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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNCONDITIONAL FREEDOM.

Totals

Total revenue
$440,297
Total expenses
$383,654
Contributions and grants received
$440,174
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$123
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$294,984
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,514
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$286,470
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$246,790
Management and general expenses
$136,577
Fundraising expenses
$287
Program service expenses (Part III)
$246,790

Program services were 64.3% 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

    $440,174

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $123 · related or exempt $123

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $151,130 · program services $71,996 · management and general $79,134

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $663 · management and general $663

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,468 · management and general $3,468

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $67,261 · program services $64,676 · management and general $2,585

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,405 · program services $3,652 · management and general $4,466 · fundraising $287

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,990 · program services $54 · management and general $15,936

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,417 · program services $4,417

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,588 · management and general $7,588

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,346 · management and general $16,346

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $27,078 · program services $27,047 · management and general $31

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAVEL

    total $25,958 · program services $25,938 · management and general $20

  • 24c · Other expenses: AUTOMOBILE

    total $16,408 · program services $16,408

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

    total $16,282 · program services $16,282

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $22,660 · program services $16,320 · management and general $6,340

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $75,489 · end of year $139,143

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $9,775

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

    $7,827

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,825 · end of year $1,948

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $13,798 · end of year $7,087

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $146,564 · end of year $146,806

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,821 · end of year $8,514

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $229,855 · end of year $286,470

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED IS TO ENGAGE IN PROJECTS AND RESEARCH WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE ADVANCEMENT, HEALING, AND FLOURISHING OF MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENGAGE IN PROJECTS AND RESEARCH WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE ADVANCEMENT, HEALING, AND FLOURISHING OF MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.

  • PRISON MONASTERY - STARTED IN 2020, AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIC, THE PROGRAM AIMS TO RESTORE THE PENITENTIARY TO ITS ROOTS; A PLACE TO CONTEMPLATE AND MEANINGFULLY CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY WHILE INCARCERATED, IN THE PROCESS TRANFORMING SHAME INTO CONTRIBUTION. UNCONDITIONAL FREEDOM INTRODUCED A WORKBOOK, THE ART OF SOULMAKING (AOS), WHICH WAS A GUIDED JOURNEY THROUGH YOGA, MEDIATION, AND SELF-INQUIRY PRACTICES. THE WORKBOOK STARTED INROADS FOR THE PRISON MONASTERY PROGRAM, PROVIDING THE TOOLS AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS TO APPROACH THEIR PRISON SETTING AS A MONASTERY. INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WERE PAIRED WITH A PENPAL OUTSIDE THE WALLS, A CERTIFIED VOLUNTEER WHO ALSO WENT THROUGH THE WORKBOOKS AND SHARED EXPERIENCES BACK AND FORTH. THIS PROGRAM, WHICH STARTED WITH HANDWRITTEN LETTERS, IS NOW LIVE AT OVER 500 FACILITIES ACROSS 44 STATES, REACHING OVER 40,000 INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, WITH OVER 7,000 LETTERS EXCHANGED.

    Expenses $173,133 · Revenue $160,000

  • FREE FOOD - STARTED IN 2019 UNDER THE NAME LOVE TO TABLE, THE PROGRAM TRANSFORMED ORGANIC EXCESS FROM LOCAL FARMS INTO FARM-TO-TABLE MEALS FOR UNHOUSED AND IN NEED POPULATIONS. THE PROGRAM BRINGS DIGNITY TO OUTCAST POPULATIONS AND DELIVERS LOVE THROUGH FOOD. WE STARTED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO TENDERLOIN, AND CURRENTLY HAVE A THRIVING PROGRAM IN HARLEM, NY, SERVING 400+ SIT DOWN THREE-COURSE MEALS A WEEK, AS WELL AS A FRESH FOOD PANTRY WHICH CIRCULATES OVER 2,000 LBS OF RESCUED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PER WEEK IN THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $65,024 · Revenue $50,000

  • WOMEN OVER DINNER IS AIMED AT ENLIVENING WOMEN'S INESTIMABLE POWER TO RESHAPE OUR WORLD. IT IS OUR INTENT TO REACH 100 MILLION WOMEN. ONE DINNER AT A TIME, WE SHARE A MEAL AND CONNECT THROUGH ANSWERING A SERIES OF CURATED PROMPTS ABOUT OUR IMPACT, OUR POWER, AND OUR SEXUALITY.

    Expenses $8,633

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bob Wilms

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $36,914
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $36,914
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caryn Roth

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $16,758
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $16,758
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Chelsea Nieman

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $3,609
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $3,609
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anjuli Ayer

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shawn Sugarman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine Medvec

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenny Lewis

    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
2023
Filed
9 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442229349301424

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