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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CITIZENS COUNCIL FOR HEALTH FREEDOM.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,322,282
Total expenses
$985,361
Contributions and grants received
$1,294,112
Grants paid
$4,000
Program service revenue
$7,965
Investment income
$70,479
Other revenue
-$50,274
Total assets, end of year
$2,544,601
Total liabilities, end of year
$42,012
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,502,589
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$816,520
Management and general expenses
$123,136
Fundraising expenses
$45,705
Program service expenses (Part III)
$816,520

Program services were 82.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $175,009

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,119,103

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BOOK SALES

    total $7,731 · related or exempt $7,731

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $234 · related or exempt $234

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $76,827 · excluded $76,827

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $90,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $96,348

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$6,348

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$6,348 · excluded -$6,348

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $45,199

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $175,009

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $95,473

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$50,274 · excluded -$50,274

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,000 · program services $4,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $136,714 · program services $113,718 · management and general $10,677 · fundraising $12,319

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $399,139 · program services $362,795 · management and general $29,941 · fundraising $6,403

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,000 · program services $9,567 · management and general $745 · fundraising $688

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $43,785 · program services $37,742 · management and general $3,471 · fundraising $2,572

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,055 · program services $15,000 · management and general $55

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,686 · program services $5,063 · management and general $25,623

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $41,806 · program services $16,084 · management and general $18,221 · fundraising $7,501

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $44,961 · program services $44,961

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $75,401 · program services $50,893 · management and general $15,147 · fundraising $9,361

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $33,206 · program services $25,587 · management and general $7,619

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,285 · program services $14,119 · management and general $1,201 · fundraising $965

  • 17 · Travel

    total $35,541 · program services $33,269 · management and general $2,272

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,108 · program services $492 · management and general $20 · fundraising $4,596

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,920 · program services $7,734 · management and general $658 · fundraising $528

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,328 · management and general $3,328

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $75,885 · program services $74,633 · management and general $1,252

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,541 · program services $863 · management and general $2,906 · fundraising $772

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $342,882 · end of year $208,346

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $426,226

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $339

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $812

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,675 · end of year $23,228

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

    $70,851

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

    $43,243

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $28,534 · end of year $27,608

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,777,875 · end of year $1,833,569

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $39,285 · end of year $24,812

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,209 · end of year $16,340

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $38,852 · end of year $25,672

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,154,529 · end of year $2,444,378

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $58,211

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

CCHF EXISTS TO PROTECT PATIENT AND DOCTOR FREEDOM.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $571,564 · Grants $4,000

  • POLICY INITIATIVES:FEDERAL:CCHF WENT TO WASHINGTON, D.C. THREE TIMES FOR MEETINGS WITH CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS AND STAFF. OUR TOP TWO TOPICS WERE THE RETIREMENT FREEDOM ACT (RFA), TO ALLOW SENIOR CITIZENS TO OPT OUT OF MEDICARE WITHOUT LOSING SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, AND REAL ID. MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE:CCHF HELPED A LEGISLATOR TO ADVANCE PROTECTIONS FOR DIRECT PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES. DPC LANGUAGE IN THE OMNIBUS HHS BILL BECAME LAW. WE ALSO WORKED THROUGH TESTIMONY, MEETINGS, A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN, AND SHARING OF INFORMATION TO TRY TO STOP THE SALE OF MINNESOTANS' HEALTH DATA HOUSED IN THE STATE'S ALL-PAYER CLAIMS DATABASE.STATE LEGISLATURES NATIONWIDE:CCHF WORKED WITH LEGISLATORS AND ENGAGED INDIVIDUALS TO SECURE OR ADVANCE PROTECTIVE LEGISLATION IN ARIZONA, IOWA, MICHIGAN, MISSOURI, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, WEST VIRGINIA, AND WISCONSIN. TOPICS INCLUDED PATIENT PRIVACY, DIGITAL IDS, AND REAL ID.

    Expenses $163,304

  • SPECIAL PROJECTS:REAL ID CCHF SECURED DONATIONS TO POST REFUSEREALID.ORG BILLBOARDS IN TEXAS, KENTUCKY, AND FLORIDA. CCHF ALSO SECURED FUNDING TO LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN TO BRING OUR PERSPECTIVE ON REAL ID TO ATTORNEY GENERALS, AND TO COMMISSION THE SERVICES OF A FORMER SOLICITOR GENERAL TO WRITE A LEGAL ANALYSIS ON REAL ID, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 2025. ADDED HANDOUTS TO OUR HELPFUL HANDOUTS SECTION OF THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING "REAL ID HISTORY," "REFUSE REAL ID A PRACTICAL GUIDE, AND "REAL ID 5 FACTS."WEDGE OF HEALTH FREEDOM - THE WEDGE OF HEALTH FREEDOM (THE WEDGE), OUR FREE NATIONAL ONLINE DIRECTORY OF DIRECT-PAY, PATIENT-CENTERED, AFFORDABLE, THIRD-PARTY FREE PRACTICES, INCLUDING FOUR CASH-BASED PHARMACIES, AND A NUMBER OF DENTAL PRACTICES, CONTINUED TO GROW ORGANICALLY FROM 498 PRACTICES TO 534 A GROWTH OF 7.2 PERCENT.MEDICARE HOW-TO GUIDE REVISED AND UPDATED SECTIONS OF OUR POPULAR 2024 GUIDE AND RE-PUBLISHED IT IN NOVEMBER 2025.

    Expenses $81,652 · Revenue $7,965

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeremy Munson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kay Nickelson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Keith Meyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mary Aszmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mike Melnychuk

    VICE-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nigel Clemonds

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Saga Stevin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Twila Brase

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $140,850
    From this org
    $140,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    55

  • Wayne King

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stehanie Hood

    DIRECTOR

    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
2025
Filed
3 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602159349301150

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