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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FREEDOM NOW INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$895,679
Total expenses
$808,259
Contributions and grants received
$879,918
Grants paid
$121,435
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$15,561
Other revenue
$200
Total assets, end of year
$1,416,181
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,718
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,412,463
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$617,477
Management and general expenses
$130,626
Fundraising expenses
$60,156
Program service expenses (Part III)
$617,477

Program services were 76.4% 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

    $879,918

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $15,561 · excluded $15,561

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $200 · excluded $200

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $121,435 · program services $121,435

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $164,682 · program services $82,341 · management and general $49,405 · fundraising $32,936

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $339,557 · program services $270,627 · management and general $51,443 · fundraising $17,487

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $496 · program services $347 · management and general $99 · fundraising $50

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $20,067 · program services $14,047 · management and general $4,013 · fundraising $2,007

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,405 · program services $28,984 · management and general $8,281 · fundraising $4,140

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,500 · management and general $6,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $37,441 · program services $36,708 · management and general $733

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,336 · program services $6,908 · management and general $2,669 · fundraising $759

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,059 · program services $15,795 · management and general $3,159 · fundraising $2,105

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $42,241 · program services $40,165 · management and general $1,437 · fundraising $639

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,260 · management and general $2,260

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

    total $426 · program services $120 · management and general $306

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $354 · management and general $321 · fundraising $33

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $14,758 · end of year $15,710

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,141,391 · end of year $1,194,758

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $203,958

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,755 · end of year $1,755

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,697 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,102 · end of year $3,718

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,075,586 · end of year $1,129,018

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $183,913 · end of year $283,445

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FREEDOM NOW PROTECTS INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES FROM GOVERNMENT REPRESSION AND DEFENDS HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH DIRECT LEGAL SUPPORT, TARGETED HIGH-LEVERAGE ADVOCACY, AND CAPACITY-BUILDING ANALYSIS AND ASSISTANCE.

  • LEGAL AND POLITICAL ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF VICTIMS OF GOVERNMENT REPRESSION. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS ON BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES WHICH HAVE SUFFERED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, ESPECIALLY ARBITRARY DETENTION. IN 2023, FREEDOM NOW FILED PETITIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS, COORDINATED EFFORTS OF POLICY MAKERS, CONDUCTED CAPACITY BUILDING TRAININGS, AND PRODUCED RESEARCH AS PART OF ITS EFFORTS TO COMBAT GOVERNMENT REPRESSION.

    Expenses $617,477 · Grants $121,435

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeremy Zucker

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Peter Magyar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Dohrmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Newcomer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg McGillivary

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Choharis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hrishikesh Hari

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fadzai Madzingira

    DIRECTOR (FROM 3/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pratima Narayan

    DIRECTOR (FROM 4/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maran Turner

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $164,682
    From this org
    $159,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,057
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,625
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $357
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,700
    Filer's total
    $164,682

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
2023
Filed
12 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202401649349300140

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