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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TEXAS FREEDOM NETWORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,208,613
Total expenses
$1,243,924
Contributions and grants received
$1,219,372
Grants paid
$15,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$33,133
Other revenue
-$43,892
Total assets, end of year
$2,142,625
Total liabilities, end of year
$59,088
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,083,537
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$844,010
Management and general expenses
$221,906
Fundraising expenses
$178,008
Program service expenses (Part III)
$844,010

Program services were 67.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $134,292

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,085,080

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,679 · excluded $31,679

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,144,914

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,143,460

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,454

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,454 · excluded $1,454

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $134,292

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $43,892

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$43,892 · excluded -$43,892

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $279,507 · program services $210,348 · management and general $31,194 · fundraising $37,965

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $383,993 · program services $288,979 · management and general $42,855 · fundraising $52,159

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,100 · program services $12,116 · management and general $1,797 · fundraising $2,187

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $58,651 · program services $44,138 · management and general $6,546 · fundraising $7,967

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $48,918 · program services $36,814 · management and general $5,459 · fundraising $6,645

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $45,236 · management and general $45,236

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $138,966 · program services $96,789 · management and general $30,627 · fundraising $11,550

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,732 · management and general $24,732

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,807 · program services $24,551 · management and general $141 · fundraising $115

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,787 · management and general $5,787

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $48,305 · program services $48,305

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $27,573 · program services $27,573

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING & COPYING

    total $18,835 · program services $553 · management and general $1,229 · fundraising $17,053

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $15,768 · program services $10,750 · management and general $5,018

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $81,746 · program services $18,094 · management and general $21,285 · fundraising $42,367

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $558,211 · end of year $1,098,210

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,300,425 · end of year $741,621

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,152

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

    $407,442

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

    $104,648

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $308,581 · end of year $302,794

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $56,609 · end of year $59,088

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,103,760 · end of year $2,068,537

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $15,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE TEXAS FREEDOM NETWORK ENGAGES GRASSROOTS TEXANS IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE EQUALITY, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, STATE AND LOCAL LOBBYING.

  • MONITOR SOCIAL-JUSTICE ISSUES BEFORE STATE AND LOCAL POLICY-MAKING BODIES AND ENGAGE SUPPORTERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY EFFORTS.

    Expenses $337,604 · Grants $15,000

  • ORGANIZE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS TO INFORM AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AROUND CURRENT SOCIAL-JUSTICE ISSUES IN THE STATE.

    Expenses $337,604

  • ORGANIZE VOTER ENGAGEMENT AND ISSUE-BASED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGNS FOR SUPPORTERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

    Expenses $168,802

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • James Aldrete

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Neil Blumofe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Stephanie Chiarello

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Joni Cohan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Emma Brockway

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Olac Fuentes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Neal Katz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Nicole Lefave

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Katrina Mendiola

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Annie Linebarger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Colleen Loper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Cecile Richards

    TFN FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Odus Evbagharu

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Valerie Benavidez

    PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $199,331
    From this org
    $178,105
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,226
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,105
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,976
    Filer's total
    $199,331
  • Kelsey Hitchingham

    VP FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $80,177
    From this org
    $80,177
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Marti Bier

    VP PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $123,879
    From this org
    $114,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,029
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Rachel Glast

    SENIOR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $148,379
    From this org
    $117,186
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,193
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Mark Corcoran

    SENIOR TECH & DIGITAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $124,279
    From this org
    $103,268
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,011
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349302648

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