Non-profit

Americans 4 Security Inc.

Website:

americans4security.org

Location:

Plover, WI

Tax ID:

84-4185217

Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(4)

Type:

Advocacy group

Formation:

2020

President:

Brandon J. Rosner

President's Salary (2023):

$0 15

References

  1. Americans 4 Security Inc., Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2023, Part VII, Section A, Line 1a.
Budget (2023):

Total Revenue:  $686,000

Total Expenses: $363,023

Total Assets:      $374,842 16

References

  1. Americans 4 Security Inc., Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2023, Part II, Line 20.

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Americans 4 Security Inc. is a nonprofit organization based in Wisconsin that promotes policies supporting economic and national security. 1

Midwest Growth Inc. is a related organization of Americans 4 Security Inc. 2

The Americans 4 Security PAC received over $4.4 million in contributions between 2023 and 2024. 3 The largest contributions were made by Americans 4 Security Inc. ($2.12 million), Paul B. Hofer III ($350,000), and Valero Energy ($250,000). 4

Funding

Americans 4 Security is funded by donations from individuals, foundations, and businesses. While Americans 4 Security does not disclose its donors, tax filings confirm donations from Wisconsin Infrastructure Investment Now ($150,000 in 2022) 5 and the Alliance of Health Insurers UA ($25,000 in 2022). 6

Spending

In 2024, Americans 4 Security contributed $2.12 million to the Americans 4 Security PAC and $940,000 to the Speak Free or Die PAC. 7 In 2022, Americans 4 Security contributed $1.3 million to the Sunrise in America Political Fund, an independent expenditure committee. 8

Controversy

On December 18, 2024, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a left-of-center legal advocacy group, filed a complaint against Americans 4 Security Inc. and Midwest Growth Inc. with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The complaint requested an investigation into whether the organizations, both of which are 501(c)(4) nonprofits, violated the tax law by not properly disclosing political contributions. CREW claimed that both organizations, while organized as nonprofits to promote social welfare, exist primarily to influence political campaigns. 9

The complaint claimed that the majority of Americans 4 Security’s spending went towards political activity (79 percent in 2020 and 67.9 percent in 2022) and that Americans 4 Security failed to disclose political expenditures on its tax returns. CREW stated in the complaint that despite the requirement for an organization that engages in any kind of political campaign activities, either directly or indirectly, to file a Schedule C, Americans 4 Security has failed to do this. Instead, Americans 4 Security reported its contributions on Schedule I, which is where grants are disclosed. CREW claims that this “misplaced reporting” was flawed, incorrect, and incomplete. 9

Board of Directors

Brandon Rosner is the president of the board of Americans 4 Security, the secretary of the boards of both Midwest Growth and Forward Brown County, 10 and a director of product and business development at Humana. Rosner formerly worked as a health IT business and policy consultant for the State of Wisconsin. 11 In 2014, Rosner ran as a Republican candidate for the Wisconsin State Assembly. 12

Matthew Karas is the treasurer of the board of Americans 4 Security and the treasurer of the Americans 4 Security PAC. 13

Cathy Zeuske is the secretary of the board of Americans 4 Security, the president of the board of Midwest Growth, and a former Wisconsin Republican politician. Zeuske is a former president of Forward Wisconsin and a former director of administration and vice president of the Taxpayers Network Public Policy and Legislative Leadership Institute. 14

References

  1. “Home.” Americans 4 Security. Accessed January 20, 2025. https://americans4security.org/.
  2.  Americans 4 Security Inc., Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2023, Schedule R, Part II.
  3. “Americans 4 Security PAC: Financial summary.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed January 20, 2025. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00733352/?tab=summary&cycle=2024.
  4.  “Americans 4 Security PAC: Receipts.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed January 20, 2025. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?cycle=2024&data_type=processed&committee_id=C00733352&two_year_transaction_period=2024&line_number=F3X-11AI.
  5.  Wisconsin Infrastructure Investment Now, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2022, Schedule I, Part II.
  6.  Alliance of Health Insurers UA, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2022, Schedule I, Part II.
  7. “Speak Free of Die PAC: Receipts.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed January 20, 2025. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00874503&two_year_transaction_period=2024&cycle=2024&line_number=F3X-11AI&data_type=processed.
  8. Americans 4 Security Inc., Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2022, Schedule I, Part II.
  9. “CREW Wants IRS Investigation of Nonprofits for Political Actions.” TaxNotes, December 18, 2024. Accessed January 20, 2025. https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/other-documents/irs-tax-correspondence/crew-wants-irs-investigation-nonprofits-political-actions/7q0t7.
  10. [1] “Brandon Rosner.” ProPublica. Accessed January 17, 2025. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/name_search?q=%22brandon+rosner%22.
  11. “Brandon Rosner.” LinkedIn. Accessed January 17, 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonrosner/.
  12. “Brandon Rosner.” Ballotpedia. Accessed January 17, 2025. https://ballotpedia.org/Brandon_Rosner
  13. “Americans 4 Security PAC: About this committee.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed January 20, 2025. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00733352/?tab=about-committee.
  14. “Cate Zeuske.” LinkedIn. Accessed January 17, 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/in/cate-zeuske-9a661883/.
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Americans 4 Security Inc.

1250 COMMONS CIRCLE 1018
Plover, WI 54467-4129