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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by TECHFREEDOM.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,579,008
Total expenses
$1,666,722
Contributions and grants received
$1,579,008
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$609,316
Total liabilities, end of year
$60,708
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$548,608
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,002,188
Management and general expenses
$544,756
Fundraising expenses
$119,778
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,002,188

Program services were 60.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,579,008

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $791,331 · program services $475,008 · management and general $254,702 · fundraising $61,621

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $449,462 · program services $288,080 · management and general $129,944 · fundraising $31,438

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $103,738 · program services $63,799 · management and general $32,159 · fundraising $7,780

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $98,665 · program services $60,679 · management and general $30,586 · fundraising $7,400

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $46,655 · program services $32,192 · management and general $10,264 · fundraising $4,199

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $52,233 · management and general $52,233

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,862 · program services $4,448 · management and general $1,418 · fundraising $996

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,749 · program services $6,727 · management and general $5,145 · fundraising $877

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,693 · program services $5,998 · management and general $1,913 · fundraising $782

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $34,085 · program services $23,518 · management and general $7,499 · fundraising $3,068

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,110 · program services $17,110

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $15,788 · program services $14,525 · management and general $947 · fundraising $316

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,957 · program services $4,800 · management and general $1,531 · fundraising $626

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,073 · program services $1,994 · management and general $3,836 · fundraising $243

  • 24a · Other expenses: Payroll Processing Fees

    total $10,110 · management and general $10,110

  • 24b · Other expenses: Training Fees

    total $1,356 · management and general $1,356

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank Charges

    total $60 · program services $2 · management and general $58

  • 24d · Other expenses: Utilities

    total $3,126 · program services $2,157 · management and general $688 · fundraising $281

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,669 · program services $1,151 · management and general $367 · fundraising $151

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $454,112 · end of year $466,923

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $214,000 · end of year $123,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,338

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

    $74,836

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

    $58,049

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,280 · end of year $16,787

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,606 · end of year $2,606

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,143 · end of year $5,949

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $38,871 · end of year $54,759

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $636,322 · end of year $548,608

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

See Schedule O

  • In 2022, TechFreedom studied and examined areas such as privacy, regulation, innovation, competition, and free speech in order to promote ideas about the advancement of human well-being through technological progress. TechFreedom also hosted, sponsored, and participated in events with topics such as privacy, regulation, innovation, competition, and free speech. Finally, TechFreedom published white papers, regulatory findings, online publications, and public outreach documents.

    Expenses $1,002,188

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Berin Szoka

    President

    Total calculated
    $209,900
    From this org
    $202,973
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,927
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,973
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,927
    Filer's total
    $209,900
  • Bilal Sayyed

    Senior Competition Counsel

    Total calculated
    $193,677
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,677
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,677
    Filer's total
    $193,677
  • Daniel Benavente

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $173,698
    From this org
    $163,211
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,487
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,211
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,487
    Filer's total
    $173,698
  • Corbin Barthhold

    Internet Counsel

    Total calculated
    $145,104
    From this org
    $145,104
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ari Cohn

    Free Speech Counsel

    Total calculated
    $143,664
    From this org
    $130,331
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,333
    Hours/week
    40
  • Shane Tews

    Chair of the board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Dan Compton

    Director

    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. 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

None.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
1 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343119349300449

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