Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$791,297

Total expenses

$664,032

Contributions and grants received

$805,566

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$3,691

Investment income

$6,729

Other revenue

-$24,689

Total assets, end of year

$2,028,523

Total liabilities, end of year

$75,763

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,952,760

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$461,404

Management and general expenses

$119,779

Fundraising expenses

$82,849

Program service expenses (Part III)

$461,404

Program services were 69.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• COMMUNICATION, EDUCATION, AND ANALYSIS: EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS: VIDEO PRESENTATIONS - COMBINING FACEBOOK'S POPULARITY AND AMERICAN'S ATTRACTION TO VIDEO PRESENTATIONS, CCHF PROVIDED 17 FACEBOOK LIVE VIDEOS IN 2023, INCLUDING FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THE ANNUAL DIRECT PRIMARY CARE CONFERENCE. SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT - CCHF'S PRESIDENT GAVE 20 PRESENTATIONS IN 2023, INCLUDING SPEECHES AT VARIOUS EVENTS IN CCHF'S HOME STATE OF MINNESOTA, IN ADDITION TO COLORADO, FLORIDA, MISSOURI, TEXAS, AND WISCONSIN. PETE HEGSETH WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT CCHF'S ANNUAL FUNDRAISING GALA. THE EVENT WAS PACKED AS ABOUT 400 GUESTS HEARD HIS PRESENTATION WHICH FOCUSED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF FREEDOM AND CCHF'S PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE SITUATION IN AMERICA CIRCA 2023. "COVID-19 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE" - THIS POPULAR GUIDE CONTINUED TO BE DOWNLOADED IN 2023, LIKELY DUE TO THE CONTINUATION OF COVID AND LONG COVID DIAGNOSES. IN 2023 THE CCHF WEBSITE RECORDS APPROXIMATELY 1,290 DOWNLOADS PER MONTH. PATIENT TOOLBOX RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 24,000 VIEWS IN 2023. SHARING NEWS AND PERSPECTIVE - APPROXIMATELY 6,253 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED OUR QUARTERLY HARDCOPY NEWSLETTER (HEALTH FREEDOM WATCH) AND APPROXIMATELY 9957 SUBSCRIBERS RECEIVE OUR WEEKLY ENEWS BY EMAIL. OUR NEW COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, ALONG WITH OUR RENEWED ACCESS TO THE CISION MEDIA SOFTWARE, LAUNCHED A PRESS OPERATIONS TO SHARE OUR PERSPECTIVE WITH REPORTERS SPECIALIZING IN FREEDOM, HEALTH CARE, AND PRIVACY. MAJOR INTERVIEWS INCLUDE FOX BUSINESS, THE EPOCH TIMES, THE TENPENNY FILES, THE JEFF DORNIK SHOW, CITY OF GOD PODCAST, AND VCY CROSSTALK. OVER THE YEAR, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 109 INTERVIEWS BY NEWS MEDIA. PITCHING BEGAN IN NOVEMBER/DECEMBER FOR A TOTAL OF 58 PITCHES TO THE NEWS MEDIA (NOV./DEC. ONLY) SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT -THE CCHF WEBSITE HAD 118,670 UNIQUE VISITS. TWO TWITTER ACCOUNTS TOTALED APPROXIMATELY 5,466 FOLLOWERS AND TWO FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS TOTALED APPROXIMATELY 18,652 FOLLOWERS. REELS - OUR HIPAA REELS HAD A TOTAL OF 3,439 VIEWS. HEALTH FREEDOM MINUTES (RADIO) - THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND NATIONAL RADIO PROGRAM SHARES ONE-MINUTE NUGGETS OF NEWS AND INSIGHTS EVERY WEEKDAY ON 810 RADIO STATIONS IN 47 STATES. LEGISLATIVE ALERTS - CCHF DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION AND ALERTS TO NATIONAL AND MINNESOTA SUBSCRIBER LISTS TOTALING 10,635 INDIVIDUALS.

  Expenses $444,242 · Revenue $3,691

• POLICY INITIATIVES: FEDERAL: CCHF WAS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR SEVERAL DAYS IN JUNE TALKING TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFF IN 17 OFFICES. TOPICS OF DISCUSSION INCLUDED THE "BABY DNA" ISSUE, ACCESS TO CATASTROPHIC (REAL) HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; AND THE RETIREMENT FREEDOM ACT. MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE: CCHF TESTIFIES IN OPPOSITION TO THE DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER GENETIC TESTING BILL, AND OPPOSED THE CANCER RESEARCH BILL DUE TO INSUFFICIENT PATIENT CONSENT. VARIOUS ONE-PAGERS WERE CREATED AND DISTRIBUTED DURING THE 4.5- MONTH SESSION. STATE LEGISLATURES NATIONWIDE: CCHF TESTIFIED IN MONTANA ON A "RIGHT TO USE MEDICATIONS OFF-LABEL BILL- AND AT THE REQUEST OF A MEMBER OF THE MONTANA LEGISLATURE, WROTE LEGISLATION TO PROTECT GENETIC PRIVACY. WE ALSO EXPANDED OUR ONLINE MODEL STATE LEGISLATION LIBRARY, ADDING PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT POLICYMAKERS NATIONWIDE CAN USE TO CREATE PATIENT-CENTERED, FREE-MARKET, PRIVACY- PROTECTING LAW IN THEIR STATES.

  Expenses $10,160

• SPECIAL PROJECTS: WEBSITE REDESIGN - IN 2023, CCHF ENGAGED WITH CONTRACTED SUPPORT TO REDESIGN ITS MAIN WEBSITE (CCHFREEDOM.ORG) AND BEGAN TO REDESIGN THE WEDGE OF HEALTH FREEDOM AFTER THE MAIN WEBSITE WAS LAUNCHED. BETWEEN THE TWO, IT WAS A YEAR-LONG ENDEAVOR. THE WEDGE OF HEALTH FREEDOM (THE WEDGE), A FREE ONLINE LISTING OF DIRECT- PAY, PATIENT-CENTERED, AFFORDABLE, THIRD-PARTY-FREE PRACTICES. IN 2023 CCHF COUNTED MORE THAN 450 PRACTICES, INCLUDING FOUR CASH-BASED PHARMACIES, AND A NUMBER OF DENTAL PRACTICES.

  Expenses $7,002

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

Listed in Part VII

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

22 August 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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