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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by EVERGREEN FREEDOM FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,381,107
Total expenses
$12,067,318
Contributions and grants received
$12,375,602
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5,505
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,025,062
Total liabilities, end of year
$391,642
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,633,420
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,669,909
Management and general expenses
$817,026
Fundraising expenses
$1,580,383
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,669,909

Program services were 80.1% 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

    $12,375,602

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $262,362

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,505 · excluded $5,505

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $609,286 · program services $462,812 · management and general $22,868 · fundraising $123,606

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,613,996 · program services $2,756,839 · management and general $119,943 · fundraising $737,214

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $58,642 · program services $41,357 · management and general $6,492 · fundraising $10,793

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $222,485 · program services $156,907 · management and general $24,631 · fundraising $40,947

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $361,464 · program services $256,100 · management and general $36,860 · fundraising $68,504

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $206,327 · program services $102,298 · management and general $36,519 · fundraising $67,510

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,441 · program services $20,051 · management and general $7,158 · fundraising $13,232

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $68,500 · management and general $68,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $442,734 · program services $258,430 · management and general $13,756 · fundraising $170,548

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $485,433 · program services $475,539 · management and general $4,954 · fundraising $4,940

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $57,462 · program services $19,049 · management and general $26,348 · fundraising $12,065

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $48,349 · program services $18,304 · management and general $23,835 · fundraising $6,210

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $167,758 · program services $1,938 · management and general $163,158 · fundraising $2,662

  • 17 · Travel

    total $789,215 · program services $511,207 · management and general $99,844 · fundraising $178,164

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $28,553 · management and general $28,553

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $38,304 · management and general $38,304

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING & MAILING

    total $4,252,570 · program services $4,114,473 · management and general $46,886 · fundraising $91,211

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAINING AND RESEARCH

    total $379,117 · program services $358,255 · management and general $1,810 · fundraising $19,052

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $117,165 · program services $64,579 · management and general $18,861 · fundraising $33,725

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES, FEES, REPORTS

    total $79,517 · program services $51,771 · management and general $27,746

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,167,264 · end of year $3,073,852

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $394,427 · end of year $190,012

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

    $798,522

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

    $405,672

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $315,413 · end of year $392,850

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $606,539 · end of year $1,241,598

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $126,750 · end of year $126,750

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $206,417 · end of year $391,642

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,403,976 · end of year $4,633,420

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO ADVANCE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, FREE ENTERPRISE, AND LIMITED, ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT.

  • ECONOMIC AND UNION REFORM POLICY: ENGAGED CITIZENS TO PROTECT THE FREE MARKET, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY BY PROMOTING LIMITED, TRANSPARENT, AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON INFORMING PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNION MEMBER OF THEIR RIGHTS.

    Expenses $9,669,909

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • CHARLIE CONNER

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICHARD ROKES

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • LOU NOVAK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • JEFF CYSEWSKI

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • TOM S MCCABE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $135,876
    From this org
    $120,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,531
    Hours/week
    40
  • AARON WITHE

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $473,410
    From this org
    $454,802
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,608
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $454,802
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,358
    Filer's total
    $473,410
  • ROBERT WICKERS

    VP OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $220,070
    From this org
    $204,585
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,485
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,585
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,985
    Filer's total
    $220,070
  • BRIAN MINNICH

    EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $190,550
    From this org
    $187,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,550
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $190,550

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

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SETS THE COMPENSATION LEVEL FOR THE CEO. THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION BUDGET IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMPARED TO THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE FOUNDATION.
PART I, LINE 5
CEO, AARON WITHE'S COMPENSATION IS CONTINGENT UPON REVENUES OF THE ORGANIZATION.

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
7 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333119349302618

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