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WESTERN ENERGY FREEDOM ACTION

EIN 85-1013487 HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO

Revenue 2023
$4,134,827
Expenses 2023
$3,570,273

Program services were 82.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
Street
9457 S UNIVERSITY BLVD 170

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

OUR MISSION IS TO ENABLE THE DELIVERY OF LOW-COST ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY FREEDOM TO THE WEST THROUGH AN EFFICIENT AND INTEGRATED GRID SYSTEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • WESTERN FREEDOM IS BUILDING A BROAD COALITION OF GRASSROOTS AND GRASSTOPS SUPPORT WITH REAL, PRACTICAL POLITICAL POWER TO DRIVE POLICY, LEGISLATIVE, AND REGULATORY CHANGES THAT ENABLE ELECTRICITY CUSTOMERS AND RATEPAYERS IN WESTERN STATES TO ACCESS MORE AFFORDABLE AND CLEANER ENERGY.

    Expenses $2,936,781 · Grants $104,600

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.

  • Kathleen Staks

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $250,080
    From this org
    $250,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,080
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $250,080

  • Dominic Gabello

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $64,625
    From this org
    $64,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • John Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Sarah Derdowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,012
    From this org
    $30,012
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
    $4,134,827
    Expenses
    $3,570,273
    Contributions
    $4,134,681
    Grants paid
    $104,600
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,220,184
    Expenses
    $4,369,359
    Contributions
    $3,220,000
    Grants paid
    $1,134,000

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
    $1,745,710
    Expenses
    $429,737
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,243,295

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 2020

Tax period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Principal officer
Larry G Holdren
Mailing address
9457 S University BlvdHighlands Ranch CO 80126

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.