Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by FRIENDS OF THE AKWESASNE FREEDOM SCHOOL INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,957,395
- Total expenses
- $542,739
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,897,674
- Grants paid
- $336,655
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $54,103
- Other revenue
- $5,618
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,666,893
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $201,952
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $5,464,941
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $498,383
- Management and general expenses
- $44,356
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $498,383
Program services were 91.8% 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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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,897,674
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3 · Investment income
total $54,103 · related or exempt $54,103
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME
total $5,618 · related or exempt $5,618
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11e · Other revenue, total
$5,618
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $336,655 · program services $336,655
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $136,700 · program services $102,525 · management and general $34,175
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $14,820 · program services $11,115 · management and general $3,705
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11g · Fees: other
total $842 · management and general $842
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13 · Office expenses
total $3,464 · program services $2,356 · management and general $1,108
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16 · Occupancy
total $13,761 · program services $12,266 · management and general $1,495
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17 · Travel
total $4,834 · program services $2,900 · management and general $1,934
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $9,277 · program services $9,277
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20 · Interest
total $54 · management and general $54
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $5,919 · program services $5,919
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23 · Insurance
total $4,173 · program services $3,130 · management and general $1,043
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE
total $6,690 · program services $6,690
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24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $3,074 · program services $3,074
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24c · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATION COSTS
total $2,440 · program services $2,440
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24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
total $36 · program services $36
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $940,505 · end of year $393,916
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $670,511 · end of year $114,212
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $169,475 · end of year $40,000
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,295 · end of year $2,533
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$387,508
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$22,300
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $371,127 · end of year $365,208
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,343,955
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $725,859 · end of year $4,751,024
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $30,022 · end of year $200,559
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $170,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $2,906 · end of year $1,393
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,019,799 · end of year $5,464,941
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO SUPPORT THE AKWESASNE FREEDOM SCHOOL. THE MISSION OF THE FRIENDS OF THE AKWESASNE FREEDOM SCHOOL IS TO ENSURE A PROSPEROUS FUTURE TO THE STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL. THE ORGANIZATION'S SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES ARE TO RAISE FUNDS ON BEHALF OF THE AKWESASNE FREEDOM SCHOOL.
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THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES FUNDS TO THE AKWESASNE FREEDOM SCHOOL FOR A TEACHERS TO PROVIDE A MOWHAWK CURRICULM FORM A NATIVE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE. FUNDS ARE PROVIDED TO COVER TEACHERS SALARIES AT THE AKWESASNE FREEDOM SCHOOL. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SUPPORTS A TEACHER-TRAINING PROGRAM. THE PARTICIPANTS ATTEND EACH CLASS WITH THE CHILDREN, AND KEEP DAILY JOURNALS OF ACTIVITIES AND INSIGHTS.
Expenses $498,383 · Grants $336,655
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Alvera SargentALVERA SARGENT
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $42,665
- From this org
- $42,665
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Harris ColeHARRIS COLE
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sue Ellen HerneSUE ELLEN HERNE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lori LazoreLORI LAZORE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Richard SkiddersRICHARD SKIDDERS
VICE PRESIDE
- 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
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AKWESASNE FREEDOM SCHOOL
$336,655
GENERAL SUPPORT
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202543169349302349
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