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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HEALTH FREEDOM DEFENSE FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$822,459
Total expenses
$504,169
Contributions and grants received
$659,111
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$163,348
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,047,569
Total liabilities, end of year
$39,238
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,008,331
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$369,280
Management and general expenses
$116,648
Fundraising expenses
$18,241
Program service expenses (Part III)
$369,280

Program services were 73.2% 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

    $659,111

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS

    total $161,360 · related or exempt $161,360

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADMIN FEES

    total $1,250 · related or exempt $1,250

  • 2c · Program service revenue: REFERRAL INCOME

    total $738 · related or exempt $738

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $311,635 · program services $245,531 · management and general $66,104

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,450 · management and general $18,450

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $92,611 · program services $70,063 · management and general $17,513 · fundraising $5,035

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,977 · management and general $9,817 · fundraising $4,160

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,828 · program services $5,828

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $7,350 · program services $7,350

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,656 · program services $740 · management and general $458 · fundraising $458

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,236 · management and general $4,236

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA

    total $36,090 · program services $36,090

  • 24b · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND DELIVERY

    total $4,810 · fundraising $4,810

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $3,475 · fundraising $3,475

  • 24d · Other expenses: PUBLIC RELATIONS

    total $3,376 · program services $3,376

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $675 · program services $302 · management and general $70 · fundraising $303

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $703,393 · end of year $1,030,713

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,133 · end of year $10,000

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

    $11,124

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

    $4,366

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,565 · end of year $6,758

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $98

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $28,561 · end of year $37,952

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,338 · end of year $1,286

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $690,192 · end of year $1,008,331

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY REGARDING HEALTH CHOICE RIGHTS AND INFORMED CONSENT THEREOF. THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS LITIGATION SUPPORT ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING FINANCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND OTHER RISKS AS A RESULT OF ASSERTING HEALTH CHOICE RIGHTS AND INFORMED CONSENT.

  • IN ORDER TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE AT RISK OF BEING DEPRIVED OF FINANCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER BENEFITS AS A RESULT OF ASSERTING THEIR RIGHTS TO INFORMED CONSENT AND HEALTH CHOICE, THE ORGANIZATION WORKS TO IDENTIFY ATTORNEYS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WHO CAN HELP THEM INITIATE OR DEFEND LEGAL ACTIONS. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION INTENDS TO DIRECTLY SUPPORT LEGAL ACTIONS THAT, IN THE OPINION OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF U.S. CASE LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION, REGULATORY AND PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY, AND/OR BIOETHICS PRACTICES IN ORDER TO PROTECT CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS FROM INFRINGEMENT OF THEIR HEALTH RIGHTS AND TO PROMOTE INFORMED HEALTH CHOICE.

    Expenses $369,280 · Revenue $161,360

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SARAH CLENDENON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROSALINDA GALLEGOS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MISTE GARDNER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LESLIE MANOOKIAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    60

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
2024
Filed
27 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202531909349300013

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