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STUDENT FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC

EIN 85-0557522 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$6,005,581
Expenses 2024
$6,821,861

Program services were 74.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B82
Classification
1000
Street
633 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW 5TH FL

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 · 2024

Mission

STUDENT FREEDOM INITIATIVE IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING FREEDOM IN PROFESSIONAL AND LIFE CHOICES FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS (MSIS).

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE STUDENT FREEDOM INITIATIVE IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ENSURING FREEDOM IN PROFESSIONAL AND LIFE CHOICES FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS (MSIS).

  • TO ADDRESS THE OVERWHELMING STUDENT DEBT FACED BY ALL TOO MANY OF THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ATTENDING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES BY PROVIDING A STUDENT-CENTRIC FUNDING SOURCE FOR EDUCATION COSTS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO HIGH-INTEREST LOANS.

    Expenses $5,090,160 · Grants $965,023 · Revenue $139,919

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Robert F Smith

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Henry Louis Gates

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Lomax

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lawrence P Bancroft

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith Shoates

    PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $120,820
    From this org
    $120,820
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mark Brown

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $158,811
    From this org
    $158,693
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $118
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,693
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $118
    Filer's total
    $158,811

  • Michele McCullom

    GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $231,976
    From this org
    $207,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,936
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,040
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,492
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,444
    Filer's total
    $231,976

  • Yvette Thomas

    DIRECTOR OF CAPACITY BUILDING

    Total calculated
    $209,209
    From this org
    $187,216
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,993
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,216
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,295
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,698
    Filer's total
    $209,209

  • Barry Cynamon

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM DESIGN

    Total calculated
    $259,287
    From this org
    $203,780
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,507
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,780
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,780
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,727
    Filer's total
    $259,287

  • Kenneth Luzzatto

    PROJECT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $187,447
    From this org
    $166,473
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,974
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,473
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,372
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,602
    Filer's total
    $187,447

  • Ronald Crozier

    CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $229,758
    From this org
    $182,925
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,833
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,925
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,336
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,497
    Filer's total
    $229,758

  • Gregg Mitchell

    DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $219,108
    From this org
    $167,411
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,697
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,411
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,197
    Filer's total
    $219,108

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,005,581
    Expenses
    $6,821,861
    Contributions
    $2,776,205
    Grants paid
    $965,023
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,904,402
    Expenses
    $10,112,603
    Contributions
    $2,719,528
    Grants paid
    $1,392,824
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $19,723,286
    Expenses
    $7,282,206
    Contributions
    $16,652,730
    Grants paid
    $1,251,232

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
    $15,285,825
    Expenses
    $5,195,727
    Assets (EOY)
    $132,770,538

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $75,542,300
    Expenses
    $2,829,869
    Assets (EOY)
    $122,948,895

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $50,060,000
    Expenses
    $5,739
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,054,261

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • STUDENT FREEDOM FUND

    FACILITATE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STUDENT FREEDOM AGREEMENTS · DC · income $10,227,996 · assets $16,627,765

  • TUITION EZ LLC

    TO SUPPORT FUNDRAISING THROUGH CONCERTS · DC · income $4,000,000 · assets $3,841,747

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.