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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN FREEDOM.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,662,000
Total expenses
$7,631,894
Contributions and grants received
$7,662,000
Grants paid
$7,500,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$182,206
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$182,206
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,506,580
Management and general expenses
$122,025
Fundraising expenses
$3,289
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,506,580

Program services were 98.4% 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

    $7,662,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,500,000 · program services $7,500,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $99,000 · management and general $99,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,688 · program services $538 · management and general $1,881 · fundraising $269

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,475 · program services $4,896 · management and general $17,132 · fundraising $2,447

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $621 · program services $124 · management and general $435 · fundraising $62

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,294 · program services $459 · management and general $1,606 · fundraising $229

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS/REFERENCE

    total $2,816 · program services $563 · management and general $1,971 · fundraising $282

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $152,100 · end of year $182,206

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $152,100 · end of year $182,206

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN FREEDOM FUNDS, PROMOTES, SPONSORS, AND FACILITATES INDEPENDENT NONPARTISAN EDUCATIONAL AND RELATED ACTIVITIES DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF AMERICANS.

  • PROVIDED GRANTS SUPPORTING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, HELPING AMERICANS BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ACTIONS OF THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE STATE OF THEIR DEMOCRACY AND CULTURE.

    Expenses $7,506,580 · Grants $7,500,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kelly Lindquist Ray

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $33,000
    From this org
    $33,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily MacLean

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $33,000
    From this org
    $33,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jaime Sneider

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Katharine Fountain

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $33,000
    From this org
    $33,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
25 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602379349301265

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