Tennessee · Nonprofit
ACLJ ACTION INC
ACLJ ACTION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $700,000 to it, the largest being CHRISTIAN ADVOCATES SERVING EVANGELISM INC ($700,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $934k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $700k
- Net assets
- $783k
What Aclj Action Inc does
Mission
The organization is organized and operated to promote the social welfare by promoting policies that support constitutional values, liberty, and religious freedom in the united states. This activity is conducted primarily through the education, lobbying elected officials in state and federal governments, and organizing voters in the domestic united states and in all 50 states.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
This summary documents work performed in support of grant-funded educational and public policy activities during 2025. Activities consisted primarily of policy research, educational content development, stakeholder engagement, and legislative education consistent with our objectives.may 2025 - reviewed and prepared a response to correspondence opposing pro-life initiatives and addressing issues related to abortion policy.july 2025app store accountability education - drafted an op-ed for the columbus dispatch explaining the need for the app store accountability act and its impact on families and child online safety. - coordinated research and provided editorial support for an article concerning apple app store practices and consumer protection issues.child tax credit education - drafted a policy blog for the clapham group discussing the child tax credit and its impact on working families. - prepared briefing materials and talking points for a radio interview discussing the child tax credit.october 2025 - researched and drafted an educational op-ed regarding antitrust law, competition policy, and the digital marketplace.november 2025app store accountability education - planned,…
$456,002 spentof which $94,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $456,002.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $325k to $643k (+98%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of ACLJ ACTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Jordan Sekulow
Chair, president & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $300k → $100k.
From the IRS filings of ACLJ ACTION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of ACLJ ACTION INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ACLJ ACTION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,668 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,668 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ACLJ ACTION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism Inc (Case) · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ACLJ ACTION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACLJ ACTION INC?
- ACLJ ACTION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $700,000 to it, the largest being CHRISTIAN ADVOCATES SERVING EVANGELISM INC ($700,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACLJ ACTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $700,000 in grants to ACLJ ACTION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACLJ ACTION INC?
- CHRISTIAN ADVOCATES SERVING EVANGELISM INC is the largest funder on record, with $700,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACLJ ACTION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing