- Revenue 2024
- $6,024,852
- Expenses 2024
- $5,545,581
Program services were 90.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- Q20
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 1015 15TH ST NW STE 600
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Other organizations at this address
8 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us
This address is a suite or unit (STE 600). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.
We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.
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ASSOCIATION OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT PROGRAMS
EIN 20-3310936
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CENTER FOR DIGITAL DEMOCRACY
EIN 52-2311577
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GWSCPA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
EIN 52-1469031
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SERVICE WOMENS ACTION NETWORK
EIN 27-1316232
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THE GREATER WASHINGTON SOCIETY OF CPAS
EIN 53-0214273
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TRANSATLANTIC POLICY NETWORK
EIN 36-4813119
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UCSJ UNION OF COUNCILS FOR JEWS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION INC
EIN 23-7179117
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WOMEN BUSINESS COLLABORATIVE
EIN 83-3929571
Mission and programs · 2024
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 $5,009,317 · Grants $934,538
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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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 (END JAN 2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Ellen BorkELLEN BORK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Thomas FirestoneTHOMAS FIRESTONE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Ralf FueksRALF FUEKS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Toomas Hendrik IlvesTOOMAS HENDRIK ILVES
BOARD MEMBER (END JUN 2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Amb Ian KellyAMB IAN KELLY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Sarah MendelsonSARAH MENDELSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Dr Alina PolyakovaDR ALINA POLYAKOVA
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
- $184,743
- From this org
- $160,000
- From related orgs
- $12,096
- Other
- $12,647
- Hours/week
- 37.4 + 2.6 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $150,000 + $12,096 related
- Bonus
- $10,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,647
- Filer's total
- $172,647 + $12,096 related
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Nadezhda ValuevaNADEZHDA VALUEVA
COO & SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $137,985
- From this org
- $115,000
- From related orgs
- $12,096
- Other
- $10,889
- Hours/week
- 36.5 + 3.5 related
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Olga GolovanenkoOLGA GOLOVANENKO
CFO
- Total calculated
- $36,848
- From this org
- $36,848
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20 + 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $6,024,852
- Expenses
- $5,545,581
- Contributions
- $6,024,852
- Grants paid
- $934,538
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2023
- Revenue
- $5,061,364
- Expenses
- $4,732,036
- Contributions
- $5,061,139
- Grants paid
- $1,720,868
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2022
- Revenue
- $3,363,197
- Expenses
- $3,021,764
- Contributions
- $3,363,157
- Grants paid
- $1,042,420
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,113,288
- Expenses
- $1,306,473
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,678,814
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,459,899
- Expenses
- $1,303,730
- Assets (EOY)
- $681,283
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,176,780
- Expenses
- $2,057,647
- Assets (EOY)
- $415,856
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,004,881
- Expenses
- $832,521
- Assets (EOY)
- $288,056
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $508,188
- Expenses
- $494,995
- Assets (EOY)
- $115,696
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $133,979
- Expenses
- $126,662
- Assets (EOY)
- $109,820
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $399,036
- Expenses
- $323,087
- Assets (EOY)
- $102,529
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2015 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $85,958
- Expenses
- $59,701
- Assets (EOY)
- $26,554
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.
Grants made
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$35,000
2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
Grants received
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2023 PUBLIC SUPPORT
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2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2022 PUBLIC SUPPORT
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2024 PUBLIC SUPPORT
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$50,000
2023 MICRO GRANT
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2023 TECHNICAL ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE & EDUCATION
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2024 TECHNICAL ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE & EDUCATION
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$10,050
2023 INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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$6,050
2022 CIVIL SOCIETY & GOVERNANCE
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2024 return
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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
Declared as related by
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FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
On its 2024 return as a controlled entity
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.