America First Legal Foundation
EIN 86-2190372 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Who it funds most
2 of its 4 grantees were funded in more than one year.
America First Legal Foundation's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 4 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202523219349315387
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $30.2m | — | $15.2m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $13.2m | — | $10.3m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns4 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202523219349315387 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202413209349311446 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202323199349307967 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202213199349322976 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
America First Legal Foundation made 7 grants across 2021–2024, totalling $497.8k as filed.
- Grants
- 7
- Total, as filed
- $497.8k
- Years
- 2021–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Rule of Law Defense Fund | 3 | $225.0k |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | 1 | $177.5k |
| Ethics and Public Policy Center | 1 | $45.3k |
| American Accountability Foundation | 1 | $25.0k |
| Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc | 1 | $25.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | $202.5k |
| 2022 | 3 | $145.3k |
| 2023 | 1 | $75.0k |
| 2024 | 1 | $75.0k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-862190372. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified