Totals
- Total revenue
- $432,040
- Total expenses
- $421,824
- Contributions and grants received
- $328,815
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $103,225
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $64,882
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $95,101
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$30,219
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $344,536
- Management and general expenses
- $77,288
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $344,536
Program services were 81.7% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$328,815
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2a · Program service revenue: Event registration
total $103,225 · related or exempt $103,225
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $58,833 · program services $44,125 · management and general $14,708
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $60,091 · program services $45,068 · management and general $15,023
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $4,830 · program services $3,623 · management and general $1,207
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,083 · program services $1,562 · management and general $521
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $8,392 · program services $6,294 · management and general $2,098
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $9,000 · program services $6,750 · management and general $2,250
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11g · Fees: other
total $37,663 · program services $27,453 · management and general $10,210
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,078 · program services $809 · management and general $269
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13 · Office expenses
total $21,246 · program services $15,934 · management and general $5,312
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14 · Information technology
total $11,665 · program services $8,749 · management and general $2,916
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16 · Occupancy
total $37,841 · program services $28,381 · management and general $9,460
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17 · Travel
total $351 · program services $263 · management and general $88
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $149,965 · program services $149,965
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20 · Interest
total $11,373 · management and general $11,373
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $981 · program services $736 · management and general $245
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23 · Insurance
total $6,294 · program services $4,721 · management and general $1,573
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24a · Other expenses: Miscellaneous
total $138 · program services $103 · management and general $35
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $17,868 · end of year $37,299
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $23,692
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $399 · end of year $441
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$8,517
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$6,686
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $900 · end of year $1,831
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $55,573 · end of year $25,311
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $62,771 · end of year $48,092
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $4,300
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $25,208 · end of year $22,083
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $50,888 · end of year $20,626
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$40,435 · end of year -$30,219
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
To foster freedom of speech, a competitive media and communications industry, and excellence in journalism.
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Free Speech America - An Institute event held every fall that presents two awards to deserving individuals. The American Horizon Award recognizes leadership in promoting the vitality and independence of American media and communications. The Freedom of Speech Award recognizes and indivudal who has made important contributions to the advancement and protection of free speech. Additionally, the Institute facilitates Free Speech Week, a yearly event to raise public awareness of the importance of free speech in our democracy- and to celebrate that freedom. As freedom of speech is a right all Americans share, this non-partisan, non-ideological event is intended to be a unifying celebration.
Expenses $178,069 · Revenue $56,775
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Communications Forum - A luncheon program held in Washington, D.C. eight times per year. The Forum gives newsmakers from the government and communications industry an opportunity to address a select audience of media and corporate executives and journalists.
Expenses $166,467 · Revenue $46,450
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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David Grimaldi
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jessica Marventano
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Will Johnson
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ashley Messenger
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Adonis Hoffman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Chris Moeser
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Richard Wiley Esq
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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John I Taylor
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Keith R Murphy
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Richard Kaplar
President/CEO
- Total calculated
- $58,282
- From this org
- $49,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,782
- Hours/week
- 40
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 30 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202612119349300711
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