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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by VOICES 4 FREEDOM.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,209,561
Total expenses
$520,475
Contributions and grants received
$1,081,088
Grants paid
$97,049
Program service revenue
$128,473
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,475,722
Total liabilities, end of year
$17,314
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,458,408
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$452,510
Management and general expenses
$38,952
Fundraising expenses
$29,013
Program service expenses (Part III)
$452,510

Program services were 86.9% 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

    $1,081,088

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DONOR TRIP FEES

    total $128,473 · excluded $128,473

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $97,049 · program services $97,049

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,150 · management and general $14,150

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $245,573 · program services $206,704 · management and general $13,390 · fundraising $25,479

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,578 · program services $3,319 · management and general $1,309 · fundraising $950

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,018 · program services $5,127 · management and general $1,202 · fundraising $1,689

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,000 · program services $4,973 · management and general $367 · fundraising $660

  • 17 · Travel

    total $124,799 · program services $124,042 · management and general $522 · fundraising $235

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,141 · management and general $3,141

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $11,296 · program services $11,296

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRANSACTION FEES

    total $4,871 · management and general $4,871

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $703,062 · end of year $828,409

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $91,713 · end of year $647,313

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $25,453 · end of year $17,314

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $227,442 · end of year $392,532

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $541,880 · end of year $1,065,876

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ERADICATE SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN OUR LIFETIME. WE HELP ENTIRE VILLAGES FREE THEMSELVES FROM SLAVERY AND REACH SUSTAINABLE FREEDOM. WE ALSO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE HORROR AS WELL AS THE HOPE,THE INDOMITABLE HUMAN SPIRIT THAT STOPS AT NOTHING TO REACH FREEDOM, SO THAT OTHERS INSPIRED TO JOIN IN CREATING A SLAVERY-FREE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO ERADICATE MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN OUR LIFETIME. EVERYDAY WE HELP PEOPLE FREE THEMSELVES FROM SLAVERY, REACH SUSTAINABLE FREEDOM, AND INSPIRE THE WORLD TO BECOME SLAVERY FREE.

  • SCHOOLS4FREEDOM:IN 2024, VOICES4FREEDOM HELPED 3,284 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO FREE THEMSELVES FROM SLAVERY, BRINGING THE ORGANIZATION'S TOTAL TO 11,419. THE SCHOOLS4FREEDOM PROGRAM HAS OPERATED A TOTAL OF 56 TRANSITIONAL SCHOOLS IN UTTAR PRADESH SINCE 2013, WITH 19 TRANSITIONAL SCHOOLS OPERATING IN UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA IN 2024 AND 37 SCHOOLS HAVING ALREADY GRADUATED THEIR CHILDREN FROM THE PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED THEM INTO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS. EACH TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS FREEDOM FOR THEIR VILLAGE, IN WHICH 100 - 200 PEOPLE ARE ENSLAVED BY ONE SLAVEHOLDER. THESE TRANSITIONAL SCHOOLS HAVE A CURRICULUM DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO ENSURE THAT EACH CHILD IS CAUGHT UP TO GRADE LEVEL WITHIN 3 YEARS. ALL ADULTS WERE EMPOWERED THROUGH RIGHTS AND SKILLS TRAINING, ASSISTANCE IN ACCESSING EXISTING GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, AND GAINING A REGULAR AND RELIABLE INCOME SO THAT THEY NEVER FALL PREY TO SLAVERY AGAIN. IN 2024 WE SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED OUR FIRST "BLOCK EXPANSION" PROGRAM WHICH EXPANDED ANTI-SLAVERY WORK TO AN ENTIRE ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK IN UTTAR PRADESH. THIS EXPANSION PROJECT INCLUDED 18 OF OUR SCHOOLS4FREEDOM VILLAGES, AND AT THE SAME TIME WORKED TO FREE AND/OR SLAVERY-PROOF ANOTHER 97 VILLAGES WITHIN THE BLOCK ALL AT ONCE. SLAVERY-PROOFING OF THE NON-ENSLAVED VILLAGES IN THE BLOCK ENSURES THEY CAN AVOID FALLING INTO SLAVERY IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE WILL BEGIN WORK ON OUR SECOND EXPANSION BLOCK IN 2025.

    Expenses $241,720 · Grants $97,049 · Revenue $267,520

  • EDUCATION & AWARENESS:VOICES4FREEDOM IS A KEY EDUCATOR ON MODERN SLAVERY AND SPECIFICALLY BONDED LABOR SLAVERY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST PREVALENT YET LEAST UNDERSTOOD FACETS OF THIS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE. THROUGH PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, VOICES4FREEDOM'S WEB SITE, SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS, AND EMAIL LIST WE EDUCATE JOURNALISTS, STUDENTS, ACTIVISTS, DONORS AND OTHERS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND HOW TO HELP TURN THE TIDE AGAINST SLAVERY FOREVER.

    Expenses $54,881 · Revenue $63,481

  • ASSISTING THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT:VOICES4FREEDOM SUPPORTS THE GLOBAL ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT THROUGH INFORMATION-SHARING AND COLLABORATING WHENEVER POSSIBLE. WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER.

    Expenses $155,909 · Revenue $162,359

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Rickie Byars

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margaret Callahan

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Bryn Freedman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tari Weiss

    TREASURER

    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
30 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533039349303303

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