Nonprofit · EIN 99-3972698
AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL
Tax-exempt · MADISON, MS 39110
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990-EZ | $140,111 | $149,769 | -$9,658 | $18,493 | $0 | $18,493 |
Financial details: 990-EZ for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $140,111
Expenses
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $50,859
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $124,295
- Professional fees and payments to contractors
- $4,010
- Occupancy
- $162
- Printing, publications and postage
- $272
- Other expenses
- $21,030
- Program services (functional)
- $118,774
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $28,151
- Total assets, end of year
- $18,493
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $18,493
- Cash, savings and investments
- $18,493
- Gross receipts
- $140,111
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990-EZ for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| AARON R RICE | PRESIDENT & CEO | 40 | $50,859 |
| J KELLEY WILLIAMS JR | CHAIRMAN | 0.5 | $0 |
| FOREST THIGPEN | SECRETARY | 0.5 | $0 |
| BRUCE DEER | TREASURER | 0.5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1888 MAIN ST STE C PMB 164, MADISON, MS 39110-6337
- Mailing address (990-N for 2023)
- PO Box 1614, Ridgeland MS 39158
- Principal officer (990-N for 2023)
- Aaron Rice, 111 Mont Helena Drive, Madison MS 39110
- Signed the 990-EZ
- AARON RICE, PRESIDENT & CEO
- Phone
- (601) 879-5595
- Website
- www.americandreamlegal.org
- Return prepared by
- BMSS LLC
Mission
OUR MISSION IS TO REPRESENT EVERYDAY PEOPLE - FREE OF CHARGE - WHEN THE GOVERNMENT OBSTRUCTS THEIR PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. WE BELIEVE THE TREMENDOUS PROMISE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM IS FULFILLED THROUGH OUR CONSTITUTION'S COMMITMENT TO INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT, ENABLING A WIDE RANGE OF HUMAN AFFAIRS TO BE GOVERNED BY PERSONAL CHOICE AND HONEST COMPETITION. THE VICTORIES WE WIN FOR OUR CLIENTS SET LASTING PRECEDENTS THAT REDEEM THE DREAM'S PROMISE FOR ONE AND ALL. OUR VISION IS AN AMERICA THAT OFFERS PEOPLE FROM EVERY BACKGROUND THE FREEDOM TO LIVE LIFE ON THEIR OWN TERMS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE AS FAR AS THEIR ABILITIES WILL TAKE THEM, AND THE POWER TO CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINIES.
Program accomplishments
- REPRESENTING EVERYDAY PEOPLE - FREE OF CHARGE - WHEN THE GOVERNMENT OBSTRUCTS THEIR PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM AND ADVOCATING FOR PUBLIC POLICIES THAT EXPAND FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AMERICANS.Expenses $118,774
- CASES IN LITIGATION:AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PRO-LIFE OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS V. MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE, ET AL. THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PRO-LIFE OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS (AAPLOG) AND ITS MEMBERS OPPOSE ELECTIVE ABORTION AND ARE COMMITTED TO THE CARE AND WELL-BEING OF THEIR PATIENTS, INCLUDING BOTH PREGNANT WOMEN AND THEIR UNBORN CHILDREN. ACCORDINGLY, AAPLOG'S MISSISSIPPI MEMBERS DECLINE TO PERFORM OR REFER PATIENTS FOR ELECTIVE ABORTIONS. HOWEVER, SEVERAL PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SOCIETIES, ASSOCIATIONS, AND BOARD-CERTIFICATION ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ADOPTED FORMAL POLICIES THAT MAKE AAPLOG'S MISSISSIPPI MEMBERS VULNERABLE TO DISCIPLINE OR DE-CERTIFICATION BY THOSE ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFUSING TO PERFORM OR REFER PATIENTS FOR ELECTIVE ABORTIONS. UNDER MISSISSIPPI LAW, AAPLOG'S MISSISSIPPI MEMBERS COULD BE DISCIPLINED BY THE STATE IF THEY HAVE DISCIPLINARY ACTION TAKEN AGAINST THEM BY THESE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. MISSISSIPPI'S RECENTLY ENACTED ELECTIVE ABORTION BAN WOULD SHIELD AAPLOG'S MISSISSIPPI MEMBERS FROM THIS DISCIPLINARY ACTION, BUT THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THAT STATUTE IS UNCERTAIN. THE UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF MISSISSIPPI'S ELECTIVE ABORTION BAN INTERFERES WITH THE CONSCIENCE RIGHTS OF PRO-LIFE PHYSICIANS AND THREATENS THE LIVES OF UNBORN CHILDREN. THUS, AAPLOG SEEKS A JUDGMENT DECLARING THAT THE STATUTE IS CONSTITUTIONAL. AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL IS REPRESENTING AAPLOG IN STATE COURT TO CLARIFY THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF MISSISSIPPI'S ELECTIVE ABORTION BAN. NO SPECIFIC FEES HAVE BEEN SOUGHT OR RECOVERED AT THIS STAGE. SLAUGHTER V. EDNEYCHARLES SLAUGHTER IS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST WHO RUNS A CLINIC IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI SPECIALIZING IN CARE FOR ELDERLY PATIENTS. THAT EXPERIENCE CONVINCED HIM THAT HOMEBOUND PATIENTS IN HIS COMMUNITY WERE NOT