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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FREEDOM ORG.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,623,630
Total expenses
$534,766
Contributions and grants received
$1,623,630
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,246,272
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,766
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,244,506
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$442,869
Management and general expenses
$62,535
Fundraising expenses
$29,362
Program service expenses (Part III)
$442,869

Program services were 82.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,623,630

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $261,025 · program services $221,871 · management and general $26,103 · fundraising $13,051

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $24,299 · program services $21,869 · management and general $2,430

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,977 · program services $13,977

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,549 · program services $19,394 · management and general $2,155

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,013 · program services $9,912 · management and general $1,101

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,577 · program services $14,019 · management and general $1,558

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,730 · program services $2,730

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAXES OTHER

    total $44,389 · program services $44,389

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

    total $41,211 · program services $20,605 · management and general $20,606

  • 24c · Other expenses: DONATIONS

    total $35,607 · program services $35,607

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $16,311 · fundraising $16,311

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $47,078 · program services $38,496 · management and general $8,582

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $155,545 · end of year $518,170

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

    $730,832

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

    $2,730

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $728,102

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year -$97 · end of year $1,766

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $155,642 · end of year $1,244,506

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO INVEST IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY DISINVESTED, FOSTERING GROWTH, EMPOWERMENT AND SUSTAINABLE CHANGE.. COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES IN DEVELOPING ALL-ENCOMPASSING SOLUTIONS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPEMENT. OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON HISTORICALLY BLACK AND/OR LOW-MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITIES, WITH AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC FREEDOM.

  • IN 2023, FREEDOM ORG ADVANCED ITS MISSION BY IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESSED GAPS IN ACCESS TO FOOD, HOUSING SECURITY, AND ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION IN HISTORICALLY DISINVESTED COMMUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED COMMUNITY EVENTS, COORDINATED MUTUAL AID EFFORTS, AND SUPPORTED NEIGHBORHOOD-LED PROJECTS AIMED AT FOSTERING LONG-TERM GROWTH. FREEDOM ORG ALSO ENGAGED RESIDENTS THROUGH OUTREACH AND RESOURCE NAVIGATION, ENSURING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES COULD CONNECT WITH ESSENTIAL SERVICES. THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND CONSISTENT COMMUNITY PRESENCE, FREEDOM ORG EMPOWERED LOCAL LEADERS, ENCOURAGED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN CHANGE.

    Expenses $442,869

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Turcois Vazquez

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $116,657
    From this org
    $116,657
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Marquetta Dickens

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $79,368
    From this org
    $79,368
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Kendrick Ransome

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $65,000
    From this org
    $65,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

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
19 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541419349300214

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