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JOSHUA M FREEMAN FOUNDATION

EIN 20-8592383 SELBYVILLE, DE

Revenue 2024
$15,313,896
Expenses 2024
$14,346,886

Program services were 91.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A60
Classification
1000
Street
31255 AMERICANA PKWY

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

ADVANCING ARTS ACCESS FOR ALL THROUGH PERFORMANCE, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY.

  • JOSHUA M. FREEMAN FOUNDATION (JMFF) IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, INCORPORATED IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE IN 2007. JMFF HAS AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC BOARD REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES. ITS PURPOSE IS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ELEVATE THE HUMAN SPIRIT. ITS CURRENT PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY IS THROUGH TWO PROGRAMS, THE ARTS ACCESS INITIATIVE AND FREEMAN ARTS PAVILION, OUR OUTSIDE PERFORMANCE VENUE. COLLECTIVELY, OVER 127,091 PATRONS ENJOYED ARTS PROGRAMMING PRESENTED BY JMFF IN 2024. THE ARTS ACCESS INITIATIVE PROGRAM PROVIDES K-12 STUDENTS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT DELMARVA ACCESS TO YEAR-ROUND, HIGH-QUALITY, DIVERSE ARTS EXPERIENCES AT NO COST. PROGRAMMING FOR THE ARTS ACCESS INITIATIVE INCLUDES LIVE MUSIC, DANCE, COMEDY AND MANY OTHER FORMS OF THE ARTS THROUGH PERFORMANCES AT FREEMAN ARTS PAVILION THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS, AS WELL AS YEAR-ROUND ARTS OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR PARTNER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT DELMARVA. DURING 2024, 23,071 PARTICIPANTS ENJOYED ARTS ACCESS INITIATIVE PROGRAMMING, WHICH IS AT THE CORE OF JMFF'S MISSION. THE FREEMAN ARTS PAVILION PROGRAM IS OUR OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE VENUE IN SELBYVILLE, DE AND IS A WELL-KNOWN ARTS DESTINATION IN THE REGION. DURING THE JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2024 SEASON, THERE WERE 66 PERFORMANCES AND A TOTAL OF 642 ARTISTS THAT GRACED THE PAVILION'S STAGE. IN TOTAL, 104,020 PATRONS FROM OVER 46 STATES ENJOYED LIVE ARTS PERFORMANCES SAFELY AT THE PAVILION'S OUTDOOR SETTING. THE PATRON ATTENDANCE OF THE ARTS PROGRAMMING PRESENTED BY JMFF HAS DRIVEN TOURISM AND ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE AREA. PURSUANT TO AN INDEPENDENT STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE IN 2022, JMFF AND FREEMAN ARTS PAVILION CREATED OVER $23.4M IN ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE REGION. JMFF'S VISION OF TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH THE ARTS WILL CONTINUE AS WE STRATEGICALLY EXPAND DIVERSE PROGRAMMING WHICH PROVIDES ACCESS FOR ALL TO ENJOY LIVE ARTS EXPERIENCES AND PRESENT WORLD CLASS ARTISTS THAT ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $13,135,697 · Grants $4,489,238 · Revenue $8,023,255

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.

  • MICHELLE FREEMAN

    CHAIR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 4 related

  • CHRISTINE SHREVE

    VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • GINGER WARD

    TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • TODD FLUBACHER

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SARA CHASE CARLSON

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL MAY 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • L DREXEL DAVISON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DENNIS DIAZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SHANTE HASTINGS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DEBRA KILLEEN

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL DEC. 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • PATRICIA KIM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • GREGORY SMITH

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL SEPT. 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JOHN TIBERI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JEFF TRIBBLE JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ELI MODLIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MICHAEL WIGLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • PATTI GRIMES

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $305,964
    From this org
    $284,893
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,071
    Hours/week
    30 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,453
    Bonus
    $46,440
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,246
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,825
    Filer's total
    $305,964

  • MELISSA DONNELLY

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $148,321
    From this org
    $128,298
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,023
    Hours/week
    40

  • DARREN SILVIS

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $120,241
    From this org
    $107,312
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,929
    Hours/week
    40

  • KATIE RAYMON

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,114
    From this org
    $137,224
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,890
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,759
    Bonus
    $7,465
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,735
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,155
    Filer's total
    $150,114

  • MOLLY WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING

    Total calculated
    $116,773
    From this org
    $103,258
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,515
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $15,313,896
    Expenses
    $14,346,886
    Contributions
    $6,971,770
    Grants paid
    $4,489,238
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $13,002,353
    Expenses
    $11,911,753
    Contributions
    $4,146,014
    Grants paid
    $2,055,391
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $13,377,561
    Expenses
    $12,037,421
    Contributions
    $6,046,087
    Grants paid
    $3,742,243

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
    $10,885,831
    Expenses
    $8,007,561
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,026,329

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,980,353
    Expenses
    $1,874,958
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,985,326

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,532,462
    Expenses
    $6,413,707
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,852,305

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,867,485
    Expenses
    $9,903,026
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,681,666

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,319,930
    Expenses
    $4,290,679
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,866,186

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,278,493
    Expenses
    $3,204,794
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,879,265

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,698,502
    Expenses
    $2,676,060
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,509,986

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

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Grants received

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

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