transparency Project.
For additional information, see the Alliance Defending Freedom’s funding year over year (.xlsx).
Alliance Defending Freedom as a Donor
Alliance Defending Freedom as a Recipient
Alliance Defending Freedom 990 Forms
ADF Foundation 990 Forms
Key People
ADF Founders
A 2001 archive of the then-Alliance Defense Fund website offered the following background on the group’s early founders (links added by DeSmog):
Bill Bright
“Founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, an international evangelism and discipleship ministry.”
Larry Burkett
“Founder of Crown Financial Ministries, a ministry that teaches Christian principles of stewardship.”
James Dobson
“Founder of Focus on the Family, a ministry that is helping to strengthen families.”
D. James Kennedy
“Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and president of ‘Coral Ridge Ministries‘, an international media ministry”
Marlin Maddoux
“President of International Christian Media and host of ‘Point of View’ radio program.”
Don Wildmon
“Founder of American Family Association, which is working to protect and defend traditional family values.”
William Pew (deceased)
“A Christian businessman who had a passion for sharing his faith in Christ.”
ADF Directors and Key Employees
The following is based on DeSmog’s review of publicly available tax forms at ProPublica for directors and highest-paid employees at Alliance Defense Fund from 2013 to 2023 (.xlsx).29“Alliance Defending Freedom,” ProPublica. Archived 990s and XML data on file at DeSmog.
Each column can sort this table, including total compensation:
Actions
According to a 2021 media kit, ADF had nearly 150 current cases and more than 70 in-house attorneys at that time.30“Media Guide,” Alliance Defending Freedom, April 13, 2021 (document creation date). Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Below is a list of some of the more than 600 cases listed on the ADF website as of April 2025, followed by some examples of cases and other actions ADF has been responsible for:
May 7, 2024
ADF filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Missouri in the case of Arkansas v. U.S. Department of Education, opposing Title IX rules.31“The Amelia Ford case” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, May 7, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
“The Biden administration’s radical redefinition of sex in Title IX turns back the clock on women’s opportunities, erodes student privacy, and threatens women’s sports. The administration has rejected reality and chosen radical ideology over students’ best interests,” ADF claimed.32“The Amelia Ford case” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, May 7, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
April 2024
ADF created a “K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools.33“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Under a section titled “The Problem,” ADF claimed, “The concept of ‘separation of church and state,’ widely misunderstood and misapplied over the years, has stifled the expression of beliefs and faith within classrooms and on public school campuses.”34“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Another “problem” ADF described as follows:35“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
“Some schools have also adopted secret social-transition policies that compel public school educators to affirm the government’s view on sex and gender – a view that denies biological truth, tells children they were born in the wrong body, and requires parents be deceived about their child’s gender-identity confusion. Such policies undermine the fundamental right of parents to direct their children’s upbringing, education, and care. In the end, it is children who are hurt the most.”36“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Under the section titled “What Can Educators Do?” ADF suggested:37“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
“An educator should not be forced to refer to students by names or pronouns that do not correspond with the student’s sex or official records if doing so would violate the educator’s religious or moral standards. For the same reason, educators cannot be required to lie to parents and/ or hide critical information from parents about the child’s physical or mental health (e.g., a student’s desire to identify as the opposite sex and/or use a different name or pronouns at school).”38“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
“It is important to note that these secret social-transition policies violate the fundamental and constitutionally protected rights of parents to direct the care, upbringing, and education of their children,” ADF added.39“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
ADF posed the question, “Are educators required to implement and/or use a school-mandated curriculum that incorporates the core tenets of critical race theory and/or culturally responsive teaching?” to which it responded that “Title VI of the Civil Rights Act prohibits schools from forcing teachers to actively promote racist ideas or implement discriminatory practices in the classroom.”40“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
ADF also provided a sample case of Ricard v. USD 475 Geary County Schools School Board Members, where it claimed: “ADF secured a successful settlement for Pamela Ricard, a public middle school teacher in Kansas who was reprimanded and suspended for addressing a student by the student’s legal and enrolled name, and who was forced by the school to violate her conscience and hide the student’s ‘social transition’ from the student’s parents.”41“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
March 7, 2024
