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Veterans In Defense Of Liberty Action Committee

Organization Details
Purpose
The purpose of the organization is to support or oppose candidates running for elected office. The primary focus will be on federal candidates, but the organization may also become involved in state or local elections.
Related Organizations
Veterans In Defense Of Liberty
Leadership

Last updated 2010

Alec Wade
Treasurer and Director
Chris Tibbs
Assistant Treasurer and Director
Darin Chappell
Secretary and Director
Dr. Wm. Scott Magill
President and Director
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Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$6.9M
All-Time Expenditures
$6.1M
Top Contributors

Aggregation is done by name and will not account for significant variations in reported names.

Aggregate Below Threshold
“Aggregate below threshold” is the sum of all contributions where the contributor donated less than $200 and their name does not need to be disclosed.
$4.04M
$23.6K
$20.3K
Largest Recipients

Aggregation is done by name and will not account for significant variations in reported names.

Insights
This organization uses a small percentage of its total expenditures for political contributions.
This organization gets a majority of its contributions from out of state.

Contributions & Expenditures

Explore all contributions to and expenditures by Veterans In Defense Of Liberty Action Committee since 2016.

All time Last 5 years
Contributions (All time)
$6.87M
Expenditures (All time)
$6.05M

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IRS disclosures

All electronic form 8872s that Veterans In Defense Of Liberty Action Committee has filed with the IRS. Organizations may file monthly or quarterly during general-election (even-numbered) years, and monthly or semiannually during nonelection (odd-numbered) years.

Data only includes electronic filings. To look for paper reports, try the IRS’ search function.

2024

  • $0 in contributions
  • $231 in expenditures
July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$81
April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$75
January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$75

2023

  • $201,273 in contributions
  • $145,640 in expenditures
July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
Total contributions
$2,845
Total expenditures
$151
January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023
Total contributions
$198,428
Total expenditures
$145,489

2022

  • $621,256 in contributions
  • $505,971 in expenditures
October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
Total contributions
$132,153
Total expenditures
$107,105
July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022
Total contributions
$171,183
Total expenditures
$124,722
April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022
Total contributions
$158,810
Total expenditures
$129,282
January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022
Total contributions
$159,110
Total expenditures
$144,862

2021

  • $709,420 in contributions
  • $606,755 in expenditures
July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Total contributions
$311,525
Total expenditures
$265,191
January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021
Total contributions
$397,895
Total expenditures
$341,564

2020

  • $870,586 in contributions
  • $797,649 in expenditures
October 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
Total contributions
$198,046
Total expenditures
$198,607
July 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020
Total contributions
$202,826
Total expenditures
$185,842
April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Total contributions
$198,532
Total expenditures
$183,284
January 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020
Total contributions
$271,182
Total expenditures
$229,916

2019

  • $1M in contributions
  • $838,304 in expenditures
July 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
Total contributions
$528,407
Total expenditures
$367,737
January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019
Total contributions
$505,590
Total expenditures
$470,567

2018

  • $1.5M in contributions
  • $1.4M in expenditures
October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
Total contributions
$588,367
Total expenditures
$391,645
July 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018
Total contributions
$304,512
Total expenditures
$299,033
April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018
Total contributions
$288,257
Total expenditures
$342,199
January 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018
Total contributions
$310,946
Total expenditures
$416,464

2017

  • $1.7M in contributions
  • $1.7M in expenditures
July 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
Total contributions
$1.48M
Total expenditures
$621,781
January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017
Total contributions
$258,366
Total expenditures
$1.07M

2016

  • $207,485 in contributions
  • $18,749 in expenditures
October 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016
Total contributions
$135,845
Total expenditures
$15,125
July 1, 2016 to September 30, 2016
Total contributions
$71,640
Total expenditures
$3,624

Tax-exempt political organizations that report receiving $25,000 or more a year must file Form 990, unless they meet certain criteria.

ProPublica found 3 form 990s on the IRS website filed by Veterans In Defense Of Liberty Action Committee. To search for additional Form 990s, try the IRS’ search function.

Date Created
February 18, 2020 View form
January 13, 2020 View form
September 20, 2019 View form

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About This Data


What is a 527?

A 527 is a nonprofit formed under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, which grants tax-exempt status to organizations whose primary purpose is attempting to influence the election of one or more people to public office at the national, state or local level. But contributions to these organizations are not considered tax-deductible, unlike gifts to charities.

What organizations are in the 527 Explorer?

This database covers tax-exempt political organizations organized under Section 527, excluding organizations that are regulated by the Federal Election Commission (like federal PACs are); that expect to receive less than $25,000 in annual contributions; that are nonpolitical nonprofits, like charities; or that are political committees for a state or local candidate or a political party. An organization’s state is taken from the address reported on its most recent form 8871.

What organizations report itemized contributions and expenditures?

Tax-exempt political organizations, other than qualified state or local political organizations, that have filed for tax-exempt status with the IRS under Section 527 must file Form 8872 to disclose any expenditures made or contributions received. A qualified state or local political organization is one whose political activities relate solely to state or local public office and that routinely files publicly available reports with one or more states. For state-by-state information on tax-exempt political organizations and their filings, see the IRS’ listings.

Note: Only electronic filings are included in this data. While many organizations filed electronically before 2020, electronic filing for all organizations was only required beginning in January 2020. Therefore, some contributions and expenditures made prior to 2020 may not be reflected in this data.

Note: We make a best-effort attempt to not display street-level addresses for payments labeled as "salary."

How are the totals calculated?

An organization’s total contributions and expenditures are calculated by summing up the most recent report filed for each reporting period. However, organizations sometimes file reports for overlapping dates or reports that duplicate data. For any date range, the most recently filed report is marked. Duplicate contributions or expenditures (ones that have the exact same name, amount and date but show up in multiple reports) have been removed from the calculated totals.

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