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LOBBYING REPORT

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM

2. Address

Address1
44180 Riverside Parkway
 Address2
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City
Lansdowne
 State
VA
 Zip Code
20176
 Country
USA

3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)

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Zip Code
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4a. Contact Name b. Telephone Number c. E-mail
​Ms.
​Katie Doherty
​8008355233
​corporatecounsel@adflegal.org
5. Senate ID#
​401108294-59048
7. Client Name Self Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
​ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
6. House ID#
​564130001
TYPE OF REPORT 8. Year
​2025
 Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) Q4 (10/1 - 12/31)

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

10. Check if this is a Termination Report Termination Date
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13
12. Lobbying 13. Organizations
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were:
Less than $5,000
Less than $5,000
$5,000 or more $
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$5,000 or more $
​40,000.00
Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options.
Method A. Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only

Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code

Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code

Signature
Digitally Signed By: Katie Doherty
 Date
7/21/2025 9:16:29 PM

LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code FAM

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R.650/S.204, Families Rights and Responsibilities Act, protecting the right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children as a fundamental right, all provisions.
S.1630, MOMS Act, provisions relating to providing a federal clearinghouse resource bank for expectant mothers.
S.1147/H.R.2378, Defining Male and Female Act of 2025, establishing clear and consistent biological definitions of male and female, all provisions.
H.R.3688, Protecting Children from Experimentation Act of 2025, prohibiting gender transition procedures on minors, all provisions.
H.J.Res.82, disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Insurance Regulation Amendment Act of 2024, all provisions.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

First Name Last Name Suffix Covered Official Position (if applicable) New
Katie
Doherty
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code CIV

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R.2896/S.1428, Safeguarding Charity Act, clarifying that certain tax exemptions are not treated as federal financial assistance, all provisions.
S.558, Antisemitism Awareness Act, providing for the consideration of a definition of antisemitism set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities, and for other purposes, all provisions.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

First Name Last Name Suffix Covered Official Position (if applicable) New
Katie
Doherty
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code FOR

16. Specific lobbying issues

Issues relating to international religious freedom policies abroad and global persecution of Christians.
Issues relating to free speech in Europe.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, State - Dept of (DOS), White House Office

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

First Name Last Name Suffix Covered Official Position (if applicable) New
Katie
Doherty
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code BAN

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, provisions relating to Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender procedures and surgeries; federal payments to large abortion providers; health care cost-sharing reduction payments; essential health benefits; tax credits for contributions to scholarship granting organizations; child tax credit; earned income tax credit; litigation funding; restriction on enforcement; artificial intelligence under the broadband equity, access, and deployment program; ineligibility based on low earning outcomes; and unrelated business taxable income.
S.1821, Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act, amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax on income from litigation which is received by third-party entities that provided financing for such litigation, all provisions.
S.1582, GENIUS Act, providing for the regulation of payment stablecoins, all provisions.
S.875/H.R.2702, FIRM Act, curtailing the political weaponization of Federal banking agencies by eliminating reputational risk as a component of the supervision of depository institutions, all provisions.
Issues relating to debanking; access to capital and capital markets; bolstering protections for fair access; improving litigators' ability to hold regulators accountable; and empowering certain state regulation.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

First Name Last Name Suffix Covered Official Position (if applicable) New
Katie
Doherty
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

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21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

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22. New General description of client’s business or activities

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LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

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ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

Name Address Principal Place of Business
(city and state or country)
Street Address
City State/Province Zip Country
City
State Country

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

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FOREIGN ENTITIES

27. Add the following foreign entities:

Name Address Principal place of business
(city and state or country) 		Amount of contribution for lobbying activities Ownership percentage in client
Street Address
City State/Province Country
City
State Country
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?

Lobbyist Name Description of Offense(s)