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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TRUE FREEDOM ENTERPRISES.

Totals

Total revenue
$400,418
Total expenses
$372,294
Contributions and grants received
$266,237
Grants paid
$60,113
Program service revenue
$134,150
Investment income
$31
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$840,883
Total liabilities, end of year
$107,297
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$733,586
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$372,094
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$200
Program service expenses (Part III)
$372,094

Program services were 99.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $266,237

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Prisoner training progr

    total $134,150 · related or exempt $134,150

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31 · related or exempt $31

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $60,113 · program services $60,113

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $61,240 · program services $61,240

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $92,047 · program services $92,047

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,314 · program services $13,314

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $374 · program services $374

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,118 · program services $9,118

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,906 · program services $16,906

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,032 · program services $1,032

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,380 · program services $6,380

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $24,928 · program services $24,928

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,726 · program services $16,726

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank Charges and Fees

    total -$915 · program services -$915

  • 24b · Other expenses: Development Expenses

    total $200 · fundraising $200

  • 24c · Other expenses: Government Fees

    total $350 · program services $350

  • 24d · Other expenses: Operating Expenses

    total $1,492 · program services $1,492

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $68,989 · program services $68,989

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $114,155 · end of year $152,678

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $624,243 · end of year $624,243

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

    $188,487

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

    $123,784

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $32,405 · end of year $64,703

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year -$741

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year -$741

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,425 · end of year $1,119

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $6,777 · end of year $36,178

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $70,000 · end of year $70,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $669,859 · end of year $733,586

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Prospera Reentry and Transportation exists to revolutionize prisoner reentry in America by reducing recidivism through specializing in:Pre-release prisoner workforce readiness trainingPre-release work release programmingPost-release trade-school training

  • True Freedom Enterprises facilitates a pre-release workforce empowerment program designed to address the staggering 70% unemployment rate returning citizens face upon release from prison. This innovative initiative allows incarcerated individuals, during their last 90 days in prison, to participate in an externship with private companies that enables them to receive:Real-world work experienceTransferrable skillsMonthly evaluationsEmployer referralsRe-entry resourcesThe goal of the program is to help returning citizens gain stable employment, which is proven to reduce recidivism. True Freedom has partnered with Ashland University to provide employment skills-based certificates and accredited associates and bachelors degree programming to individuals recently released from prison. Through this unique collaboration, Ashland University has agreed to waive all tuition costs and fees above the Pell Grant, so that True Freedom students receive this free.

    Expenses $372,094

  • Prospera Transportations transports Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections prisoners from Ohio prisons to work release jobs around Ohio and then transports the prisoners back to the prison at the end of there shifts. We also transport recently released prisoners from halfway houses to their job sites and then return them. We are solving the employment paradox (you can find a job unless you have transportation, and you cannot afford transportation without a job. We provide transportation services free-of-charges to these underserved populations.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Swiger

    President

    Total calculated
    $61,240
    From this org
    $61,240
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Josh Lusk

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeremy Dalton

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Wessel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kevin McHugh

    Chairman of the Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vince Ciepiel

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy Geisse

    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
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413199349311706

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