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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,914,689
Total expenses
$2,649,263
Contributions and grants received
$2,302,180
Grants paid
$5,175
Program service revenue
$197,726
Investment income
$18,232
Other revenue
$396,551
Total assets, end of year
$1,481,633
Total liabilities, end of year
$159,271
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,322,362
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,158,336
Management and general expenses
$262,959
Fundraising expenses
$227,968
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,158,336

Program services were 81.5% 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

    $202,292

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,099,888

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $976,316

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $197,726 · related or exempt $197,726

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20,117 · excluded $20,117

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $54,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $54,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $54,000 · excluded $54,000

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $707

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

    other assets $2,592

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$1,885

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,885 · excluded -$1,885

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $96,915

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

    $202,292

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $41,846

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $55,069 · excluded $55,069

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $403,927

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $116,445

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $287,482 · related or exempt $287,482

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,175 · program services $5,175

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $104,225 · program services $83,380 · management and general $10,423 · fundraising $10,422

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $685,088 · program services $452,564 · management and general $113,498 · fundraising $119,026

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $61,097 · program services $41,485 · management and general $9,592 · fundraising $10,020

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,900 · management and general $3,900

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,740 · management and general $24,740

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $29,818 · program services $19,205 · fundraising $10,613

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $30,436 · program services $1,185 · fundraising $29,251

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $93,320 · program services $41,108 · management and general $42,056 · fundraising $10,156

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $46,439 · program services $12,450 · management and general $30,982 · fundraising $3,007

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $454,406 · program services $437,137 · management and general $8,446 · fundraising $8,823

  • 17 · Travel

    total $38,117 · program services $38,117

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $64,427 · program services $43,746 · management and general $10,115 · fundraising $10,566

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $58,646 · program services $39,821 · management and general $9,207 · fundraising $9,618

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD/FOOD PREP COSTS

    total $942,963 · program services $942,963

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSE

    total $6,466 · fundraising $6,466

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $344,389 · end of year $309,760

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $71,051 · end of year $312,297

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $11,665 · end of year $14,543

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $12,410 · end of year $12,301

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $120 · end of year $505

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

    $1,315,854

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

    $618,779

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $632,811 · end of year $697,075

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $236,826 · end of year $135,152

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $16,590 · end of year $23,118

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $6,401 · end of year $9,300

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $229,344 · end of year $126,853

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,017,937 · end of year $1,282,452

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $39,000 · end of year $39,910

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO LIBERATE THE BROKEN FROM THEIR BONDAGE OF SIN AND ADDICTION BY THE TRANSFORMING POWER OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AND TO EQUIP THEM TO BECOME PROSPEROUS DISCIPLES OF CHRIST WITH KINGDOM VISION, PURPOSE, AND DIRECTION.

  • DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE (DFH) ASSISTS HUNDREDS OF MEN AND WOMEN STRUGGLING WITH DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTIONS. IN 2024, DFH ADMITTED 59 NEW RESIDENTS AND 17 RETURNING RESIDENTS, FOR A TOTAL OF 76. RESIDENTS INCLUDE MEN AND WOMEN COMING OUT OF A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS INCLUDING PRISONS, HOMELESSNESS, AS WELL AS TRADITIONAL HOMES. THERE IS NO COST TO THE RESIDENTS ENTERING THE DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS, CHURCHES, AND BUSINESSES. IN 2024, DFH HAD OVER 715 DONORS SUPPORTING THE PROGRAM. THE DFH PROGRAM INCLUDESDISCIPLESHIP, MENTORING, AND WORK TRAINING IN AREAS WHICH INCLUDE LANDSCAPING, FACILITIES REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE, CONSTRUCTION, CULINARY ARTS, AND OFFICE ADMINISTRATION. THE RESIDENTS WHO ENTER DFH BECOME THE FUTURE LEADERS OF DFH. DISCIPLINE, STRUCTURE, AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP ARE THE KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROGRAM. MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARRIVE AT DFH ARE RESTORED AND SENT BACK TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $1,132,014 · Grants $5,175 · Revenue $197,726

  • THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES A COFFEE SHOP IN WHICH RESIDENTS ARE TRAINED TO SERVE CUSTOMERS, PERFORM CLEANING DUTIES, PREPARE FOOD, AND DEVELOP SKILLS RELATED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE.

    Expenses $323,280 · Revenue $287,482

  • THE ORGANIZATION RUNS A FOOD PANTRY WHICH PROVIDES FOOD AND TOILETRIES TO THE COMMUNITY. THE FREEDOM FOOD PANTRY PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND DEVELOP SKILLS RELATED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE.

    Expenses $703,042

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alton Schmidt

    CEO/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $74,225
    From this org
    $74,225
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ken Willingham

    CFO/DIRECTOR/CHAIRMAN/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jeremy Adams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dennis Dotson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • George Quinn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darin Lauer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Eaton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Eskew

    SECRETARY

    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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE PROPERTIES LLC

    TX · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349302431

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