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Founder and first president/CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom (1994-2017), growing it from 5,000-startup to 1.2M percent growth with 80% courtroom win rate. Trained 1,923 lawyers from 45 countries in religious liberty defense.
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Founder 1994, CEO 1993-2017
Education
University of Kentucky (BA)
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (JD)
Pepperdine (additional training) · Stanford Business School, Harvard Law/Business School
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Family Talk Action CorporationDirector · $6K revenue · Colorado Spgs, COFiled FY2025, FY2024, FY2023 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Dr James Dobson Family InstituteMember · $10.9M revenue · Colorado Spgs, COTo help preserve and promote the institution of the family and the biblical principles on which it is based, and to seek to introduce as many people…Filed FY2024, FY2023, FY2022 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Disambiguation
Other people named Alan Sears
Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.
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Alan Sears2 organizations · Arlington, VA, O Fallon, MOLive Action
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Alan Sears2 organizations · Scottsdale, AZAdf Foundation
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Alan Sears1 organization · Eaton, COEaton Country Club
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Alan Sears1 organization · Seattle, WACouncil House INC
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Alan Sears1 organization · Washington, DCNational Center on Sexual Exploitation INC
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Alan Sears1 organization · New Haven, CTKnights of Columbus Charitable Fund INC
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Alan Sears1 organization · Washington, DCCouncil for National Policy
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Alan Sears1 organization · Scottsdale, AZKingdom Alliance Builders
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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org
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