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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FREEDOM PROJECT.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 10 November 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) 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
$4,275,980 changed to $3,762,909
Total expenses
$3,779,834 changed to $3,774,728
Contributions and grants received
$4,251,880 changed to $3,738,809
Total assets, end of year
$2,860,111 changed to $3,028,627
Total liabilities, end of year
$272,642 changed to $523,475
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,587,469 changed to $2,505,152
Program services expenses
$3,550,838 changed to $3,545,732
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,550,838 changed to $3,545,732

Totals

Total revenue
$3,762,909
Total expenses
$3,774,728
Contributions and grants received
$3,738,809
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,999
Other revenue
$16,101
Total assets, end of year
$3,028,627
Total liabilities, end of year
$523,475
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,505,152
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,545,732
Management and general expenses
$227,251
Fundraising expenses
$1,745
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,545,732

Program services were 93.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,719,798

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,019,011

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,999 · related or exempt $7,999

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $16,101

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $16,101

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $16,101 · related or exempt $16,101

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,991,387 · program services $1,816,936 · management and general $174,451

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $261,221 · program services $248,621 · management and general $12,600

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $239,595 · program services $227,204 · management and general $12,391

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $98,628 · program services $93,697 · management and general $4,931

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $65,039 · program services $62,162 · management and general $2,877

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $295,047 · program services $287,629 · management and general $7,418

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $75 · fundraising $75

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,034 · program services $9,541 · management and general $493

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $111,834 · program services $105,987 · management and general $5,847

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,533 · program services $26,977 · management and general $556

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,840 · program services $11,407 · management and general $433

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,685 · program services $6,351 · management and general $334

  • 24a · Other expenses: PARTICIPANT ASSISTANCE

    total $402,095 · program services $402,095

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $67,632 · program services $64,419 · management and general $3,213

  • 24c · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER STIPENDS

    total $59,650 · program services $59,650

  • 24d · Other expenses: EMOTIONAL LABOR STIPEND

    total $54,525 · program services $54,525

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $71,908 · program services $68,531 · management and general $1,707 · fundraising $1,670

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,655,504 · end of year $1,853,571

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $379,658

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $575,059 · end of year $633,566

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $30,474

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $131,358

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $139,241 · end of year $138,580

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $384,895

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $910,186 · end of year $2,405,152

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,181,136 · end of year $100,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FREEDOM PROJECT WORKS ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION AND HEAL FROM THE TRAUMATIC EFFECTS ON PEOPLE WHO ARE TARGETED AND IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION.

  • SAFE RETURN REENTRY: FOR NEARLY 18 YEARS, FREEDOM PROJECT HAS BEEN SUPPORTING COMMUNITY BUILDING, HEALING AND CONNECTION INSIDE WASHINGTON STATE PRISONS AND HAS HELPED NEARLY 7,000 PEOPLE PREPARE TO REUNITE WITH THEIR FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY BEFORE THEY ARE RELEASED

    Expenses $2,320,808

  • THE RPKC INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON THOSE AT HIGHEST RISK FOR VICTIMIZATION OR PERPETRATION OF GUN VIOLENCE ACROSS KING COUNTY AND TAILORS EFFORTS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED. PARTICIPANTS IN THE RPKC INITIATIVE ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE, STREET OUTREACH EFFORTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTACT, HOSPITALIZATION, AND DATA FROM THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. PARTICIPANTS ARE REFERRED INTO THE RPKC SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK FOR WRAP-AROUND CASE MANAGEMENT AND FOLLOW-UP CARE. FAMILIES RECEIVE EMERGENCY SUPPORTS FOR TEMPORARY RELOCATION, DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS, VIGIL AND FUNERAL COSTS AS NEEDED.OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE : * CONFLICT MAPPING AND RELENTLESS ENGAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT* HOTSPOT REMEDIATION* OUTREACH, STRATEGIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RESTORATION ACTIVITIES* REFERRAL TO AND ENROLLMENT IN RPKC SERVICES* HEALING-CENTERED CARE COORDINATION AND CASE MANAGEMENT* FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES* COMPREHENSIVE CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE THAT INCLUDES DEPLOYMENT TO SHOOTING SCENES, HOSPITAL, VIGILS, AND FUNERALS TO DELIVER VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION SERVICES INCLUDING DE-ESCALATION, MEDIATION AND COMMUNITY SAFETY SUPPORT* HIGH-INTENSITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IDENTIFIED AS HIGH- RISK FOR GUN VIOLENCE INVOLVEMENT* DESIGNATED POINT OF CONTACT AT HOSPITAL, IN COMMUNITY HOT SPOTS AND AT ENGAGEMENT EVENTS THROUGH IDENTIFIED CREDIBLE MESSENGERS TO ENSURE RAPID TRUST* REFERRAL AND SERVICES LINKAGE FOR HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS FOR RESTORATION AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES* INCREASING COMMUNITY CAPACITY FOR SERVING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE* DECREASING INCIDENTS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND NEGATIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTACT

    Expenses $432,715

  • HOUSING PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO WORK ALONGSIDE WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WE STRIVE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CREATE SUSSTAINABLE SUPPORT PLANS TO HEL PFAMILY AND INDIVIDUALS MOVE FROM HOUSING INSTABILITY TOWARD REACHING THEIR PERMANENT HOUSING AND QUALITY LIVING GOALS.

    Expenses $281,021

  • OTHER PROGRAM INCLUDES FISCAL SPONSORSHIP, PRISON PROGRAM, ADVOCACY AND WELLNESS PROGRAM.

    Expenses $511,188

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Vidal Vincent

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $12,471
    From this org
    $12,471
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Chanel Cole

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pamela Orbach

    INTERIM SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Westlake

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202503189349314910

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