Arizona · Public charity
Alliance Defending Freedom
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM exists to keep the door open for the gospel by advancing every person's god-given right to live and speak the truth. We contend for the truth in law, policy, and the public square, and equip the alliance to do the same.
- $12M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $10M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,715,495
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 23
- Total assets, FY2025
- $112M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Alliance Defending Freedom funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.1M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Civil RightsEducationReligionHealthCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 37 | $10M | 51% |
| FY2024 | 35 | $10M | 43% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $848k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $815k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $750k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $916k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $1.2M | 32% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $1.2M | 40% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
International$17MCivil Rights$6.0MReligion$2.0MCrime & Legal$1.0MEducation$477kHuman Services$356kHealth$311kPublic Benefit$194kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
AK
VT
NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
GA
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Defending Freedom International | $17,326,580 | 2 | 100% |
| Adf Action | $1,907,186 | 3 | 100% |
| American Liberties Institute Inc | $663,807 | 3 | 46% |
| Kellum Law Firm | $535,992 | 5 | n/a |
| Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund Inc | $529,025 | 4 | 14% |
| Mauck & Baker LLC | $408,106 | 9 | n/a |
| Fidelis Center for Law & Policy | $380,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Child & Parental Rights Campaign Inc | $273,125 | 5 | 19% |
| The Family Foundation of Virginia | $251,600 | 3 | 9% |
| Wadleigh Starr & Peters Pllc | $237,114 | 7 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Defending Freedom International | $17,326,580 | 2 | 100% |
| Adf Action | $1,907,186 | 3 | 100% |
| American Liberties Institute Inc | $663,807 | 3 | 46% |
| Kellum Law Firm | $535,992 | 5 | n/a |
| Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund Inc | $529,025 | 4 | 14% |
| Mauck & Baker LLC | $408,106 | 9 | n/a |
| Fidelis Center for Law & Policy | $380,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Child & Parental Rights Campaign Inc | $273,125 | 5 | 19% |
| The Family Foundation of Virginia | $251,600 | 3 | 9% |
| Wadleigh Starr & Peters Pllc | $237,114 | 7 | n/a |
| Liberty Counsel Inc | $225,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc | $180,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Dalton & Tomich PLC | $172,546 | 9 | n/a |
| Charis Lex PC | $160,078 | 1 | n/a |
| Law Offices of Herbert Grey | $135,629 | 3 | n/a |
| Ellis Li & McKinstry PLLC | $133,682 | 5 | n/a |
| Law Office of Nic Cocis | $129,610 | 6 | n/a |
| Susan B Anthony List Education Fund | $125,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Patrick Henry College | $123,926 | 5 | 0% |
| Boyden Gray Pllc | $110,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Religious Freedom Institute Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 2% |
| DeForest Koscelnik & Berardinelli | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mitchell Law PLLC | $98,772 | 3 | n/a |
| Envisage Law | $96,852 | 1 | n/a |
| Roads of Success | $96,601 | 3 | 6% |
| Womens Liberation Front | $95,015 | 3 | 5% |
| Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $95,000 | 4 | 4% |
| The James Otis Law Group | $93,528 | 2 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Family Institute | $92,475 | 3 | 4% |
| Indiana Family Institute Inc | $89,145 | 3 | 4% |
| James Hochberg AAL | $86,902 | 3 | n/a |
| Brena Bell & Walker PC | $84,783 | 3 | n/a |
| Consovoy McCarthy Pllc | $80,219 | 1 | n/a |
| Provident Law | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Freedom Law Center Inc Dba Aflc % Cindy Page | $80,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Kaempf Law Firm PC | $66,193 | 2 | n/a |
| Nathan W Kellum | $62,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Institute for Patients' Rights Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Smith Appellate Law Firm PLLC | $58,010 | 2 | n/a |
| Story Law Firm LLC | $55,088 | 3 | n/a |
| The Abigail Adams Institute Inc | $54,500 | 2 | 5% |
| The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy | $53,490 | 3 | 0% |
| Coooper & Kirk Pllc | $52,485 | 2 | n/a |
| Home School Legal Defense Association | $51,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Kriegshauser Ney Law Group | $50,640 | 2 | n/a |
| Burke Law Group | $50,001 | 2 | n/a |
| International Organization for the Family | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Citizens Defending Freedom Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Shreffler Law PLLC | $48,894 | 4 | n/a |
| Nelson Madden Black LLP | $46,847 | 3 | n/a |
| Hershberger Law Office | $46,835 | 1 | n/a |
| Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge | $41,147 | 2 | n/a |
| Bucknam Law PC | $40,886 | 2 | n/a |
| Life on Belay Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Adf Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture | $40,000 | 1 | 5% |
| American College of Pediatricians | $40,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Hostetter Law Group LLP | $36,000 | 2 | n/a |
