Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is a conservative Christian legal advocacy organization that provides litigation, legal strategy, and policy support to defend what it characterizes as religious liberty, free speech, the sanctity of life, parental rights, and traditional marriage rights in courts and public policy arenas in the United States and internationally.
Strategic litigation and advocacy in areas including religious liberty and free exercise claims, First Amendment speech and association issues, pro‑life and abortion‑related restrictions, parental rights and education policy, opposition to certain expansions of LGBT civil‑rights protections when they are presented as conflicting with religious conscience, and related conservative social policy positions.
Primarily funded by private donations from individuals and faith‑based donors, contributions from conservative philanthropic foundations, fundraising events, and bequests.
ADF Action (advocacy/501(c)(4) arm), Alliance Defending Freedom International, Alliance Defending Freedom Foundation, and frequent coalition partners among conservative and religious liberty legal and policy organizations.
Nonprofit legal advocacy organization (501(c)(3))
