FREE PRESS ACTION FUND

As filed

Subsection

04

NTEE code

R01

Classification

1000

Street

1025 CONNECTICUT AVE NW

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

5 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

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.

• AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION

  EIN 52-2211305

• AMERICAS AGENDA HEALTHCARE FOR ALL INC

  EIN 20-0682634

• ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN VOTE INC

  EIN 03-0575412

• MIRANDA CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY MCD INC

  EIN 92-1046680

• OLYMPISM FOR HUMANITY ALLIANCE INC

  EIN 47-3931589

Mission and programs · 2025

• FUTURE OF THE INTERNET AND MEDIA: CONTINUED WORK ON AVAILABILITY, ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY OF BROADBAND INTERNET NATIONWIDE. CONTINUED TO WORK IN CONGRESS AND AT THE FCC TO CREATE A PERMANENT LOW-INCOME BROADBAND SUBSIDY TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE CAN ACCESS HIGH-SPEED INTERNET. PROMOTED THE IDEA THAT DIGITAL INCLUSION IS A PUBLIC GOOD. PROVIDED TRAINING TO PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR WORK IN DIGITAL EQUITY AND THEN SUPPORTED THEIR EFFORTS TO LOBBY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO DEMAND THAT THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT RELEASE THE $2.75 BILLION IN FUNDING THEIR STATES HAD BEEN PROMISED THROUGH THE BIPARTISAN DIGITAL EQUITY ACT, A COMPONENT OF THE 2021 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT. SUPPORTED THE BROADCAST FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE ACT OF 2025, A BILL THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE FCC FROM PUNISHING BROADCASTERS ON THE BASIS OF VIEWPOINTS AIRED AND PROHIBIT THE FCC FROM REVOKING A LICENSE OR OTHERWISE TAKING ACTION AGAINST ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY. OPPOSED CONGRESS' RESCISSION OF $1.1 BILLION IT HAD PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FOR THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING, FUNDING THAT INCLUDED ESSENTIAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, INVALUABLE JOURNALISM AND LIFESAVING EMERGENCY ALERTS. EDUCATED POLICYMAKERS AND LOCAL ALLIES IN STATES AND CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO CREATE NEW FORMS OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR LOCAL MEDIA AND CIVIC INFORMATION. PUBLISHED A POLICY AGENDA WITH FOUR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS: FULLY FUND PUBLIC MEDIA AND INDEPENDENT LOCAL JOURNALISM; RESTORE AND STRENGTHEN MEDIA-OWNERSHIP LIMITS; EMBOLDEN THE FCC'S AND FTC'S ROLE IN STOPPING MEDIA MERGERS THAT HARM THE PUBLIC INTEREST; AND RE-ESTABLISH FEDERAL AGENCIES' INDEPENDENCE FROM THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.

  Expenses $160,314

• DEMOCRACY AND DIGITAL CIVIL RIGHTS: CONTINUED HIGHLIGHTING THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES IN THE PERPETUATION OF HOAXES, DISINFORMATION, AND HATE SPEECH AND THE IMPACT TO SOCIETY AND ESPECIALLY TO MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, WOMEN, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. CONTINUED TO ASSERT THAT LAWMAKERS SHOULD PASS A COMPREHENSIVE FEDERAL PRIVACY LAW THAT LIMITS HOW TECH COMPANIES COLLECT, STORE, ANALYZE AND SELL OUR PERSONAL DATA. HELPED DEFEAT A PROVISION IN FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HAVE ENACTED A 10-YEAR MORATORIUM BLOCKING STATE GOVERNMENTS FROM REGULATING AI. SUPPORTED THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, WHICH WOULD HELP ELIMINATE BIASES FROM AI TOOLS.

