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Freedom to Learn Advocates

EIN 88-1241923 Washington, DC

Largest nonprofits in District of Columbia

Revenue 2024
$170,308
Expenses 2024
$201,902

Program services were 62.7% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
Street
611 Pennsylvania Ave SE 143

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

9 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

WE WORK TO HELP EDUCATE ALL COMMUNITIES AND ADVOCATE FOR INCLUSION OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION.THIS INCLUDES WORKING TO PUSH BACK AGAINST EFFORTS OR INITIATIVES THAT WOULD LIMIT OR RESTRICT A PERSON'S ABILITY TO EXPLORE, DISCOVER, AND LEARN FROM ANY SOURCE OF INFORMATION.WE INTEND TO SUPPORT AND BRING AWARENESS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY THAT PROMOTE THESE IDEALS, PROMOTE LEARNING, AND DO NOT LIMIT ACCESS TO INFORMATION OR THE EDUCATION OF OUR SOCIETY.

  • IN 2024, FREEDOM TO LEARN ADVOCATES' (FTLA) REFINED ITS OPERATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, DEVELOPED ADVOCACY AND GROWTH STRATEGIES AS WELL AS A ROBUST PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY THAT ALIGNED WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION. FTLA RAN DIGITAL ADVERTISING PROGRAMS IN THE SPRING AND FALL IN ORDER TO ADVOCATE AND REACH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. FTLA ALSO HOSTED AND ATTENDED COALITION MEETINGS AND GATHERINGS WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR MISSIONS AND GOALS.

    Expenses $126,529

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.

  • Steve Potash

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Loree Potash

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erica Lazzaro

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $170,308
    Expenses
    $201,902
    Contributions
    $170,308
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $241,975
    Expenses
    $233,474
    Contributions
    $241,975
    Grants paid
    $15,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $190,080
    Expenses
    $164,280
    Contributions
    $190,080
    Grants paid
    $10,000

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.

Grants made

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