Freedom Source INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 26-0319028)

Carie Wimberly’s $84K as Exec.dir (oc is at the 16th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1683 $1–10M mental health nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Carie Wimberly	$83,770	$79,041	$75,789	$75,000	$63,500	—
Mike Vest	—	—	—	—	$58,596	$80,000
Nichole Dawsey	$27,530	—	—	—	—	—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates communities about substance abuse, supports those struggling, and connects them to recovery resources.

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2 programs · $1.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Prevention & Student Programs

Educated and empowered 8,326 students in classrooms, k-12. Engaged 299 students in 8 infocus and youth advisory council programs. Engaged school administration and parents in collaborative substance use prevention programs.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-0319028) · Dispute this line

$1.5Mprogram expense

02

Community Awareness/Resources and Media

Engaged community providers and the community at large. Hosted quarterly pop up resource fairs increased community awareness of substance use issues through multiple media campaigns, which had 2,681,438 digital impressions statewide with a total reach of 286,028 and engagement of 7,283.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-0319028) · Dispute this line

$227Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaFY2024$8K

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn INCFY2024$6K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$14K

Grants paid · 7 grants · $192K · 2021–2024

The Renewal ProjectAL · FY2024$135,000

Unitemized GrantFY2024$10,433

Unitemized GrantFY2024$10,000

Unitemized GrantFY2023$11,871

Unitemized GrantFY2022$17,053

Unitemized GrantFY2022$104

Unitemized GrantFY2021$7,675

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.5M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M

Investment incomeLn 3$42K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$25K

Money outPt IX

$1.9M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.8M

Managementcol C$116K

Fundraisingcol D$56K

Owns and owesPt X

$1.0M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M

Total assetsLn 16$1.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$181K

PeoplePt VI, VII

15

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a13

IndependentVI 1b13

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M

Government grantsLn 1e$1.2M

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$42K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$25K

Investment incomeLn 3$42K

Total revenueLn 12$1.5M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$3K

SavingsLn 2$1.0M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.0M

Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$97K

Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$2K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7K

Other assetsLn 15$72K

Total assetsLn 16$1.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$181K

Net assetsLn 32$1.0M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 54

VolunteersI 6150

Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$1.4M	$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$11K	$7K
Total assetsLn 16	$1.6M	$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$199K	$181K
Net assetsLn 32	$1.4M	$1.0M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$135K	$135K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$20K	$20K
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5	$113K	$103K	$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$404K	$367K	$37K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$47K	$40K	$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$44K	$40K	$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$53K	$46K	$7K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$56K			$56K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$93K	$93K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$6K	$5K	$872
Office expensesLn 13	$8K	$796	$7K
Information technologyLn 14	$15K	$8K	$8K
OccupancyLn 16	$45K	$32K	$13K
TravelLn 17	$13K	$12K	$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$19K	$17K	$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$4K		$4K
InsuranceLn 23	$9K	$717	$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$818K	$816K	$2K
All other expensesLn 24e	$25K	$19K	$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$1.9M	$1.8M	$116K	$56K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 10, 2026	$1.5M	$1.9M	−$378K	$1.0M	990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 19, 2025	$1.9M	$1.3M	$577K	$1.4M	990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024	$1.6M	$1.2M	$358K	$822K	990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 14, 2023	$1.3M	$1.1M	$150K	$466K	990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Aug 15, 2022	$1.1M	$884K	$233K	$316K	990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Feb 15, 2021	$551K	$521K	$30K	$83K	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $1,548,099 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,857,912$1,491,336

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $11,749$25,436

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $23,752$41,507

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$38,184−$10,180

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,855,229$1,548,099

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $11,871$155,433

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $566,621$607,004

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $52,000$56,333

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $648,200$1,107,674

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,278,692$1,926,444

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $576,537−$378,345

Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13

VI-1b Independent voting members13

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,548,099 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$41,680

VIII-1e Government grants$1,208,999

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$240,657

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,491,336

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $25,436$25,436

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $41,507$41,507

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$10,180−$10,180

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $25,436 · Excluded from tax $31,327$1,548,099

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,926,444 across 19 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $135,000$135,000

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $20,433$20,433

IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $102,587 · Management $10,348$112,935

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $366,589 · Management $36,977$403,566

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $39,545 · Management $7,107$46,652

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $39,833 · Management $4,018$43,851

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $46,226 · Management $7,163$53,389

IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $56,333$56,333

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $93,398$93,398

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,215 · Management $872$6,087

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $796 · Management $7,139$7,935

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $7,516 · Management $7,516$15,032

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $32,023 · Management $12,757$44,780

IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,006 · Management $1,278$13,284

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $16,762 · Management $2,150$18,912

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $3,662$3,662

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $717 · Management $7,959$8,676

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $815,946 · Management $1,648$817,594

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $19,032 · Management $5,893$24,925

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,753,624 · Management $116,487 · Fundraising $56,333$1,926,444

Part X · Balance sheet $1,202,044 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $36,829$2,926

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,320,000$1,020,000

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $117,801$97,386

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,413$2,370

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,898$7,236

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $110,214$72,126

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,598,155$1,202,044

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $88,971$109,293

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $110,214$72,126

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $199,185$181,419

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $956,210$1,016,335

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $442,760$4,290

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,398,970$1,020,625

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,598,155$1,202,044

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,020,625 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,548,099

XI-2 Total expenses$1,926,444

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$378,345

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,398,970

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,020,625

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