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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FREEDOM PROJECT NETWORK.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 May 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$1,131,534 changed to $231,398
Total expenses
$375,745 changed to $535,840
Contributions and grants received
$1,128,036 changed to $224,917
Grants paid
$60,000 changed to $0
Investment income
$3,498 changed to $6,481
Total assets, end of year
$1,383,099 changed to $1,065,688
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,969 changed to $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,370,130 changed to $1,065,688
Program services expenses
$322,349 changed to $387,052
Management and general expenses
$39,400 changed to $104,274
Fundraising expenses
$13,996 changed to $44,514
Program service expenses (Part III)
$322,349 changed to $387,052

Listed only on the earlier return

  • James Trey Peacock
  • Ki Harris
  • Markeia Brown
  • Niharika Singh

Listed only on the later return

  • J Hoke Peacock III

Listed under a different title

  • Kate Gluckman: Board Member then Board President
  • Vaish Shastry: Board President then Board Member

Totals

Total revenue
$231,398
Total expenses
$535,840
Contributions and grants received
$224,917
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,481
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,065,688
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,065,688
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$387,052
Management and general expenses
$104,274
Fundraising expenses
$44,514
Program service expenses (Part III)
$387,052

Program services were 72.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $224,917

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,481 · related or exempt $6,481 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $39,230 · program services $25,500 · management and general $7,846 · fundraising $5,884

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $195,831 · program services $127,290 · management and general $39,166 · fundraising $29,375

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $17,875 · program services $11,619 · management and general $3,575 · fundraising $2,681

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,201 · program services $11,831 · management and general $3,640 · fundraising $2,730

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,827 · management and general $10,827

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,679 · management and general $2,679

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,844 · fundraising $3,844

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $676 · management and general $676

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,544 · program services $7,772 · management and general $7,772

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $26,867 · management and general $26,867

  • 24a · Other expenses: ACSP Program

    total $36,130 · program services $36,130 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: FPN Program Expenses

    total $143,764 · program services $143,764 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: FSC program expenses

    total $23,146 · program services $23,146 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,226 · management and general $1,226

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $566,805 · end of year $244,691

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $103,049 · end of year $106,312

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $200,000 · end of year $145,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,809 · end of year $25,135

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $568,429

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $23,879

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $511,436 · end of year $544,550

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,480 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,489

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,046,612 · end of year $856,555

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $323,518 · end of year $209,133

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Freedom Project Network (FPN) carries forward the spirit of the 1964 Freedom Schools by holding space for young people - Freedom Fellows - to share their personal and community struggles, to create healing for themselves and their communities, and to study, train, and act on solutions. We aim to build community and power alongside young Mississippians by providing holistic and liberatory educational experiences.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Freedom Project Network carries forward the spirit of the 1964 Freedom Schools by building community and power alongside young Mississippians and by providing holistic and liberatory educational experiences.

  • FREEDOM PROJECT PROGRAMMING: Through afterschool programming during the fall and spring semesters, FPN Fellows explore past and present movements, express themselves through the arts, and build organizing efforts to gain racial, educational, and social equity in their communities. FPN staff lead students in academic, extracurricular, experiential learning, and youth empowerment programming, aimed at both empowering Fellows as students and as young people.

    Expenses $277,980 · Grants $240,258

  • ALUMNI COLLEGE SUCCESS PROGRAM: The Alumni College Success Program supports all Freedom Project alumni who matriculate into college by providing mentorship calls, academic coaching, mental health support, and monthly stipends. We have a part-time Program Director who oversees the administration of this program and part-time coordinators for each of our 3 Freedom Project sites who lead the student-facing program. This year we supported 23 Alumni fellows enrolled at colleges and universities across the country.

    Expenses $36,130 · Grants $36,130

  • FREEDOM SUMMER: During the summer, Freedom Project programming expands to whole day intensive sessions with students in core academic subjects, enrichment, and leadership development. Current undergraduate students from around the country, as well as local teachers, join the summer staff as Teacher Advisors. Fellows also travel for experiential learning to cities and places where pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement happened and tour different college campuses as part of college access programming. Our Fellows also engage in travel relevant to the ongoing work that they are doing, for example in art, or history, throughout the year.

    Expenses $33,520 · Grants $23,092

  • FREEDOM SUMMER COLLEGIATE: Freedom Summer Collegiate recruits, trains, and funds doctoral candidates to design and facilitate transformative summer seminars at each Freedom Project site. In this program, high-school Freedom Fellows experience a powerful college simulation from the comfort of the Freedom Project and earn college credit from Millsaps College. In 2024, five Freedom Summer Collegiate instructors led college-bridge courses at the Meridian FP, the Sunflower County FP, and the Rosedale FP. Each FP had additional site coordinators to support course logistics. This year, FSC students explored science fiction; theories of education; food, land, and the environment; theories of race & power; and AI large-language models.

    Expenses $23,146 · Grants $23,146

  • RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FELLOWSHIP: The Restorative Justice Fellowship moves our programming toward our broader goals of Fellows organizing to actualize their vision for change in their lives. RJF advances our community-building mission because restorative work focuses on building and repairing relationships. Fellows in the Freedom Project Network lead peace circles with each other to explore the causes of harm and create alternative solutions for addressing and handling conflict at their sites.

    Expenses $9,400 · Grants $9,400

  • FPN PROGRAM SUPPORT: Professional development for staff members; site visits by leadership team of FP sites; data management & analysis; other program expenses.

    Expenses $6,876 · Grants $4,636

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • LaToysha Brown

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $39,230
    From this org
    $39,230
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kate Gluckman

    Board President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Andrew Donnelly

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Shawn Raymond

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gregg Costa

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lukendric Washington

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vaish Shastry

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tracy Alford

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ste'Niya Williams

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • J Hoke Peacock III

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tara Corrigan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lucas Rapisarda

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amir Badat

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thad Fairley

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cedric Gathings

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Perkins

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Huebner

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katie McGriff

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tyeisha Smith

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lydia DuBois

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shequite Johnson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510159349300096

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