Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,503,430

Total expenses

$1,407,125

Contributions and grants received

$1,484,149

Grants paid

$524,110

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$9,397

Other revenue

$9,884

Total assets, end of year

$711,076

Total liabilities, end of year

$16,652

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$694,424

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,072,869

Management and general expenses

$212,999

Fundraising expenses

$121,257

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,072,869

Program services were 76.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• EDUCATIONAL: POSTCARDS TO CONGRESS PROGRAMS PROMOTING AID AND PROTECTION OF PERSECUTED MIDDLE EASTERN AND AFRICAN CHRISTIAN FAMILIES. THE DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND VIDEOS EXPOSING PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS WORLDWIDE.GENERAL CHRISTIAN REFUGEE AID: THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS) IN IRAQ AND NIGERIA. IRAQI AND SYRIAN CHRISTIAN REFUGEES ARE ALSO AIDED IN LEBANON AND JORDAN. AID IN THESE AREAS INCLUDES A DIAPER PROGRAM FOR AGED AND SPECIAL NEEDS ADULTS. FOOD PACKAGES AND ADULT DIAPER PROGRAMS CONTINUE IN THE WEST BANK ASSISTING THE CHRISTIAN POOR AND SPECIAL NEEDS ADULTS IN BETHLEHEM AND BEIT SAHOUR. THE RFC CONTINUES TO SUPPORT A CHRISTIAN SUMMER CAMP FOR CHILDREN IN JORDAN. OVER SEVERAL YEARS THE RFC HAS REPLACED THE WATER SYSTEM, AS WELL AS ALL MATTRESSES, AND ROOFS. THE KITCHEN HAS ALSO BEEN REMODELED TO STANDARDS. A STATE-OF-THE-ART SECURITY SYSTEM WITH CAMERAS COVERING THE ENTIRE CAMP WAS ALSO INSTALLED. A NEW RUBBER MAT OUTDOOR PLAY AREA WITH SUNSCREEN WAS ALSO RECENTLY ADDED. IN LEBANON, A DEVASTATING EXPLOSION OCCURRED AT A PORT WAREHOUSE IN BEIRUT CAUSING DAMAGE AND LOSS OF LIVES IN A PREDOMINANTLY CHRISTIAN AREA. HELP WAS GIVEN TO REPLACE DOZENS OF BROKEN WINDOWS AT A CHURCH SCHOOL. FOOD PACKAGES WERE ALSO SUPPLIED TO CHRISTIAN FAMILIES PUT OUT OF WORK BY THE EXPLOSION.NIGERIA OUTREACH: A MASSACRE BY MUSLIM FULANI HERDSMEN JUST SOUTH OF JOS CITY DURING CHRISTMAS, 2023 KILLED HUNDREDS OF CHRISTIAN FAMERS. MORE THAN 1,000 CHRISTIAN CHILDREN BECAME ORPHANS BECAUSE OF THE ATTACKS. THE RFC HAS SUPPLIED FOOD, MEDICAL AID AND CLOTHING TO THE ORPHANS AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO PLACE THEM IN HOMES OF RELATIVES. RFC IS PROVIDING FINANCIAL AID TO FAMILIES ACCEPTING ORPHANS. A CHRISTIAN ORPHANAGE SUPPORTED BY THE RFC IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA WAS BURNED TO THE GROUND BY SUNNI MUSLIM FULANI HERDSMEN IN 2021. EVEN THE CHILDREN'S CLOTHING WAS LOST. THE RFC HAS NOW PURCHASED LAND AND CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS TO HOUSE 147 ORPHANS WHO HAVE LOST PARENTS TO JIHAD. THE ORPHANAGE WAS MOVED INSIDE THE CITY OF JOS FOR SAFETY. THE RFC SUPPLIES ALL FOOD AND MEDICAL NEEDS FOR THE NEW FACILITY. THE FARM THAT HELPED THE CHILDREN LEARN TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES WAS ALSO DESTROYED IN 2021, BUT HAS NOW BEEN REESTABLISHED AT A NEW, SAFER LOCATION. IN BENUE STATE, THE RFC PROVIDED HYGIENE PACKAGES FOR IDP CAMPS FULL OF DISPLACED CHRISTIANS. CONSTRUCTION OF A SCHOOL BUILDING WAS COMPLETED AT AN IDP CAMP NEAR MAKURDI IN BENUE STATE. ADDITIONAL AID WAS PROVIDED TO VILLAGES THAT HAD BEEN ATTACKED BY SUNNI MUSLIM FULANI HERDSMEN.

  Expenses $792,104 · Grants $243,345

• CHRISTMAS FOR REFUGEES: THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AND GIFTS FOR THE CHILDREN OF CHRISTIAN FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES IN SEVERAL NATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NIGERIA. CHILDREN AT THESE EVENTS ENJOY SINGING CAROLS, COLORING CONTESTS, GAMES, PUPPET SHOWS AND RECEIVE A HOT MEAL AND AN AGE-APPROPRIATE GIFT. THE PROGRAM IS IN ITS 12TH YEAR. THE GREATEST NUMBER OF CHILDREN SERVED ARE SYRIAN REFUGEES IN LEBANON. THERE ARE ALSO PROGRAMS HELD IN SYRIA FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE IDP'S THERE.

  Expenses $200,065 · Grants $200,065

• DIAPERS FOR REFUGEES: THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION DISTRIBUTES MILLIONS OF DIAPERS TO DISPLACED AND PERSECUTED CHRISTIAN REFUGEE FAMILIES EACH YEAR. YEARS OF WAR IN IRAQ AND SYRIA CAUSED A LACK OF MEDICAL CARE, LEADING TO INCREASED NEED FOR ADULT DIAPERS. THE INFANT PROGRAM HAS BEEN DECREASED BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN SPECIAL NEEDS ADULT DIAPER REQUESTS. ADULT DIAPERS ARE CONSIDERABLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN INFANT DIAPERS BUT HAVE A LIFE CHANGING EFFECT. ADULTS NEEDING DIAPERS BECAUSE OF INJURIES OR ADVANCED AGE NO LONGER HAVE TO SLEEP ON THE FLOOR.

  Expenses $80,700 · Grants $80,700

• OTHER: SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL TO THE MASSES AND PROMOTING CHRISTIAN IDEALS AND FOSTERING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM THROUGH PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURE.

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.

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.

• RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACTION COALITION

  501(C)(4) · POLITICAL ACTIVISM · VA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 June 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202421659349301332

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