| John Paul II Shrine and Institute Inc | $35,634 | 3 | 0% |
| Nussbaum Speir Gleason PLLC | $33,810 | 1 | n/a |
| McKenry Dancigers Dawson PC | $33,518 | 4 | n/a |
| Arago Law Firm PLLC | $33,450 | 2 | n/a |
| Odeneal & Odenea | $33,157 | 1 | n/a |
| Dillon Pllc | $31,833 | 1 | n/a |
| Orndorff Mowen PLLC | $31,826 | 2 | n/a |
| Mrd Law | $31,767 | 3 | n/a |
| Simms Showers LLP | $31,637 | 1 | n/a |
| Charitable Allies Inc | $31,525 | 2 | 6% |
| Upper Adams School District | $30,351 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Client Safety Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Hixson & Brown PC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bodanza & Bodanza Law Office | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Center for Public Policy Research | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Witherspoon Institute Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Law Office of Jason R Craddock | $25,680 | 1 | n/a |
| Kirkland & Ellis LLP (DC) | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Live Action | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Smith & Associates | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spero Law LLC | $24,598 | 2 | n/a |
| Kristina S Heuser PC | $23,982 | 2 | n/a |
| Wagenmaker & Oberly LLC | $22,726 | 1 | n/a |
| Kriegshauser Law Firm | $22,360 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Arizona Policy Inc | $22,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Miller Johnson Snell & Cummiskey Plc | $21,003 | 2 | n/a |
| Frontline Policy Council Inc | $20,928 | 1 | 6% |
| Scheef & Stone LLP | $20,465 | 2 | n/a |
| The Colson Center for Christian Worldview | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Illumine Legal LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adams & Graham LLP | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Canopy Global Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fiorentino Howard & Petrone PC | $19,479 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Adoption and Family Law Practice | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harned Strategies LLC | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dakota Law Pllc | $17,733 | 1 | n/a |
| Open Doors With Brother Andrew Inc | $17,518 | 1 | 0% |
| Lynch Murphy McLane LLP | $17,194 | 1 | n/a |
| Law Offices of Jonathan R Whitehead LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Liebler Connor Berry & St Hilaire | $13,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Demetrios K Stratis LLC | $13,798 | 1 | n/a |
| Ashbrook Byrne Kresge Flowers LLC | $13,744 | 2 | n/a |
| Phelps Dunbar LLP | $13,128 | 1 | n/a |
| Edmunds Law Office LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| J Michael Considine Jr PC | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Justice Foundation | $10,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Campbell Miller Payne PLLC | $10,060 | 1 | n/a |
| Raymond M Adler PC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ahrend Law Firm PLLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bioethics Defense Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iraqi Christian Human Rights Council | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Silent Majority Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Downtown Soup Kitchen Inc | $9,204 | 1 | 1% |
| Pennsylvania Family | $9,124 | 1 | n/a |
| Milanovich Law PLLC | $8,812 | 1 | n/a |
| Margrave Celmins | $8,430 | 1 | n/a |
| Martin Law & Mediation PLLC | $7,950 | 1 | n/a |
| National Museum of American Religion Inc | $7,850 | 1 | 11% |
| Runnymede Strategies LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Allied Law Group LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Just Law International PC | $6,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Sturgill Turner Barker & Moloney Pllc | $6,494 | 1 | n/a |
| Lloyd Law Group Pllc | $6,131 | 1 | n/a |
| National Center on Sexual Exploitation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boat People S O S Inc | $5,783 | 1 | 0% |
| Messina Law Firm | $5,499 | 1 | n/a |
| Carlson Law Pllc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Alliance Defending Freedom supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Donors Trust IncVA24.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The Catholic Association Foundation · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · The Family Leader Foundation Inc · USATransform · The 85 Fund · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Strake Foundation
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Alliance Defending Freedom
- How much does Alliance Defending Freedom give?
- Alliance Defending Freedom reported 37 itemized grants totaling $10,491,044, out of $11,927,970 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Alliance Defending Freedom fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (63%), Civil Rights (22%), Religion (7%).
- Who are Alliance Defending Freedom's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Alliance Defending Freedom International ($17M), Adf Action ($1.9M), American Liberties Institute Inc ($664k).
- Does Alliance Defending Freedom fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Alliance Defending Freedom?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, Bradley Impact Fund Inc, Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc.
- Where is Alliance Defending Freedom based?
- Alliance Defending Freedom is based in AZ.
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