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FREEDOM FWD

EIN 81-5035420 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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Revenue 2023
$1,727,763
Expenses 2023
$1,595,386

Program services were 62.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I73
Classification
1000
Street
702 15TH ST

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).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Founded in 2016, Freedom Forwards mission is to collaborate with San Francisco Bay Area youth, ages 14-24, to transform systems that impact them and prevent their exploitation. Our initiatives enable young people to have agency over their bodies, relationships, choices, and lives ultimately helping them to live free from exploitation and thrive.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Organization is working to prevent the commercial sexual exploitation of youth in San Francisco by transforming the systems that too often contribute to their exploitation. See Schedule O.

  • HYPE (Helping Young People Elevate) Center: The HYPE Center is a multi-service drop-in center designed by and for young people, aged 14-24, to easily access the services and resources they want in one safe space. We partner with over 20 Bay Area community based organizations, host basic needs resources (shower, laundry, clothing boutique and food), and provide opportunities for self-determination. We know that access to opportunities, meeting basic needs, and creating a safe space to belong are key factors in preventing vulnerabilities that lead to exploitation. In 2023 we reached over 300 young people, and awarded over $15,000 in self-determination mini-grants.

    Expenses $919,488

  • Family And Me: Our FAM foster care model adds specialized training, flexible funds, and a dedicated Alternative Care Provider to strengthen and stabilize foster placements for youth who have experienced or are at risk of sex trafficking. Our current FAM pilot with Seneca Family of Agencies has built five FAM placements and successfully adapted the model for congregate care and transitional housing settings. We are honored to offer enhanced flexibility and support to these deserving families

    Expenses $69,239

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Francesca Gonzalez

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $171,225
    From this org
    $155,994
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,231
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,994
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,231
    Filer's total
    $171,225

  • Camille Bailey

    Director of Impact & Learning

    Total calculated
    $117,962
    From this org
    $117,962
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Natasha Dolby

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jamel Perkins

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alia Whitney-Johnson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natasha Singh

    Secretary

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,727,763
    Expenses
    $1,595,386
    Contributions
    $1,716,721
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,715,127
    Expenses
    $1,880,205
    Contributions
    $2,704,490
    Grants paid
    $0

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,321,118
    Expenses
    $1,671,979
    Assets (EOY)
    $358,128

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,558,846
    Expenses
    $1,376,686
    Assets (EOY)
    $693,957

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    $0

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,192,986
    Expenses
    $1,015,509
    Assets (EOY)
    $235,094

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $250,010
    Expenses
    $237,524
    Assets (EOY)
    $68,853

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
Alia Whitney Johnson
Mailing address
702 15th StreetSan Francisco CA 94610
Website
www.freedomfwd.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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 11 November 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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.