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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FSI-FREEDOM SEEKERS INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$265,226
Total expenses
$280,179
Contributions and grants received
$265,226
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$13,672
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,705
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,967
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$280,179
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$280,179

Program services were 100.0% 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

    $265,226

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $58,929 · program services $58,929

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,645 · program services $7,645

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,254 · program services $11,254

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,431 · program services $13,431

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $277 · program services $277

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $567 · program services $567

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $239 · program services $239

  • 17 · Travel

    total $28,858 · program services $28,858

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,398 · program services $1,398

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $773 · program services $773

  • 24a · Other expenses: REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

    total $108,311 · program services $108,311

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACT WAGES

    total $22,946 · program services $22,946

  • 24c · Other expenses: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

    total $3,160 · program services $3,160

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $1,900 · program services $1,900

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,491 · program services $5,491

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $18,920 · end of year $13,672

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $9,705

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $18,920 · end of year $3,967

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

FREEDOM SEEKERS INTERNATIONAL EXISTS TO RESCUE "LAST RESORT AND THE MOST SEVERELY PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS IN HOSTILE AND RESTRICTIVE COUNTRIES. THROUGH METHODS OF RESETTLEMENT, WE SAVE THEIR VOICES, ALLOWING THE GOSPEL TO CONTINUE THROUGH THEIR LIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ASSISTING REFUGEES

  • THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE PLIGHT OF THIRD WORLD IMPOVERISHED PEOPLES, AND TO CREATE AN AVENUE THROUGH WHICH INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SUPPORTING THESE NEEDY PEOPLE BY PROVIDING SUSTENANCE, SHELTER, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE SKILLS SO AS TO ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY.SUPPORT - IN 2022 FREEDOM SEEKERS INTERNATIONAL (FSI) WORKED WITH OVER 100 DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM 6 COUNTRIES WHO WERE SUFFERING. FSI PROVIDED SUPPORT IN VARIOUS WAYS: HOUSING, SCHOOLING, CLOTHING, MEDICAL SUPPORT, TRAVELED TO BE WITH THEM PERSONALLY, FLIGHTS TO ESCAPE SUFFERING, EMAILED AND CALLED THEM, SPIRITUAL ENCOURAGEMENT AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.SCHOOLING - IN 2022 FSI PROVIDED ONLINE ENGLISH SCHOOLING FOR 15 DIFFERENT CHILDREN IN TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND SUPPORTED TWO IN COLLEGE. BUSINESS - IN 2022 FSI PROVIDE BUSINESS TOOLS, SUPPORT, IDEAS, CONNECTIONS AND/OR COUNSEL FOR NEARLY 21 FAMILIES.

    Expenses $280,179 · Revenue $265,226

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Deana Brown

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $58,929
    From this org
    $58,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Corey Crow

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peggy Yeiser

    FORMER TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Sunny Lowe

    BOARD CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Becky Bigbie

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melissa Briscoe

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
2022
Filed
5 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323189349304822

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