FREEDOM NOW INC: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: FREEDOM NOW INC (EIN 52-2362033)
Tax period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Filed: 2024-06-12
IRS object ID: 202401649349300140
Schema version: 2023v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule F
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-06-12T15:44:42-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	390974031	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WEGNER CPAS LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	419 N LEE ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	ALEXANDRIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	223142301	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	522362033	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FREEDOM NOW INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FREE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2022233733	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1750 K STREET NW 7TH FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20006	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ANDREA PRASOW	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2022233733	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-06-12	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	ANDREA	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	PRASOW	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (1)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	GLENN MILLER CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00086726	PTIN
Phone	7035190990	PhoneNum
Preparation	2024-06-05	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ANDREA PRASOW	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1750 K STREET NW 7TH FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20006	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$895,679	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.FREEDOM-NOW.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2001	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MD	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	FREEDOM NOW PROTECTS INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES FROM GOVERNMENT REPRESSION AND DEFENDS HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH DIRECT LEGAL SUPPORT, TARGETED HIGH-LEVERAGE ADVOCACY, AND CAPACITY-BUILDING ANALYSIS AND ASSISTANCE.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	9	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	9	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	8	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	9	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$346,484	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$879,918	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$3,350	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$15,561	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$200	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$349,834	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$895,679	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$131,199	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$121,435	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$515,095	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$566,207	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$60,156	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$96,242	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$120,617	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$742,536	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$808,259	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$392,702	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$87,420	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,265,601	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,416,181	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$6,102	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$3,718	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,259,499	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,412,463	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	FREEDOM NOW PROTECTS INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES FROM GOVERNMENT REPRESSION AND DEFENDS HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH DIRECT LEGAL SUPPORT, TARGETED HIGH-LEVERAGE ADVOCACY, AND CAPACITY-BUILDING ANALYSIS AND ASSISTANCE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$617,477	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$121,435	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	LEGAL AND POLITICAL ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF VICTIMS OF GOVERNMENT REPRESSION. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS ON BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES WHICH HAVE SUFFERED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, ESPECIALLY ARBITRARY DETENTION. IN 2023, FREEDOM NOW FILED PETITIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS, COORDINATED EFFORTS OF POLICY MAKERS, CONDUCTED CAPACITY BUILDING TRAININGS, AND PRODUCED RESEARCH AS PART OF ITS EFFORTS TO COMBAT GOVERNMENT REPRESSION.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$617,477	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	2	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	8	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	9	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	9	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ANDREA PRASOW	PersonNm
Phone	2022233733	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1750 K STREET NW 7TH FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20006	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (10 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
JEREMY ZUCKER
CHAIR	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PETER MAGYAR
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
THOMAS DOHRMANN
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOSHUA NEWCOMER
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GREG MCGILLIVARY
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PETER CHOHARIS
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HRISHIKESH HARI
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
FADZAI MADZINGIRA
DIRECTOR (FROM 3/2023)	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PRATIMA NARAYAN
DIRECTOR (FROM 4/2023)	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARAN TURNER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	50.00		Yes (X)	$159,625	$0	$5,057

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$159,625	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$5,057	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$879,918	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$879,918	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$15,561	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$15,561	ExclusionAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$200	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$200	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$200	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$895,679	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$15,761	ExclusionAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$121,435	TotalAmt
Program Services	$121,435	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$164,682	TotalAmt
Program Services	$82,341	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$49,405	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$32,936	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$339,557	TotalAmt
Program Services	$270,627	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$51,443	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$17,487	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$496	TotalAmt
Program Services	$347	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$99	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$50	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,067	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,047	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,013	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,007	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$41,405	TotalAmt
Program Services	$28,984	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,281	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,140	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,500	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,441	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,708	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$733	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,336	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,908	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,669	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$759	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,059	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,795	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,159	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,105	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,241	TotalAmt
Program Services	$40,165	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,437	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$639	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,260	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,260	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP	$426	$120	$306
LICENSES AND FEES	$354		$321	$33

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$808,259	TotalAmt
Program Services	$617,477	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$130,626	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$60,156	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,758	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,710	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,141,391	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,194,758	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$100,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$203,958	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,755	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,755	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,697	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,265,601	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,416,181	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,102	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,718	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,102	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,718	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,075,586	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,129,018	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$183,913	BOYAmt
EOY	$283,445	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,259,499	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,412,463	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,265,601	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,416,181	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$87,420	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$44	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$65,500	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (1)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

Acct Compile Or Review Basis AcctCompileOrReviewBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$455,001	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$568,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,206,231	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$346,484	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$879,918	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,455,634	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$455,001	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$568,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,206,231	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$346,484	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$879,918	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,455,634	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$2,043,277	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$1,412,357	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$429	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$852	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$455	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,350	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$15,561	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$20,647	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$3,476,281	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.40630	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.33870	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (3 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA	GRANTS TO OTHERS	$81,496
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND)	GRANTS TO OTHERS	$25,690
SOUTH ASIA	GRANTS TO OTHERS	$7,800

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$114,986	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$114,986	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (13 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA	GENERAL SUPPORT	$7,000	WIRE TRANSFER	$0
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA	GENERAL SUPPORT	$9,050	WIRE TRANSFER	$0
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND)	GENERAL SUPPORT	$9,000	WIRE TRANSFER	$0
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA	GENERAL SUPPORT	$9,096	WIRE TRANSFER	$0
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA	GENERAL SUPPORT	$9,000	WIRE TRANSFER	$0
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA	GENERAL SUPPORT	$9,000	WIRE TRANSFER	$0
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND)	GENERAL SUPPORT	$7,190	WIRE TRANSFER	$0
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA	GENERAL SUPPORT	$9,000	WIRE TRANSFER	$0
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA	GENERAL SUPPORT	$8,900	WIRE TRANSFER	$0
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA	GENERAL SUPPORT	$7,930	WIRE TRANSFER	$0
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND)	GENERAL SUPPORT	$9,000	WIRE TRANSFER	$0
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA	GENERAL SUPPORT	$5,420	WIRE TRANSFER	$0
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA	GENERAL SUPPORT	$7,100	WIRE TRANSFER	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	12	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Foreign Individuals Grants ForeignIndividualsGrantsGrp (2 entries)

Type Of AssistanceTypeOfAssistanceTxt	RegionRegionTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
GENERAL SUPPORT	SOUTH ASIA - AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, INDIA, MALDIVES, NEPAL,	12	$7,800
GENERAL SUPPORT	EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND)	1	$500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	FREEDOM NOW REQUIRES GRANTEES TO PROVIDE FINAL NARRATIVE AND FINANCIAL REPORTS DETAILING THE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN UNDER THE GRANT AND DOCUMENTING HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT. WE ALSO MAKE PERIODIC CHECK-INS WITH GRANTEES TO DISCUSS THEIR PROGRESS AND ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MARAN TURNER	PersonNm
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$159,625	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$357	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$4,700	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$164,682	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEWS THE 990 PRIOR TO IT BEING FILED WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	FREEDOM NOW, INC. IS A SMALL ORGANIZATION AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MONITOR ITS ACTIVITIES FOR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON A REGULAR BASIS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PERFORMANCE AND SETS THE COMPENSATION LEVEL ANNUALLY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.