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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SPEECH FIRST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$438,009
Total expenses
$1,307,344
Contributions and grants received
$438,009
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$399,368
Total liabilities, end of year
$23,076
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$376,292
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,225,926
Management and general expenses
$80,683
Fundraising expenses
$735
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,020,789

Program services were 93.8% 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

    $438,009

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $15,075 · program services $15,075

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $30,571 · program services $30,571

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,198 · program services $1,198

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,985 · management and general $2,985

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $574,857 · program services $550,000 · management and general $24,857

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $42,725 · management and general $42,725

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $281,962 · program services $281,962

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $318,199 · program services $318,199

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,295 · management and general $2,560 · fundraising $735

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,694 · program services $4,694

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,557 · management and general $3,557

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,085 · program services $3,085

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,999 · management and general $3,999

  • 24a · Other expenses: DuesSubs

    total $11,142 · program services $11,142

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,038,422 · end of year $395,194

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $400,000 · end of year $2,950

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,161 · end of year $1,224

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $203,956 · end of year $23,076

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,245,627 · end of year $376,292

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SPEECH FIRST'S MISSION IS TO DEFEND STUDENTS WHO SEEK TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION OR ASSOCIATION. BY COMING TOGETHER, WE'VE CREATED A NATIONWIDE COMMUNITY OF FREE SPEECH SUPPORTERS TO REASSURE STUDENTS THAT THEY WON'T - Continued Schedule O

Activities or mission (Part I)

SPEECH FIRSTS MISSION IS TO DEFEND STUDENTS WHO SEEK TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH EXPRESSION OR ASSOCIATION BY COMING TOGETHER WEVE CREATED A NATIONWIDE COMMUNITY OF FREE SPEECH SUPPORTERS TO REASSURE STUDENTS THAT THEY WONT Continued Schedule O

  • Finalized open lawsuit against Indiana University and continued to litigate a Title IX case in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Produced a research paper on DEI in medical schools. Filed and publicized public records requests related to speech- silencing incidents on college campuses.

    Expenses $1,020,789

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nicole Neily

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $19,345
    From this org
    $15,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,270
    Hours/week
    2

  • Josh Holdenried

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jamil Jaffer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathryn Ciano Mauler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matthew Foldi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karen Harned

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristina Rasmussen

    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
29 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611499349301516

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