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Their former headquarters was a 223-acre compound in [[Hinsdale, Illinois|Hinsdale]], the hometown of Gothard (though it would prominently feature its "Box One, Oak Brook, Illinois" mailing address on its promotional materials). At its peak the Hinsdale headquarters had 200 to 300 staffers. Staffers were housed in nearby buildings owned by the organization. In the 1980s and 1990s IBLP repeatedly proposed expansions of their presence in Hinsdale with office buildings, dozens of houses, and a hotel but was unable to do so due to community opposition.

In 2000 [[David Green,|David Green (entrepreneur)]] President of [[Hobby Lobby]], purchased the former Texas campus of [[Ambassador College]] located east of [[Big Sandy, Texas]], and subsequently leased the facility to IBLP. The facility would initially house the ALERT program due to its size and ___location away from heavily populated areas. However, after Gothard's resignation in 2014, due in large part to declining financial support resulting from the numerous scandals surrounding IBLP, the organization would relocate its headquarters and the majority of its remaining operations to the Texas facility, and no longer has any operations in the Chicago area.

== Allegations and investigations==