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← TECHFREEDOM

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TECHFREEDOM.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,651,644
Total expenses
$1,855,237
Contributions and grants received
$1,651,644
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$409,315
Total liabilities, end of year
$64,300
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$345,015
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,137,865
Management and general expenses
$587,337
Fundraising expenses
$130,035
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,137,865

Program services were 61.3% 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

    $1,651,644

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $392,500 · program services $235,604 · management and general $126,333 · fundraising $30,563

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $897,388 · program services $575,176 · management and general $259,444 · fundraising $62,768

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $220,374 · program services $135,530 · management and general $68,317 · fundraising $16,527

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $101,448 · program services $62,390 · management and general $31,449 · fundraising $7,609

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $3,000 · program services $2,070 · management and general $660 · fundraising $270

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $64,787 · program services $44,703 · management and general $14,253 · fundraising $5,831

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $56,808 · management and general $56,808

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,474 · program services $8,733 · management and general $2,785 · fundraising $1,956

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,594 · program services $7,164 · management and general $3,493 · fundraising $937

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,549 · program services $13,488 · management and general $4,302 · fundraising $1,759

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,670 · program services $7,362 · management and general $2,347 · fundraising $961

  • 17 · Travel

    total $37,771 · program services $37,771

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,563 · program services $1,438 · management and general $94 · fundraising $31

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,982 · program services $4,128 · management and general $1,316 · fundraising $538

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,158 · program services $1,694 · management and general $3,258 · fundraising $206

  • 24a · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES

    total $10,272 · management and general $10,272

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAINING FEES

    total $1,790 · management and general $1,790

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $878 · program services $606 · management and general $193 · fundraising $79

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHAGES

    total $231 · program services $8 · management and general $223

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $466,923 · end of year $260,947

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $123,000 · end of year $132,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $392

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

    $74,836

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

    $64,031

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,787 · end of year $10,805

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,606 · end of year $5,171

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,949 · end of year $3,746

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $54,759 · end of year $60,554

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $548,608 · end of year $345,015

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TECHFREEDOM'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE PROGRESS OF TECHNOLOGY THAT IMPROVES THE HUMAN CONDITION AND EXPANDS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY TO CHOOSE. TECHFREEDOM ADVANCES THE FREEDOMS THAT MAKE EXPERIMENTATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INVESTMENT POSSIBLE, AND THUS UNLEASH THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE, HUMAN INGENUITY. ON A WIDE VARIETY OF ISSUES, TECHFREEDOM WILL OUTLINE A PATH FORWARD FOR POLICYMAKERS TOWARDS A BRIGHT FUTURE WHERE TECHNOLOGY ENHANCES FREEDOM AND FREEDOM ENHANCES TECHNOLOGY.

  • IN 2023, TECHFREEDOM STUDIED AND EXAMINED AREAS SUCH AS PRIVACY, REGULATION, INNOVATION, COMPETITION, AND FREE SPEECH IN ORDER TO PROMOTE IDEAS ABOUT THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN WELL-BEING THROUGH TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS. TECHFREEDOM ALSO HOSTED, SPONSORED, AND PARTICIPATED IN EVENTS WITH TOPICS SUCH AS PRIVACY, REGULATION, INNOVATION, COMPETITION, AND FREE SPEECH. FINALLY, TECHFREEDOM PUBLISHED WHITE PAPERS, REGULATORY FINDINGS, ONLINE PUBLICATIONS, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH DOCUMENTS.

    Expenses $1,137,865

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Berin Szoka

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $218,750
    From this org
    $205,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,750
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,750
    Filer's total
    $218,750
  • Daniel Benavente

    CHIEF OPERAT

    Total calculated
    $202,875
    From this org
    $187,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,375
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,500
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,375
    Filer's total
    $202,875
  • Dan Compton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shane Tews

    CHAIR OF THE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202433209349317043

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