Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943037261
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Brentwood, TN, USA
Phone
7704141404
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Civil Liberties
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,682,317
Expenses
$63,179,169
Assets
$102,179,327
Liabilities
$6,450,892

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR JAY SEKULOW ESQ (PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR)
  • DONN PARSONS (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • GARY SEKULOW CPACGMA (CFO/COO): $690,449 total reported compensation
  • ADAM SEKULOW MBA (VP OF FINANCE): $534,489 total reported compensation
  • LOGAN SEKULOW (DIRECTOR OF MEDIA SERVICES): $263,022 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The center is specifically dedicated to the ideal that religious freedom and freedom of speech are inalienable, god given rights. The center's purpose is to educate, promulgate, conciliate and where necessary, litigate, to ensure that those rights are protected under the law.

What it reported doing in 2025

Information and education - christian advocates serving evangelism, inc. (case) is a not-for-profit organization specifically dedicated to the ideal that religious freedom and freedom of speech are inalienable god-given rights. The purpose of case is to educate, promulgate, conciliate and where necessary, litigate to ensure that those rights are protected under the law. Membership in the organization is free and members receive e-mail updates periodically. Membership provides opportunities for members to join with other members to make their voices heard. The educational department sent out 11,194,116 pieces of informational mail to members and individuals who requested information regarding our exempt functions and purposes. The website is for members, press, educators, and the legal community as well. Over 548,192,859 informational emails were sent to members and individuals. Over 3,567,416 unique internet users visited our website. Page views for 2025 totaled 11,258,559 for the website aclj.org. Our organization's facebook likes total over 7,908,000 and we have over 912,880 twitter followers. 2025 facebook live views were over 14,660,000. Youtube views were over 91.2 million. Rumble unique view were over 1,530,000 million. On instagram, our short videos uploads 212 videos with 1,263,000 views. On x formerly twitter, we uploaded 397 short videos. On the platfrom vimeo, we uploaded 366 short videos. In 2025, our truth social followers count exceeded 291,700. Our daily call-in radio program is heard on over 325 outlets nationwide plus xm satellite. Our weekend radio show is heard in 95 outlets nationwide.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 51% for direct work, and 49% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 71
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 92.9%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.3%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.62; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $58.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $690K · 17 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $14.8M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.