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FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION

EIN 47-4573708 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$10,373
Expenses 2024
$82,379

Program services were 61.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q30
Classification
1000
Street
1455 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW STE 400

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

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE 400). 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION IS TO SEND AMERICANS TO CONFRONT OUR ENEMIES BY EMPOWERING THOSE WHO SHARE OUR VALUES. WE BELIEVE IN THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES THAT MADE AMERICA THE GREATEST POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENT IN HUMAN CIVILIZATION. WE WORK GLOBALLY WITH THOSE WHO SHARE THESE IDEALS. SINCE 1984, WE GO WHERE WE SEE OUR ENEMIES TRYING TO ESTABLISH POWER THROUGH POLITICAL, MILITARY, ECONOMIC OR CIVIL MEANS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SEND AMERICANS TO CONFRONT OUR ENEMIES BY EMPOWERING THOSE WHO SHARE OUR VALUES. WE BELIEVE IN THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES THAT MADE AMERICA THE GREATEST POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENT IN HUMAN CIVILIZATION. WE WORK GLOBALLY WITH THOSE WHO SHARE THESE IDEALS. SINCE 1984 WE GO WHERE WE SEE OUR ENEMIES TRYING TO ESTABLISH POWER THROUGH POLITICAL, MILITARY, ECONOMIC OR CIVIL MEANS.

  • SYRIAN ENGAGEMENT TEAM (SET) -- IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT SECURITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION, THE SET COORDINATED WITH DAANES (DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION OF NORTH AND EAST SYRIA).- TO INTEGRATE THE MEDIA OFFICE IN THE MANAGEMENT AND USAGE OF THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE TO SERVE AS A MULTI-LANGUAGE EDUCATION PLATFORM INFORMING LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY IN NORTH-EAST SYRIA.- THE SET CONDUCTED MULTIPLE TRIPS WITH NON-GOVERNMENT LEVEL PERSONNEL. THE FOCUS WAS ON THE SOLUTIONS FOR AL-HOL CAMP, ISIS PRISONERS, YOUTH REHABILITATION CENTERS AND DEVELOPING ECONOMIC GROWTH PROGRAMS BASED ON OFAC LIC 22 AND OVERALL PROGRESS IN GOVERNANCE ACROSS THE DAANES. MET WITH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATE MEMBERS AND STAFF TO EDUCATE THEM ON THE DEVELOPMENTS IN SYRIA, IRAQ AND ACROSS THE REGION. SPECIFICALLY, THE IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY IN RELATION TO DAANES STABILITY.- ENGAGED WITH DOS AND DOD OFFICIALS TO IMPROVE INTER-AGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND EDUCATE STAFF ON THEIR AREA OF OPERATIONS.

    Expenses $35,937

  • GENERAL PROGRAM THE FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION'S CORE PROGRAM INVOLVES ENGAGING WITH POLICY MAKERS, MILITARY LIAISONS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH DIRECT COMMUNICATION, MARKETING INITIATIVES, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO PROVIDE BETTER EDUCATION TO THESE RELEVANT PARTIES ABOUT THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION AND THE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS IT CONDUCTS. BY GENERATING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES THAT CONCERN FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION AND ITS PROACTIVE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THEM, OUR GENERAL PROGRAM PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN ADVANCING OUR MISSION.

    Expenses $14,729

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.

  • Brandon Wheeler

    PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD & CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Thomas Wentling

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nadine Maenza

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Caroline Amanda McDonald

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $10,373
    Expenses
    $82,379
    Contributions
    $10,010
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $479,460
    Expenses
    $407,431
    Contributions
    $478,122
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $285,000
    Expenses
    $378,550
    Contributions
    $285,000
    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
    $363,293
    Expenses
    $60,258
    Assets (EOY)
    $346,880

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $143,668
    Expenses
    $131,313
    Assets (EOY)
    $43,845

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 2019

Tax period
1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019
Principal officer
Brandon Wheeler
Mailing address
1440 G STREET NWWASHINGTON DC 20005

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

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 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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.