RECEIVING ENOUGH TIME-INTENSIVE, QUALITY CARE. WHEN THE PANDEMIC DEEPENED THIS PROBLEM, SLAUGHTER RESOLVED TO OPEN HIS OWN HOME HEALTH AGENCY TO SOLVE IT. BUT TWO OVERLAPPING STATE LAWS STOOD IN HIS WAY. THE FIRST STATUTE, MISSISSIPPI'S CERTIFICATE-OF-NEED (CON) LAW, WOULD ALLOW SLAUGHTER TO OPEN AN AGENCY ONLY IF HIS COMMUNITY MET THE STATE'S CRUDE ESTIMATES OF SUFFICIENT "NEED" FOR HIS SERVICES. EVEN WORSE, ONLY TWO YEARS AFTER THE CON LAW WAS INTRODUCED, IT WAS RENDERED SUPERFLUOUS BY THE ADOPTION OF A MORATORIUM ON CONS THAT PROHIBITED NEW AGENCIES ALTOGETHER. NOTWITHSTANDING ITS OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION AS A TEMPORARY "MORATORIUM," THE BAN STOOD FOR A TOTAL OF 45 YEARS, A NATIONAL RECORD WHICH REMAINS UNBROKEN TODAY. THESE LAWS PREVENT SLAUGHTER FROM OPENING A SAFE, NEEDED BUSINESS AND HARM MISSISSIPPIANS BY DECREASING ACCESS TO HOME HEALTH CARE. THEIR SOLE PURPOSE IS TO PROTECT EXISTING PROVIDERS FROM COMPETITION WITH NEW ONES. FACED WITH THIS BARRIER, SLAUGHTER SUED. THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT INVALIDATED THE MORATORIUM BUT UPHELD THE CON LAW. AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL IS REPRESENTING SLAUGHTER IN HIS APPEAL TO PUT AN END TO THAT ANTICOMPETITIVE LAW AS WELL. NO SPECIFIC FEES HAVE BEEN SOUGHT OR RECOVERED AT THIS STAGE.FUSELIER V. RISCASSIJOHNNY FUSELIER IS A VIETNAM VETERAN, A U.S. NAVY RETIREE, AND A PAYING RESIDENT OF THE ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI (AFRH). AS A LONGTIME SUPPORTER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE WANTS THE FREEDOM TO WEAR A TRUMP HAT AND OTHER POLITICAL APPAREL AT THE FEDERALLY RUN FACILITY. BUT AFRH PROHIBITS VETERANS FROM WEARING OR DISPLAYING POLITICAL SLOGANS. WHEN MR. FUSELIER DEFIED THE BAN BY TAPING POLITICAL SIGNS TO HIS ORTHOPEDIC WALKER, OFFICIALS AT THE HOME THREATENED TO EVICT HIM, SAYING IT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE VETERAN RESIDENTS OF THE HOME "GET ALONG." BUT GOVERNMENT FACILITIES CANNOT BAN POLITICAL SPEECH SIMPLY BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE CONTROVERSIAL. BECAUSE THE POLITICAL SLOGAN BAN VIOLATES THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF NEARLY 500 VETERANS, FUSELIER JOINED WITH AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL TO FILE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE BAN ON THEIR BEHALF. NO SPECIFIC FEES HAVE BEEN SOUGHT OR RECOVERED AT THIS STAGE.JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT V. AMBITION PREP, INC., ET AL.AMBITION PREP, INC. IS A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT RECEIVED STATE AUTHORIZATION TO EXPAND TO SERVE HIGH SCHOOL GRADE LEVELS. JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT THEN SUED AMBITION PREP AND THE STATE. JPSD ARGUES THAT THE EXPANSION VIOLATES STATE LAW BECAUSE, WHILE JPSD WAS DESIGNATED AS A FAILING PUBLIC SCHOOL AT THE TIME THE STATE INITIALLY AUTHORIZED AMBITION PREP, THE DISTRICT MANAGED TO INCREASE ITS ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS BY THE TIME AMBITION PREP'S EXPANSION WAS AUTHORIZED. BUT UNDER MISSISSIPPI LAW, CHARTER SCHOOL EXPANSIONS DO NOT REQUIRE THE CONSENT OF PUBLIC-SCHOOL DISTRICTS. BECAUSE JPSD'S CLAIMS WOULD ELIMINATE THE FREEDOM FOR COUNTLESS FAMILIES TO CHOOSE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL OPTION FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL IS DEFENDING AMBITION PREP IN THE LAWSUIT FILED BY JPSD. NO SPECIFIC FEES HAVE BEEN SOUGHT OR RECOVERED AT THIS STAGE.
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990-N on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 99-3972698
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2025
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Crime and legal-related (I83)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $18,493
- Income (IRS master file)
- $140,111
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990-EZ | September 2025 | $140,111 | $149,769 | $18,493 | XML |
| 990-N for 2023 Officer: Aaron Rice | September 30, 2024 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 99-3972698).
Questions about AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL
- What is the EIN of AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL is 99-3972698.
- Is AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2025.
- Are donations to AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL?
- The 990-N for 2023 names Aaron Rice.
- Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL?
- The 990-EZ for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 4 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $50,859 (AARON R RICE, PRESIDENT & CEO).
- How much revenue does AMERICAN DREAM LEGAL have?
- On its 990-EZ for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $140,111, expenses of $149,769 and total assets of $18,493 at year end.
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