National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation or NRTWLDF (legally registered as the National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education Foundation Inc.) is an non-profit 501(c)3 non-profit organization that launches legal actions against labor organizations. Its mission is to "eliminate coercive union power and compulsory unionism abuses through strategic litigation, public information, and education programs."[1]
The NRTWLDF was founded in 1968. They say: "The National Right to Work Committee was then active in Congress and state legislatures...but it was not structured to give legal aid. So by 1968, the time had come...rather than working in the legislative arena, such an organization could fight through the court system." [2]
Funding
According to its 2012 IRS Form 990, the NRTWLDF had $8.5 million in revenue, $6.1 million in expenses, and year end assets of $16.9 million.[3] It reported spending $3.5 million on providing "legal assistance to workers suffering from abuses of compulsory unionism in hundreds of cases nationwide." The organization does not disclose its donors.
The NRTWLDF has received 25 grants totaling $2,094,500 (unadjusted for inflation) from a handful of conservative U.S. foundations between 1991 and 2002.[1]
Funding foundations have included:
Leadership
The organization is governed by a Board of Trustees. Current members as of its 2012 IRS 990 filing[4]:
- President - Mark Mix
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees - Dr. Frederick C. Fowler, III
- Vice Chairman - Duncan Scott
- Vice President and Legal Director - Raymond J. LaJeunesse, Jr.
- Vice President - Patrick Semmens
- Trustee - Reed Larson
- Trustee - G. Steve Allen
- Trustee - Steve Antosh
- Trustee - William Duross, III
- Trustee - Brent Reynolds
- Trustee - Ethelmae Humphreys
- Trustee - Mark McGrane
- Trustee - Charles Serio
- Trustee - Victor Senese
- Trustee - Kirk Shelley
Website
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
8001 Braddock Road
Springfield, Virginia 22160
Phone: (703) 321-8510 and (800) 336-3600
Fax: (703) 321-9613
Web: http://www.nrtw.org
Articles & Resources
References
- ↑ National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, "About," organization website, accessed May 6, 2014.
- ↑ "A Brief History of the Foundation", National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, accessed October 2007.
- ↑ GuideStar, "2012 Form 990," organization website, May 6, 2014.
- ↑ GuideStar, "2012 Form 990," organization website, May 6, 2014.
External links
- National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, accessed October 2004.
- Debra England, "Top 10 charitable gift ideas for this holiday season," TownHall.com, December 16, 2006.