Jeremy Tedesco, senior counsel and senior vice president of corporate engagement for ADF testified before the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on “Countering Systemic Risk of Political Bias in Financial Services.42“Written Statement of Jeremy Tedesco, Senior Counsel & Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Alliance Defending Freedom: De-banking: Countering Systemic Risks of Political Bias in Financial Services: Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government March 7, 2024 hearing on The Weaponization of the Federal Government” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Tedesco claimed in his written testimony that Donor Advised Funds “[h]ave [s]creened ADF for its advocacy”:43“Written Statement of Jeremy Tedesco, Senior Counsel & Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Alliance Defending Freedom: De-banking: Countering Systemic Risks of Political Bias in Financial Services: Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government March 7, 2024 hearing on The Weaponization of the Federal Government” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
“Alliance Defending Freedom has become a prime target of activist organizations advocating for viewpoint discrimination in charitable giving. Leading proponents of politicized de-banking, like the discredited and partisan Southern Poverty Law Center, are pressuring philanthropic financial institutions to adopt policies that would prevent account holders from donating to the mainstream, religious organizations that SPLC smears as ‘hate groups,'” Tedesco said. 44“Written Statement of Jeremy Tedesco, Senior Counsel & Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Alliance Defending Freedom: De-banking: Countering Systemic Risks of Political Bias in Financial Services: Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government March 7, 2024 hearing on The Weaponization of the Federal Government” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
He added, Some financial institutions have caved to this pressure, including Fidelity Charitable, the country’s largest grantmaker for donor-advised funds, which facilitated 2.3 million grants totaling over $11.7 billion in donations in 2023.45“Written Statement of Jeremy Tedesco, Senior Counsel & Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Alliance Defending Freedom: De-banking: Countering Systemic Risks of Political Bias in Financial Services: Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government March 7, 2024 hearing on The Weaponization of the Federal Government” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
“Congress needs to take action. It should support and pass the Fair Access to Banking Act to target these harmful policies. And it should require greater transparency from financial regulators and institutions,” Tedesco said.46“Written Statement of Jeremy Tedesco, Senior Counsel & Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Alliance Defending Freedom: De-banking: Countering Systemic Risks of Political Bias in Financial Services: Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government March 7, 2024 hearing on The Weaponization of the Federal Government” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
August 2023
ADF produced a publication titled “3 Ways for Parents to Navigate Destructive Gender Ideology in Schools,“47“3 Ways for Parents to Navigate Destructive Gender Ideology in Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, 2023. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. where it asserted, “Some government officials are using our education system as a platform to introduce lies to children, including lies about the fundamental nature of their biology.”
“This push to enforce radical gender ideology is harming children, destroying families, and tearing away at the very truth and dignity of human nature, gender differences, marriage, and the family. Scripture repeatedly reinforces that parents have the responsibility of raising their children in light of the truth,” ADF added.48“3 Ways for Parents to Navigate Destructive Gender Ideology in Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, 2023. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
“Alliance Defending Freedom is committed to defending the right of parents to raise their children, and
we want to equip you with the tools and resources you need to protect your child from the dangers of
gender ideology.”49“3 Ways for Parents to Navigate Destructive Gender Ideology in Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, 2023. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
June 2023
ADF filed suit on behalf of the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) and the Catholic Medical Association (CMA) to oppose what it claims is a mandate requiring doctors “to provide and refer for harmful gender-transition procedures and interventions, against ethical and medical standards.”50“The American College of Pediatricians Case” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, June 2023. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
“Medicine relies on biology, and rewriting ‘male’ and ‘female’ especially in the context of medicine is unscientific, unlawful, and dangerous; the government should not coerce doctors to speak and endorse an ideology that endangers patients,” ADF claimed in its one-pager summarizing the case.51“The American College of Pediatricians Case” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, June 2023. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
December 2022
ADF attorneys represented Lorie Smith in the case 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis.52Kristen Waggoner & Erin Hawley. “We Were Lorie Smith’s Lawyers. All Americans Should Applaud Our Win for Free Speech | Opinion,” Newsweek, July 12, 2023. Archived April 14, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/nObVt
