Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$479,460

Total expenses

$407,431

Contributions and grants received

$478,122

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$1,338

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$165,870

Total liabilities, end of year

$13,147

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$152,723

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$330,069

Management and general expenses

$64,363

Fundraising expenses

$12,999

Program service expenses (Part III)

$330,069

Program services were 81.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• SYRIAN ENGAGEMENT TEAM (SET) -- IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT SECURITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION, THE SET COORDINATED WITH DAANES (DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION OF NORTH AND EAST SYRIA).- TO INTEGRATE THE MEDIA OFFICE IN THE MANAGEMENT AND USAGE OF THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE TO SERVE AS A MULTI-LANGUAGE EDUCATION PLATFORM INFORMING LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY IN NORTH-EAST SYRIA.- THE SET CONDUCTED MULTIPLE TRIPS WITH SECRETARY LEVEL PERSONNEL. THE FOCUS WAS ON THE SOLUTIONS FOR AL-HOL CAMP, ISIS PRISONERS, YOUTH REHABILITATION CENTERS AND DEVELOPING ECONOMIC GROWTH PROGRAMS BASED ON OFAC LIC 22 AND OVERALL PROGRESS IN GOVERNANCE ACROSS THE DAANES. MET WITH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATE MEMBERS AND STAFF TO EDUCATE THEM ON THE DEVELOPMENTS IN SYRIA, IRAQ AND ACROSS THE REGION. SPECIFICALLY, THE IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY IN RELATION TO DAANES STABILITY.- ENGAGED WITH DOS AND DOD OFFICIALS TO IMPROVE INTER-AGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND EDUCATE STAFF ON THEIR AREA OF OPERATIONS.

  Expenses $216,460

• UKRAINIAN ENGAGEMENT TEAM (UET) -- CONDUCTED EARLY ENGAGEMENTS WITH UKRAINIAN UNIT LEADERS IN SUPPORT OF FUTURE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.- MET WITH U.S. STAKEHOLDERS TO DETERMINE LOGISTICAL ACCOUNTABILITY DEFICIENCIES.- COORDINATED WITH U.S. BASED APPLICATION DEVELOPER FOR APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ADDRESSING IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCIES. - AT THE END OF THIS PROGRAM RESULTS WERE PUBLISHED AND HANDED TO THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR STAKE HOLDERS AS EDUCATION TOOLS TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE NECESSITY OF DEVELOPING PRIVATE SECTOR SOLUTIONS. FOR FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION PURPOSES, THE PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHED EVERYTHING IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO.

  Expenses $79,734

• GENERAL PROGRAM THE FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION'S CORE PROGRAM INVOLVES ENGAGING WITH POLICY MAKERS, MILITARY LIAISONS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH DIRECT COMMUNICATION, MARKETING INITIATIVES, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO PROVIDE BETTER EDUCATION TO THESE RELEVANT PARTIES ABOUT THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION AND THE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS IT CONDUCTS. BY GENERATING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES THAT CONCERN FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION AND ITS PROACTIVE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THEM, OUR GENERAL PROGRAM PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN ADVANCING OUR MISSION.

  Expenses $33,875

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.

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

• SOF SUPPORT

  $172,636

  Disposition · CASH - RETURN OF UNUSED GRANT FUNDS · Nov 10, 2023 · 501(C)(3)

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

18 October 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202412959349301126

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