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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,345,978
Total expenses
$1,702,332
Contributions and grants received
$2,309,612
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$36,366
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,280,950
Total liabilities, end of year
$146,043
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,134,907
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,247,327
Management and general expenses
$350,320
Fundraising expenses
$104,685
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,247,327

Program services were 73.3% 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

    $2,309,612

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $36,366 · excluded $36,366

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $272,365 · program services $272,365

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,015,656 · program services $667,775 · management and general $282,435 · fundraising $65,446

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,657 · program services $12,498 · management and general $3,352 · fundraising $807

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,855 · program services $2,874 · management and general $782 · fundraising $199

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,912 · program services $15,137 · management and general $9,775

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,502 · management and general $4,502

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM AND DESIGN SERV

    total $252,808 · program services $251,257 · management and general $1,500 · fundraising $51

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL FEES

    total $89,802 · program services $14,791 · management and general $37,632 · fundraising $37,379

  • 24c · Other expenses: CREDIT LOSS

    total $6,400 · program services $6,400

  • 24d · Other expenses: SMALL EQUIPMENT

    total $5,296 · program services $3,871 · management and general $1,110 · fundraising $315

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,079 · program services $359 · management and general $9,232 · fundraising $488

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,290,966 · end of year $2,078,894

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $359,819 · end of year $200,674

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,467 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,376 · end of year $1,382

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,690 · end of year $17,164

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $148,677 · end of year $128,879

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,424,161 · end of year $2,043,657

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $67,100 · end of year $91,250

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

  • FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION - INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT DIGITAL CENSORSHIP

    Expenses $949,153

  • SURVEILLANCE/ENCRYPTION EDUCATION

    Expenses $298,174

As filed on the 2024 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
    $160,674
    From this org
    $131,918
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,756
    Hours/week
    22

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,918
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,756
    Filer's total
    $160,674

  • Evan Greer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $163,334
    From this org
    $140,447
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,887
    Hours/week
    24

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,447
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,887
    Filer's total
    $163,334

  • 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

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
2024
Filed
23 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600339349300015

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