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Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust, LLC

Organization Details
Purpose
The purposes for which the Fund is organized are: (1) to serve as a legal expense fund to raise money and pay for, or help defray legal expenses of, eligible persons involved in the investigations by special counsel Mueller and US Senate and House Committees regarding Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and related matters; and (2) engage in any related activities permitted for a Section 527 political entity.
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Leadership

Last updated 2018

Nan Hayworth
Manager
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Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$831,879
All-Time Expenditures
$831,811
Top Contributors

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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 Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust, LLC since 2018.

Contributions (All time)
$831,879
Expenditures (All time)
$831,811

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IRS disclosures

All electronic form 8872s that Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust, LLC 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.

2025

  • $0 in contributions
  • $0 in expenditures
Mid-year report
January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0

2024

  • $0 in contributions
  • $0 in expenditures
End-of-year report
October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
Quarter 3 report
July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
Quarter 2 report
April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
Quarter 1 report
January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0

2023

  • $0 in contributions
  • $0 in expenditures
End-of-year report
July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
Mid-year report
January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0

2022

  • $0 in contributions
  • $91 in expenditures
End-of-year report
November 29, 2022 to December 31, 2022
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
Post-election report (MA)
October 1, 2022 to November 28, 2022
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$13
April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$39
January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$39

2021

  • $0 in contributions
  • $2,946 in expenditures
July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$78
January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$2,868

2020

  • $35 in contributions
  • $2,791 in expenditures
October 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
Total contributions
$35
Total expenditures
$40
July 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$39
April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$2,495
January 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$217

2019

  • $425 in contributions
  • $130,961 in expenditures
July 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
Total contributions
$125
Total expenditures
$82
January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019
Total contributions
$300
Total expenditures
$130,879

2018

  • $831,419 in contributions
  • $695,022 in expenditures
October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
Total contributions
$500,000
Total expenditures
$524,687
Previous reports available
This is the last report submitted for this period (processed January 31, 2019 at 06:44PM). Expand to see 1 other report that overlaps in this date range.
End-of-year report
October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
Total contributions
$500,000
Total expenditures
$525,796
1st report
This report was processed January 31, 2019 at 06:10PM.
July 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018
Total contributions
$150,890
Total expenditures
$143,239
April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018
Total contributions
$180,529
Total expenditures
$27,096
Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust, LLC marked this report as amended, but no previous reports were found for this period.

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

ProPublica found 2 form 990s on the IRS website filed by Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust, LLC. To search for additional Form 990s, try the IRS’ search function.

Date Created
July 21, 2021 View form
June 10, 2020 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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