  Expenses $175,841

• FUTURE OF JOURNALISM: CONTINUED TO WORK IN AND WITH COMMUNITIES AROUND HOW LOCAL NEWS CAN BE REVIVED, STRENGTHENED AND TRANSFORMED. PROMOTED POLICIES THAT WILL BOOST MEDIA OWNERSHIP AMONG WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL MEDIA OWNERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES. DEFENDED A FREE PRESS AND URGED PROTECTIONS FOR JOURNALISTS. TESTIFIED BEFORE NEW JERSEY'S SENATE LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE URGING LAWMAKERS TO INVEST IN PUBLIC MEDIA AND TO SPECIFICALLY SUPPORT THE NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM. SUPPORT FROM STATE CIVIC LEADERS AND RESIDENTS SECURED $2.5 MILLION FOR THE CONSORTIUM IN NEW JERSEY'S 2026 BUDGET. BUILT SUPPORT AND MOMENTUM FOR TWO BILLS IN PENNSYLVANIA, ONE WOULD CREATE A PENNSYLVANIA CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM AND THE OTHER CREATES A STATE FELLOWSHIP FOR LOCAL REPORTERS. ADVOCATED IN CALIFORNIA FOR INVESTMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY-INFORMATION NEEDS. ENCOURAGED CALIFORNIA'S ALLOCATION OF $15 MILLION TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE LOCAL NEWS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS EARLY-CAREER JOURNALISTS WORKING IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE.

  Expenses $188,293

• FREE PRESS ACTION FUND CONDUCTS EDUCATION, ORGANIZING AND MOBILIZING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT OUR MEMBERS TO ADVOCATE FOR BETTER MEDIA, OPEN TECHNOLOGY AND A HEALTHIER DEMOCRACY. AREAS OF FOCUS INCLUDE NETWORK NEUTRALITY, AFFORDABLE INTERNET ACCESS, ONLINE PRIVACY, CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE, JOURNALISM, CIVIC INFORMATION, PUBLIC MEDIA, MEDIA CONSOLIDATION, MEDIA DIVERSITY, AND GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. IN 2025, FREE PRESS ACTION CONTINUED TO BUILD PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ENTHUSIASM FOR BETTER MEDIA IN THE UNITED STATES BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, RESOURCES AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR MEMBERS. OUR MEMBERS ACTED MORE THAN 60,000 TIMES TO SIGN PETITIONS AND MAKE PHONE CALLS TO THEIR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTED LEADERS. FREE PRESS ACTION FILED PUBLIC COMMENTS, PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS, AND DESIGNED AND ADVOCATED FOR POLICIES RELATED TO INTERNET, JOURNALISM, PUBLIC MEDIA AND DISINFORMATION. WE GARNERED MORE THAN 840 PRESS HITS IN OUTLETS INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE GUARDIAN, LA OPININ, MOTHER JONES, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE NEW YORKER, NBC NEWS, NPR AND THE WASHINGTON POST. WE SECURED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM 2,068 UNIQUE DONORS. TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENDITURES ARE DETAILED IN THE THREE CORE PROGRAM AREAS ABOVE.

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $890,009

  Expenses

  $661,409

  Contributions

  $866,300

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $470,620

  Expenses

  $766,570

  Contributions

  $449,566

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,368,578

  Expenses

  $966,746

  Contributions

  $1,352,976

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $788,443

  Expenses

  $593,149

  Contributions

  $784,951

  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

  $847,721

  Expenses

  $824,619

  Assets (EOY)

  $823,216

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $947,161

  Expenses

  $547,106

  Assets (EOY)

  $756,821

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $589,529

  Expenses

  $572,113

  Assets (EOY)

  $345,533

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $947,806

  Expenses

  $1,035,369

  Assets (EOY)

  $408,513

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $952,816

  Expenses

  $1,196,094

  Assets (EOY)

  $632,686

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $884,719

  Expenses

  $653,212

  Assets (EOY)

  $677,446

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $421,811

  Expenses

  $523,960

  Assets (EOY)

  $412,562

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $536,724

  Expenses

  $345,670

  Assets (EOY)

  $488,967

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

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

• DEMOCRACY FUND VOICE INC

  $400,000

  2022 · General support for primary purpose activities

• DEMOCRACY FUND VOICE INC

  $325,000

  2023 · General support for primary purpose activities

• FREE PRESS

  $300,000

  2024 · PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT

• INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC

  $100,000

  2023 · CORE SUPPORT

• FREE PRESS

  $100,000

  2023 · PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT

• INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC

  $100,000

  2022 · CORE SUPPORT

• SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND

  $85,000

  2023 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

• SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND

  $60,000

  2022 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

• SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND

  $60,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

• NORTH FUND

  $40,000

  2022 · TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

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