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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,926,900
Total expenses
$1,235,810
Contributions and grants received
$1,911,129
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$15,771
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,655,628
Total liabilities, end of year
$164,367
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,491,261
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$910,431
Management and general expenses
$241,045
Fundraising expenses
$84,334
Program service expenses (Part III)
$910,431

Program services were 73.7% 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

    $1,911,129

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $15,771 · excluded $15,771

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $210,760 · program services $210,760

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $767,614 · program services $515,935 · management and general $204,552 · fundraising $47,127

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,586 · program services $8,718 · management and general $2,318 · fundraising $550

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,818 · program services $2,876 · management and general $762 · fundraising $180

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,484 · program services $8,838 · management and general $5,646

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,984 · management and general $3,984

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM AND DESIGN SERV

    total $162,827 · program services $161,263 · management and general $1,564

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL FEES

    total $47,938 · program services $550 · management and general $17,040 · fundraising $30,348

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $6,075 · management and general $23 · fundraising $6,052

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL SERVICE FEES

    total $4,182 · management and general $4,182

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,542 · program services $1,491 · management and general $974 · fundraising $77

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $210,043 · end of year $1,290,966

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $600,749

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $82,140 · end of year $359,819

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $3,467

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,376 · end of year $1,376

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $16,240 · end of year $15,690

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $77,897 · end of year $148,677

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $644,535 · end of year $1,424,161

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $155,636 · end of year $67,100

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE ARE A PUBLIC EDUCATION ORGANIZATION CREATED TO SUPPORT THE PRINCIPLE OF PUBLIC FREEDOM AND OPEN EXCHANGE ON THE INTERNET. OUR WORK SUPPORTS THE BASIC RESOURCES THAT MAKE AN OPEN, ENGAGING, COMPETITIVE, DYNAMIC PUBLIC SPACE, DISCOURSE, ECONOMY AND CULTURE POSSIBLE. WE WORK TO EDUCATE AND CREATE NEW PUBLIC DISCOURSE ABOUT COPYRIGHT AND THE THREAT THE GROWING COPYRIGHT INDUSTRY IS TO PUBLIC GOODS, THE ECONOMY, AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE. WE WORK AGAINST NEW CULTURAL ATTEMPTS TO DISTORT THE OPEN, NEUTRAL INTERNET. OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS HELP TO EXPLAIN NEW PUBLIC BEHAVIORS IN THE AGE OF A QUICKLY DEVELOPING INTERNET AND EXPLAIN NEW TECHNOLOGIES. WE BELIEVE IN MAINTAINING AND CULTIVATING CREATIVE INNOVATION, INTERNET FREEDOM, LEVEL PLAYING FIELDS IN THE WORLDS OF BUSINESS AND IDEAS, OPENNESS, TRANSPARENCY, LACK OF CENSORSHIP, ANTI-CORRUPTION, PUBLIC GOODS AND VALUES, AND COMMUNITY SELF-RELIANCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

IT IS A PUBLIC EDUCATION ORGANIZATION THAT WAS CREATED TO SUPPORT THE PRINCIPLE OF PUBLIC FREEDOM AND OPEN EXCHANGE ON THE INTERNET. OUR WORK SUPPORTS THE BASIC RESOURCES THAT MAKE AN OPEN, ENGAGING, COMPETITIVE, DYNAMIC PUBLIC SPACE, DISCOURSE, ECONOMY AND CULTURE POSSIBLE. WE WORK TO EDUCATE AND CREATE NEW PUBLIC DISCOURSE ABOUT COPYRIGHT AND THE THREAT THE GROWING COPYRIGHT INDUSTRY IS TO PUBLIC GOODS, THE ECONOMY, AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE. WE WORK AGAINST NEW CULTURAL ATTEMPTS TO DISTORT THE OPEN, NEUTRAL INTERNET. OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS HELP TO EXPLAIN NEW PUBLIC BEHAVIORS IN THE AGE OF A QUICKLY DEVELOPING INTERNET AND EXPLAIN NEW TECHNOLOGIES. WE BELIEVE IN MAINTAINING AND CULTIVATING CREATIVE INNOVATION, INTERNET FREEDOM, LEVEL PLAYING FIELDS IN THE WORLDS OF BUSINESS AND IDEAS, OPENNESS, TRANSPARENCY, LACK OF CENSORSHIP, ANTI-CORRUPTION, PUBLIC GOODS AND VALUES, AND COMMUNITY SELF-RELIANCE.

  • NET NEUTRALITY/FCC - INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT THE TITLE II ROLLBACK THAT THE FCC SUPPORTED

    Expenses $910,431

  • SURVEILLANCE/ENCRYPTION EDUCATION

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

Listed in Part VII

  • TIFFINIY CHENG

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HOLMES WILSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HANNAH SASSAMAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH GAUDETTE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $120,141
    From this org
    $98,017
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,124
    Hours/week
    18

  • EVAN GREER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $131,633
    From this org
    $112,743
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,890
    Hours/week
    21

  • ERNESTO FALCON

    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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531079349300318

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