Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,061,364
- Total expenses
- $4,732,036
- Contributions and grants received
- $5,061,139
- Grants paid
- $1,720,868
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $225
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,026,427
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,016,373
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,010,054
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $4,257,632
- Management and general expenses
- $474,404
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $4,257,632
Program services were 90.0% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$3,925,852
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,135,287
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3 · Investment income
total $225 · excluded $225
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $4,510 · program services $4,510
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $1,716,358 · program services $1,716,358
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $225,866 · management and general $225,866
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $7,191 · management and general $7,191
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,820 · management and general $2,820
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $17,311 · management and general $17,311
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11b · Fees: legal
total $173,151 · program services $173,151
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $28,367 · management and general $28,367
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11g · Fees: other
total $1,913,724 · program services $1,913,724
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $295 · program services $295
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13 · Office expenses
total $87,515 · program services $38,420 · management and general $49,095
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14 · Information technology
total $2,914 · program services $2,914
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16 · Occupancy
total $138,024 · management and general $138,024
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17 · Travel
total $354,160 · program services $354,160
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $54,100 · program services $54,100
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20 · Interest
total $4,133 · management and general $4,133
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $847 · management and general $847
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23 · Insurance
total $750 · management and general $750
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,275,755 · end of year $749,421
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $149,962 · end of year $149,962
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $921,321 · end of year $1,124,088
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$4,237
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$3,824
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $4,470 · end of year $413
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,543
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $39,091 · end of year $63,797
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $142,285 · end of year $148,353
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $975,706 · end of year $804,223
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $976,067 · end of year $1,010,054
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $218,359 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
THE WORK OF FREE RUSSIA FOUNDATION IS FOCUSED IN THREE KEY MISSION AREAS: 1. ADVANCING THE VISION OF A DEMOCRATIC, PROSPEROUS AND PEACEFUL RUSSIA GOVERNED BY THE RULE OF LAW BY EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF RUSSIAN LEADERS COMMITTED TO THESE IDEALS; 2. STRENGTHENING CIVIL SOCIETY IN RUSSIA AND DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PERSECUTED BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT; AND 3. SUPPORTING FORMULATION OF AN EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE RUSSIA POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE BY EDUCATING POLICY MAKERS AND INFORMING PUBLIC DEBATE.
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SUPPORTING GLOBAL RUSSIAN PRO-DEMOCRACY FORCES THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS; RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT RUSSIA-RELATED ISSUES AMONG WESTERN POLICY-MAKERS INCLUDING SEMINARS AND BRIEFINGS FOR THE U.S. CONGRESS, STATE DEPARTMENT, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, NATIONAL EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTS, THINK TANKS, DEMOCRACY PROMOTION, HUMAN RIGHTS AND MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS; CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN RUSSIA AND PROSPECTS FOR PRO-DEMOCRACY FORCES, ON THE WAYS THE CURRENT RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT UNDERMINES WESTERN INSTITUTIONS, SPREADS FAKE NEWS AND DISINFORMATION AND BRINGS ITS CORRUPT PRACTICES TO THE WEST. FORMULATING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WESTERN GOVERNMENTS, PARLIAMENTS, EXPERT AND MEDIA COMMUNITY, AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO COUNTER KREMLIN'S DISINFORMATION AND KLEPTOCRACY. CONSOLIDATING EXILED PRO-DEMOCRACY RUSSIANS AND TRAINING THEM ON HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR RUSSIA-RELATED PRO-DEMOCRACY CAUSES AND INITIATIVES.
Expenses $4,257,632 · Grants $1,720,868 · Revenue $46,200
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Hon David J KramerHON DAVID J KRAMER
BOARD CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Hon Paige AlexanderHON PAIGE ALEXANDER
BOARD VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Dr Sergey AleksashenkoDR SERGEY ALEKSASHENKO
BOARD TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Dr Alina PolyakovaDR ALINA POLYAKOVA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Ellen BorkELLEN BORK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Thomas FirestoneTHOMAS FIRESTONE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Ralf FueksRALF FUEKS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Toomas Hendrik IlvesTOOMAS HENDRIK ILVES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Amb Ian KellyAMB IAN KELLY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Sarah MendelsonSARAH MENDELSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Dr Daniel TreismanDR DANIEL TREISMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Andrew WoodANDREW WOOD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Nataliya ArnoNATALIYA ARNO
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $166,358
- From this org
- $123,896
- From related orgs
- $32,354
- Other
- $10,108
- Hours/week
- 32.2 + 7.8 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $123,896 + $32,354 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,108
- Filer's total
- $134,004 + $32,354 related
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Nadezhda ValuevaNADEZHDA VALUEVA
COO & SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $128,540
- From this org
- $76,042
- From related orgs
- $43,750
- Other
- $8,748
- Hours/week
- 26.4 + 13.6 related
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Olga GolovanenkoOLGA GOLOVANENKO
CFO
- Total calculated
- $15,070
- From this org
- $15,070
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 39.5 + 0.5 related
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.
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FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
501(C)(3) · CHARITABLE · DE · controlled entity
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DR-VIR
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS · LH · controlled entity
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FRB
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS · GM · controlled entity
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 14 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202443199349307009
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