Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FREEDOM PROJECT NETWORK.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 15 January 2025. 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: $1,131,534
Total expenses: $375,745
Contributions and grants received: $1,128,036
Grants paid: $60,000
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $3,498
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $1,383,099
Total liabilities, end of year: $12,969
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $1,370,130
Program services expenses (Part IX): $322,349
Management and general expenses: $39,400
Fundraising expenses: $13,996
Program service expenses (Part III): $322,349

Program services were 85.8% 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

$1,128,036
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$519,772
3 · Investment income

total $3,498 · related or exempt $3,498 · 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
11e · Other revenue, total

$0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $60,000 · program services $60,000
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $55,804 · program services $33,482 · management and general $11,161 · fundraising $11,161
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $96,733 · program services $96,733 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
9 · Other employee benefits

total $928 · program services $928
10 · Payroll taxes

total $12,027 · program services $7,217 · management and general $2,405 · fundraising $2,405
11c · Fees: accounting

total $7,616 · management and general $7,616
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $4,942 · management and general $4,942
14 · Information technology

total $4,027 · management and general $4,027
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $8,336 · program services $4,168 · management and general $4,168
23 · Insurance

total $2,587 · management and general $2,587
24a · Other expenses: Alumni College Success Program

total $50,149 · program services $50,149 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24b · Other expenses: Educational Travel Expenses

total $5,735 · program services $5,735 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24c · Other expenses: Freedom Project Programming

total $58,667 · program services $58,667 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24d · Other expenses: Restorative Justice Fellowship Program

total $3,981 · program services $3,981 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24e · All other expenses

total $4,213 · program services $1,289 · management and general $2,494 · fundraising $430

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $244,279 · end of year $566,805
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $0 · end of year $103,049
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $370,000 · end of year $200,000
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 $4,898 · end of year $1,809
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$519,772
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$8,336
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

end of year $511,436
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 $0 · end of year $3,480
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 $4,836 · end of year $9,489
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $184,360 · end of year $1,046,612
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $429,981 · end of year $323,518

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, 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. Before the merger with the Freedom Project entities in August and September 2023, we achieved this program service by directly assisting Freedom Projects (one $45,000 grant, and one $15,000 grant to the Rosedale Freedom Project). After that merger, FPN achieved this program service through direct FPN expenditures.

Expenses $251,008 · Grants $226,360
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 22 Alumni fellows enrolled at colleges and universities across the country.

Expenses $50,149 · Grants $21,149
EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL: During the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, staff at each site plan a trip for Fellows to travel for experiential learning. They travel 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 $5,736 · Grants $5,736
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 $3,981 · Grants $3,981
FPN PROGRAM SUPPORT: Professional development for staff members; site visits by leadership team of FP sites; data management & analysis; other program expenses.

Expenses $11,475 · Grants $7,702

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

LaToysha Brown

Executive Director

Total calculated

$25,385

From this org

$25,385

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Ki Harris

Executive Director

Total calculated

$24,663

From this org

$24,663

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Vaish Shastry

Board President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
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
Kate Gluckman

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
James Trey Peacock

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
Markeia Brown

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
Niharika Singh

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 May 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.0
Source object: 202401359349303930

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