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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC

EIN 81-0983298 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$1,716,106
Expenses 2024
$1,855,135

Program services were 58.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B03
Classification
2000
Street
316 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE

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).

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.

  • MICHAEL ORTNER

    CHAIRMAN/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY RICE HASSON

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUG BECH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS FARR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT HAMBERGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICK KEARNS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANK KEATING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANTHONY LAUINGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HANNAH SMITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEALY YATES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID TRIMBLE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $178,569
    From this org
    $159,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,179
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,390
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,040
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,139
    Filer's total
    $178,569

  • JEREMY BARKER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $125,198
    From this org
    $101,738
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,460
    Hours/week
    40

  • NATHAN BERKELEY

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $171,797
    From this org
    $137,507
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,290
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,507
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,325
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,965
    Filer's total
    $171,797

  • JAMES BENNETT

    DIRECTOR, NATIONAL CENTER FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $137,073
    From this org
    $106,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,304
    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
    $1,716,106
    Expenses
    $1,855,135
    Contributions
    $1,680,946
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,802,968
    Expenses
    $2,776,189
    Contributions
    $1,800,616
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,317,076
    Expenses
    $3,031,735
    Contributions
    $2,321,046
    Grants paid
    $71,898

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

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

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

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 10 September 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 IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.