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FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC

EIN 13-2877912 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2024
$1,405,682
Expenses 2024
$2,366,341

Program services were 81.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
G82Z
Classification
2100
Street
13TH 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

FREEDOM INSTITUTE IS A RESOURCE CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES COPING WITH ADDICTION AND CO-OCCURRING ISSUES SUCH AS DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. WE OFFER PERSONALIZED COUNSEL AND CARE TO THOSE SEEKING TO PREVENT, UNDERSTAND OR RECOVER FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ASSIST AND COUNSEL THE CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH EDUCATION, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION.

  • IN 2024, FREEDOM INSTITUTE'S AFFILIATION WITH SILVER HILL HOSPITAL WAS FORMALLY APPROVED BY THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS (OASAS), ESTABLISHING SILVER HILL AS THE SOLE CORPORATE MEMBER OF FREEDOM INSTITUTE. WITH THE SUPPORT OF SILVER HILL HOSPITAL, FREEDOM INSTITUTE STRENGTHENED BOTH ITS INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM (IOP) AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES (OP) AND RECRUITED PREMIER CLINICAL LEADERSHIP TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF CARE. THE ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCED STEADY GROWTH IN CENSUS BY SERVING CLIENTS TRANSITIONING FROM SILVER HILL HOSPITAL TO THE NEW YORK CITY MARKET AND EXPANDING COLLABORATION WITH OTHER TREATMENT PROVIDERS IN THE NYC MARKET. THESE DEVELOPMENTS POSITIONED FREEDOM INSTITUTE TO BEGIN REBRANDING AS SILVER HILL NEW YORK IN 2025. (CONTINUED ON SCH O)IOP:LOCATED IN THE HEART OF MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, FREEDOM INSTITUTE ENABLES CLIENTS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS TO RECEIVE INTENSIVE TREATMENT WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR EXISTING ROLES AND ROUTINES. THE IOP PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO EMPOWER CLIENTS' SENSE OF SELF, SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY AND LONG-TERM SUCCESS. OUR IOP PROGRAM MEETS THREE TIMES A WEEK FOR AN 8-TO-12 WEEK LENGTH OF STAY AND INCLUDES A WEEKLY INDIVIDUAL SESSION. IN 2024 NEARLY 200 CLIENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE IOP.OP:AFTER COMPLETING THE INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM, MOST CLIENTS CONTINUE WITH OUTPATIENT GROUPS AND OTHER ONGOING SUPPORT SERVICES. GROUP THERAPY IS THE CORE OF FREEDOM INSTITUTE'S SUBSTANCE USE PROGRAM. CLIENTS ENCOUNTER NEW CONCEPTS, CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONS AND DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF RECOVERY. OVER 200 CLIENTS PARTICIPATED IN OUTPATIENT SERVICES IN 2024.

    Expenses $1,937,257 · Revenue $1,257,068

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.

  • Alex Dayton

    TRUSTEE (LEFT 9/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Anson Barrett Frelinghuysen

    TRUSTEE (LEFT 9/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • John Loeffler

    TRUSTEE (LEFT 9/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Mr Patrick Robinson

    TRUSTEE (LEFT 9/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Robert L Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.75 related
  • Jessica M Ambrose

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Richard Canning

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related
  • Cheryl Wiesenfeld

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.75 related
  • Richard Gannon

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 3.5 related
  • Linda Autore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Peter Fonagy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Michael Holmes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Susan Salice

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 2.5 related
  • Deborah Shabecoff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.75 related
  • Francine Conway

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.75 related
  • Bruce Leavitt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.75 related
  • Ellen Breslow-Newhouse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.75 related
  • Ray Quinlan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 2.25 related
  • Ward F Cleary

    CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.75 related
  • Peter Orthwein

    CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.75 related
  • Dana Sacher-Rollins

    VP & GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $180,099
    From this org
    $143,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,199
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,900
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,875
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,324
    Filer's total
    $180,099
  • Andrew Gerber

    CEO OF SHH

    Total calculated
    $713,829
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $647,015
    Other
    $66,814
    Hours/week
    5 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $571,571 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $75,163 related
    Other
    $0 + $281 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,015 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $51,799 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $713,829 related
  • Salah Bustami

    DIRECTOR OF FAMILY SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $120,265
    From this org
    $105,456
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,809
    Hours/week
    40
  • Andrew Tatarsky

    SUPERVISOR & ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $278,056
    From this org
    $264,817
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,239
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $264,817
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,239
    Filer's total
    $278,056

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
    $1,405,682
    Expenses
    $2,366,341
    Contributions
    $107,048
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,552,670
    Expenses
    $1,991,430
    Contributions
    $211,471
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,186,497
    Expenses
    $2,493,987
    Contributions
    $633,887
    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
    $2,758,758
    Expenses
    $3,019,356
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,271,692
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,820,347
    Expenses
    $3,271,347
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,412,979
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,290,156
    Expenses
    $4,138,644
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,926,149
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,767,511
    Expenses
    $4,651,782
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,984,078
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,510,571
    Expenses
    $4,742,217
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,560,473
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,173,240
    Expenses
    $4,572,069
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,614,419
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,999,708
    Expenses
    $3,952,193
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,656,899
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,264,843
    Expenses
    $3,156,483
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,676,129
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,586,949
    Expenses
    $2,915,246
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,261,743
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,689,073
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,967,041

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

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.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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.