According to a summary by the ACLU, “In 303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis, the Court is asked whether an artist who has chosen to open a business to the public at large can constitutionally be prohibited from discriminating against customers on the basis of their sexual orientation.”53“303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis,” ACLU. Archived April 24, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/BmM4u
“A win for Lorie is a win for everyone. The government shouldn’t be able to force Americans to say things they don’t believe,” ADF said in a one-page case summary.54“303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis,” ACLU. Archived April 24, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/BmM4u
2022
In the case U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, ADF sued the FDA on behalf of the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, three other national medical associations, and individual doctors55“Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine,” SCOTUSblog, September 12, 2023. Archived April 17, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/hReHK to oppose an easing of access to certain abortion drugs.56“FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine,” Harvard Law Review Vol. 138 Issue 1 (November 2024). Archived November 11, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
The most recent status of the case, according to SCOTUSblog, was “Reversed and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Kavanaugh on June 13, 2024. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion.”57“Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine,” SCOTUSblog, September 12, 2023. Archived April 17, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/hReHK
July 26, 2021
ADF filed suit on behalf of Tanner Cross in the legal case Cross v. Loudoun County School Board.58“The Tanner Cross Case” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, July 26, 2021. Archived January 12, 2025. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
The ACLU of Virginia, which filed an amicus brief in the Loudoun County Circuit Court on behalf of ACLU Virginia, ACLU, Equality Virginia, Equality Loudoun, Side By Side, and He She Ze and We, offered the following summary of the case:59“Byron Tanner Cross, et al. v. Loudoun County School Board, et al. (Amicus),” ACLU Virginia, October 1, 2021. Archived April 17, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5Ywbe
“Mr. Cross is a teacher in Loudoun County and is challenging Policy 8040. This policy was adopted by the Loudoun County School Board before this lawsuit was filed and provides protections to LGBTQ+ students in Loudoun County schools. The Policy includes provisions requiring teachers to use students’ gender-affirming pronouns, which is crucial to the mental health and well-being of trans and gender-expansive children. Mr. Cross spoke in opposition to Policy 8040 at a school board meeting, and refused to comply with the provision requiring teachers to use gender-affirming pronouns, arguing that this requirement violates his free speech rights. He was subsequently suspended, and he then sued to have his job reinstated. The Court ordered his reinstatement, with the Supreme Court of Virginia upholding this order. The case is now back in Loudoun County Circuit Court, with two added plaintiffs Kimberly Wright and Monica Gill, and is challenging the policy itself. Policy 8040 passed during the time Mr. Cross was challenging his suspension.”
ADF wrote in its one-pager summarizing the case:60“The Tanner Cross Case” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, July 26, 2021. Archived January 12, 2025. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
“When the Loudoun County public schools proposed a new policy requiring students and teachers to refer to ‘gender-expansive or transgender’ elementary students with whatever pronouns they select, Tanner decided to voice his concern at a school board meeting during the public comment period. Tanner spoke in his personal capacity alongside other Loudoun County citizens to explain how the policy would harm students and teachers by requiring them to say things they believe are not true.
“Less than two days after Tanner expressed his opposition to the policy in a public forum, the school placed him on administrative leave, specifically because of his out-of-school speech,” ADF suggested in its case summary. “Nobody should be punished for expressing concern about a proposed government policy, especially when the government invites comment on that policy. That’s why ADF has filed suit on behalf of Tanner.”
The Loudoun County School Board agreed to a settlement retracting its disciplinary actions against Tanner Cross on Nov 15, 2021.61Horus Alas. “School Board agrees to settlement on teacher’s suspension, legal teams spar over transgender policy,” Loudoun Times-Mirror, November 15, 2021. Archived December 1, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/XoT2o
February 22, 2018
ADF’s senior counsel Denise M. Burke testified62“Testimony of Denise M. Burke Senior Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom On Washington Senate Bill 6102 Before the House Committee on Judiciary February 22, 2018” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived July 01, 2023. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. before the House Committee on Judiciary on Washington Senate Bill (SB) 6102, which would make it “unfair practice for employers to not provide its employees with contraception coverage at no cost to the employee,” according to the bill summary.63“SENATE BILL REPORT SB 6102” (PDF), retrieved from lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov.
