Aclj Action Inc
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What it says it does
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.
- Income
- $1.4 million
- Spending
- $975,003
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $174,952, chief of staff/senior advi
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $777,400 spent. 2024 CAMPAIGN TOTALS: 121,898 ACTIONS TAKEN BY GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL AS OF DECEMBER 18, 2024. ACHIEVED A 90.29 PERCENT PARTICIPATION RATE IN CAMPAIGNS BY MEMBERS. SECRETARY MAYORKAS WAS IMPEACHED BY THE HOUSE FOR HIS DERELICTION OF DUTY AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER THANKS IN PART THANKS TO OUR ADVOCACY. OUR CAMPAIGN AGAINST JUDICIAL NOMINEE ADEEL ABDULLAH MANGI DUE TO HIS AFFILIATION WITH ANTISEMITIC AND EXTREMIST GROUPS HELPED SECURE THE WITHDRAWAL OF HIS NOMINATION FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. THE PRAISE ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW AS PART OF A BROADER PANDEMIC REFORM BILL IN NORTH CAROLINA. IT ALSO PASSED THE HOUSE IN GEORGIA AND WAS INTRODUCED IN SEVERAL STATE LEGISLATURES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FINALLY, WE HELPED OUR ALLY ISRAEL IN D.C. BY COORDINATING A LETTER WITH REP. ELISE STEFANIK AND SEN. BILL HAGERTY TO SUPPORT ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST HEZBOLLAH; WRITING A LETTER URGING PRESIDENT BIDEN TO REINSTATE A TRUMP EO OPPOSING ICC'S OVERREACH IN ATTEMPTING TO ARREST PRESIDENT NETANYAHU; JOINING THE COALITION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM; AND JOINING A COALITION LETTER TO SUPPORT THE DEFUNDING OF UNRWA, AMONG OTHER KEY PRO-ISRAEL ACTION ITEMS. COORDINATED THE SUBMISSION OF A PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNING A PROPOSED RULE EFFECTIVELY REMOVING HYDE AMENDMENT-PROTECTIONS FROM THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES. THIS WAS FILED ON BEHALF OF LISA JOHNSON-BILLY, A MEMBER OF THE CHICKASAW TRIBAL NATION. WORKED WITH REP. CHIP ROY'S OFFICE TO DELAY ACTION ON DISPOSITION OF THE FETAL REMAINS OF THE DC 5, ENSURING D.C. OFFICIALS STOOD DOWN ON CREMATION, PREVENTING THE DESTRUCTION OF FETAL REMAINS THAT MANY BELIEVE BEAR EVIDENCE OF ILLEGAL PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION/INFANTICIDE. OUR CAMPAIGN "PASS H.RES.82 TO CONDEMN CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE" IN NIGERIA HELPED SECURE THE PASSAGE OF H.RES.82 FROM THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 6, 2024. OUR CAMPAIGN "PASS THE AM RADIO FOR EVERY VEHICLE ACT NOW" HELPED SECURE THE PASSAGE OF H.R. 8448 FROM THE HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER 2024. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS NOT ULTIMATELY INCLUDED IN MUST PASS, STOPGAP LEGISLATION TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. OUR CAMPAIGN "STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT VOTING" DREW ATTENTION TO THE REGISTRATION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO VOTE, AND HELPED SECURE THE PASSAGE OF H.R. 8281 IN JULY 2024. WROTE A MEMO PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE CONTRAST BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AND PRESIDENT BIDEN'S POLICY STANCES RELATED TO ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST, HELPING DRIVE OUT THE PRO-ISRAEL VOTER BLOC IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. COORDINATED A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY AND PERSONNEL STRATEGY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IN THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS PART OF A BROADER PROJECT 2025 EFFORT.STATE GRASSROOTS EFFORTS 4534 ACLJ ACTION MEMBERS TOOK ACTION TO CONTACT SPECIFIC STATE LEGISLATORS TO ENCOURAGE PASSAGE OF THE PROTECTING RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY IN STATES OF EMERGENCY (PRAISE) ACT CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS ACLJ ACTION MEMBERS SUCCEEDED IN GETTING THE PRAISE ACT SIGNED INTO LAW IN NORTH CAROLINA, PASSED THROUGH THE HOUSE IN GEORGIA, AND INTRODUCED IN SEVERAL OTHER STATE LEGISLATURES AROUND THE COUNTRY. THIS BILL PROTECTS THE RIGHT TO RELIGIOUS WORSHIP BY ENSURING STATE OFFICIALS CANNOT ABUSE THEIR POWERS DURING DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCY. TRUMP V. ANDERSON ACLJ ACTION PERFORMED OUTREACH TO FACILITATE CONTACT WITH THE HEADS OF VARIOUS STATE REPUBLICAN PARTIES, TO ASSIST IN THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE LAWSUIT BROUGHT ON BEHALF OF THE COLORADO REPUBLICAN PARTY. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VICTORY IN TRUMP V. ANDERSON SECURED HIS ACCESS TO THE BALLOT, AND ULTIMATELY HIS VICTORY IN NOVEMBER.2025 ADVOCACY PRIORITIES- WHISTLEBLOWER REFORM - APP STORE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT - PRAISE ACT - SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT'S LEGISLATIVE AND SPENDING PRIORITIES SUPPORTING ADDITIONAL CLIENT NEEDS
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2022.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: Action Inc (Gloucester, MA), EIN 04-2389332. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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