Burke said in her written testimony that “while the U.S. Supreme Court has determined that an individual has a right to use contraception, there is no constitutional right to require others to pay for or facilitate access to that contraception.”
Burke added, “Clearly, under the mandates of SB 6102, individuals and employers are required to provide insurance coverage (i.e., pay for) drugs and devices that can kill human embryos, contrary to their conscientious beliefs.”
2013–2018
ADF represented Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop when he was sued for refusing to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple. The case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court.64“Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission,” Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived April 14, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/LdmXX
“Alliance Defending Freedom and its allies defended Jack Phillips and his business, Masterpiece Cakeshop, free of charge,” ADF noted on its website.65“Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission,” Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived April 14, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/LdmXX
Jack Phillips faced additional legal challenges after the Supreme Court ruled in his favor on the original case, which ADF was also involved in.
Related Organizations
Alliance Defending Freedom’s EIN has been tied to several names based on a review of publicly available tax forms.66“Alliance Defending Freedom,” ProPublica. Archived 990s and XML data on file at DeSmog.
For example:67“Alliance Defending Freedom,” ProPublica. Archived 990s and XML data on file at DeSmog.
EIN 541660459
- Alliance Defending Freedom
- Alliance Defending Freedom for Faith and Justice
- Alliance Defending Freedom Fund
- Alliance Defense Fund
- Alliance Kingdom Builders Foundation
- Alliance Defending Freedom Foundation
- Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund
EIN 861158500
- ADF Foundation (Alliance Defense Fund Foundation)
ADF also lists several related organizations and disregarded entities on its own tax forms, such as:68“Alliance Defending Freedom,” ProPublica. Archived 990s and XML data on file at DeSmog.
- 15100 LLC69“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2012” (PDF), ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 15100 Solar LTD70“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2012” (PDF), ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- ADF Rabbi TRUST71“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2012” (PDF), ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 15100 Solar LLC72“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- ADF International BELGIUM73“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- ADF International (UK)74“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- ADF International (France)75“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Alliance Defending Freedom Switzerland76“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Alliance Defending Freedom Deustchland eV77“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- ADF Action78“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Alliance Defending Freedom International79“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- ADF International Austria gemeinnuetzige GmbH80“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
ADF outlines the status of its affiliate groups in its consolidated financial statements as follows:81“ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM AND AFFILIATES: Consolidated Financial Statements With Independent Auditors Report” June 30, 2022 and 2021″ (PDF). Retrieved from Cloudfront.net via Internet Archive. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
“ADF Foundation was incorporated in 2005 as a separate, independent corporation. 15100, LLC was organized in 2007 to own and operate a commercial real estate property for the benefit of ADF.
“15100, LLC is a single member LLC whose member is ADF. 15100 Solar, LLC was organized in 2012 to own and operate a solar energy project in connection with 15100, LLC. 15100 Solar, LLC is a single member LLC whose member is 15100, LLC.
“Alliance Defending Freedom India Trust, ADF International Belgium, ADF International Austria GmbH, ADF International Switzerland, ADF International UK, ADF International France, and ADF Deutschland are subject to appropriate tax filings in their jurisdiction. These entities are collectively referred to as Alliance Defending Freedom and Affiliates (ADF and Affiliates) in these consolidated financial statements.
“ADF is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ADF Foundation is incorporated in the state of Arizona. ADF and ADF Foundation operate as nonprofit religious organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) and are publicly supported organizations under Sections 170(b)(1) and 509(a) of the Code. ADF and ADF Foundation are not considered to be private foundations under Section 509(a) of the Code. ADF and Affiliates’ primary source of support and revenue is contributions.”
Contact & Address
ADF listed its mailing address as follows on its website:82“Contact Us Today,” Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived April 14, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/v84Zw
Alliance Defending Freedom
15100 N. 90th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Social Media
- Alliance Defending Freedom on Facebook
- Alliance Defending Freedom on Instagram
- @ADFLegal on Twitter/X
- Alliance Defending Freedom on LinkedIn
- @AllianceDefends on YouTube
- ADFmedia on Vimeo
Other Resources
- “Alliance Defending Freedom,” SourceWatch.
- “Alliance Defending Freedom,” Wikipedia.
Resources
- 1“Alliance Defending Freedom Through The Years,” SPLC, July 24, 2017. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5BAVt
- 2“About Alliance Defending Freedom,” Alliance Defending Freedom, March 20, 2025 (last updated according to metadata). Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ocCU9
- 3“About Alliance Defending Freedom,” Alliance Defending Freedom, March 20, 2025 (last updated according to metadata). Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ocCU9
- 4“About: Our Vision,” D. James Kennedy Ministries. Archived February 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/b4GoM
- 5“Focus on the Family,” SourceWatch. Accessed April 4, 2025.
- 6Andrea Suozzo. “Right-Wing Think Tank Family Research Council Is Now a Church in Eyes of the IRS,” ProPublica, July 11, 2022. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/GbH0B
- 7“Organizational Priorities,” via cloudfront.net. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 8“Melissa Southwick,” Linkedin. Accessed April 2025. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
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- 11Alex Amend. “Anti-LGBT Hate Group Alliance Defending Freedom Defended State-Enforced Sterilization for Transgender Europeans,” SPLC, July 27, 2017. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/u6rxc
- 12“Alliance Defending Freedom Through The Years,” SPLC, July 24, 2017. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5BAVt
- 13“Alliance Defending Freedom Through The Years,” SPLC, July 24, 2017. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5BAVt
- 14“Alliance Defending Freedom Through The Years,” SPLC, July 24, 2017. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5BAVt
- 15“About Alliance Defending Freedom,” Alliance Defending Freedom, March 20, 2025 (last updated according to metadata). Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ocCU9
- 16“What You May Not Know: How ADF Helped Overturn Roe v. Wade,” Alliance Defending Freedom, January 10, 2024. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DQPtM
- 17“What You May Not Know: How ADF Helped Overturn Roe v. Wade,” Alliance Defending Freedom, January 10, 2024. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DQPtM
- 18“What You May Not Know: How ADF Helped Overturn Roe v. Wade,” Alliance Defending Freedom, January 10, 2024. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DQPtM
- 19“What You May Not Know: How ADF Helped Overturn Roe v. Wade,” Alliance Defending Freedom, January 10, 2024. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DQPtM
- 20“What You May Not Know: How ADF Helped Overturn Roe v. Wade,” Alliance Defending Freedom, January 10, 2024. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DQPtM
- 21“What You May Not Know: How ADF Helped Overturn Roe v. Wade,” Alliance Defending Freedom, January 10, 2024. Archived April 4, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DQPtM
- 22“Defending Life: An Overview of Key Abortion Cases and Their Impact” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 23Caroline Reeves. “What Are ESG Policies, and Why Are They Harmful?” Alliance Defending Freedom, October 19, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/xuSAB
- 24Caroline Reeves. “What Are ESG Policies, and Why Are They Harmful?” Alliance Defending Freedom, October 19, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/xuSAB
- 25Caroline Reeves. “What Are ESG Policies, and Why Are They Harmful?” Alliance Defending Freedom, October 19, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/xuSAB
- 26Dustin Hobbs. “Planned Parenthood Does Not Deserve Your Tax Dollars,” Alliance Defending Freedom, March 31, 2025. Archived April 3,2 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/gBV7P
- 27“Stand for life,” Alliance Defending Freedom October 11, 2024 (last updated according to metadata). Archived April 2, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/gr8ip
- 28“GRANTS & FUNDING GUIDELINES” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, March 21, 2025. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 29“Alliance Defending Freedom,” ProPublica. Archived 990s and XML data on file at DeSmog.
- 30“Media Guide,” Alliance Defending Freedom, April 13, 2021 (document creation date). Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 31“The Amelia Ford case” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, May 7, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 32“The Amelia Ford case” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, May 7, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 33“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 34“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 35“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 36“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 37“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 38“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 39“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 40“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 41“K-12 Educators’ Guide to First Amendment Freedoms in Public Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, April 4, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 42“Written Statement of Jeremy Tedesco, Senior Counsel & Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Alliance Defending Freedom: De-banking: Countering Systemic Risks of Political Bias in Financial Services: Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government March 7, 2024 hearing on The Weaponization of the Federal Government” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 43“Written Statement of Jeremy Tedesco, Senior Counsel & Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Alliance Defending Freedom: De-banking: Countering Systemic Risks of Political Bias in Financial Services: Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government March 7, 2024 hearing on The Weaponization of the Federal Government” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 44“Written Statement of Jeremy Tedesco, Senior Counsel & Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Alliance Defending Freedom: De-banking: Countering Systemic Risks of Political Bias in Financial Services: Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government March 7, 2024 hearing on The Weaponization of the Federal Government” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 45“Written Statement of Jeremy Tedesco, Senior Counsel & Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Alliance Defending Freedom: De-banking: Countering Systemic Risks of Political Bias in Financial Services: Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government March 7, 2024 hearing on The Weaponization of the Federal Government” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 46“Written Statement of Jeremy Tedesco, Senior Counsel & Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Alliance Defending Freedom: De-banking: Countering Systemic Risks of Political Bias in Financial Services: Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government March 7, 2024 hearing on The Weaponization of the Federal Government” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 47“3 Ways for Parents to Navigate Destructive Gender Ideology in Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, 2023. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 48“3 Ways for Parents to Navigate Destructive Gender Ideology in Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, 2023. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 49“3 Ways for Parents to Navigate Destructive Gender Ideology in Schools” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, 2023. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 50“The American College of Pediatricians Case” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, June 2023. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 51“The American College of Pediatricians Case” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, June 2023. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 52Kristen Waggoner & Erin Hawley. “We Were Lorie Smith’s Lawyers. All Americans Should Applaud Our Win for Free Speech | Opinion,” Newsweek, July 12, 2023. Archived April 14, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/nObVt
- 53“303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis,” ACLU. Archived April 24, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/BmM4u
- 54“303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis,” ACLU. Archived April 24, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/BmM4u
- 55“Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine,” SCOTUSblog, September 12, 2023. Archived April 17, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/hReHK
- 56“FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine,” Harvard Law Review Vol. 138 Issue 1 (November 2024). Archived November 11, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 57“Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine,” SCOTUSblog, September 12, 2023. Archived April 17, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/hReHK
- 58“The Tanner Cross Case” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, July 26, 2021. Archived January 12, 2025. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 59“Byron Tanner Cross, et al. v. Loudoun County School Board, et al. (Amicus),” ACLU Virginia, October 1, 2021. Archived April 17, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5Ywbe
- 60“The Tanner Cross Case” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom, July 26, 2021. Archived January 12, 2025. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 61Horus Alas. “School Board agrees to settlement on teacher’s suspension, legal teams spar over transgender policy,” Loudoun Times-Mirror, November 15, 2021. Archived December 1, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/XoT2o
- 62“Testimony of Denise M. Burke Senior Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom On Washington Senate Bill 6102 Before the House Committee on Judiciary February 22, 2018” (PDF), Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived July 01, 2023. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 63“SENATE BILL REPORT SB 6102” (PDF), retrieved from lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov.
- 64“Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission,” Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived April 14, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/LdmXX
- 65“Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission,” Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived April 14, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/LdmXX
- 66“Alliance Defending Freedom,” ProPublica. Archived 990s and XML data on file at DeSmog.
- 67“Alliance Defending Freedom,” ProPublica. Archived 990s and XML data on file at DeSmog.
- 68“Alliance Defending Freedom,” ProPublica. Archived 990s and XML data on file at DeSmog.
- 69“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2012” (PDF), ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 70“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2012” (PDF), ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 71“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2012” (PDF), ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 72“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 73“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 74“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 75“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 76“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 77“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 78“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 79“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 80“Alliance Defending Freedom: Form 990 for period ending June 2023,” ProPublica. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 81“ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM AND AFFILIATES: Consolidated Financial Statements With Independent Auditors Report” June 30, 2022 and 2021″ (PDF). Retrieved from Cloudfront.net via Internet Archive. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 82“Contact Us Today,” Alliance Defending Freedom. Archived April 14, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/v84Zw