Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 2003.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
12 people listed on the 990; $871K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Kabzuag Vaj’s $310K as Anchor is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Adams | — | — | — | $545,038 | $116,115 |
| Kabzuag Vaj | $310,234 | $174,957 | $170,769 | $125,481 | $116,115 |
| Sheur Yang | $163,722 | $160,524 | $140,480 | $104,019 | — |
| Bianca Gomez | $123,891 | $112,597 | $100,481 | — | — |
| Chai Moua | $120,932 | $99,136 | $100,481 | — | — |
| Ashley Solage | $120,119 | — | — | — | — |
| Mahnker Dahnweih | $32,154 | $27,936 | $114,996 | — | — |
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.
See Freedom INC executive salaries →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
Empowers low-income women and youth of color with culturally specific programs for social change.
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Ending Gender-Based Violence
This program is gender-language-cultural-sexuality-genders specific that work to end violence against women, children, queer, gender-non-conforming, and transgender folks in the black and southeast asian communities.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 43-2023570) · Dispute this lineCommunity Power Building
Freedom, inc. Offers integrated, nonpartisan voter engagement such as civic engagement, get-out-the-vote efforts, community education, and leadership development. Other activities also include community canvassing and phone banking efforts, tabling at community events, leadership retreats, and trainings.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 43-2023570) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
The auditor reported 5 findings: a weakness in money controls.
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.9M | $2.8M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $1.6M | $634K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $1.5M | $1.4M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $6.1M | $5.3M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $960K | $760K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $5.2M | $4.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $547K | $547K | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $221K | $221K | ||
| Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5 | $489K | $237K | $204K | $48K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.7M | $800K | $694K | $162K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $77K | $37K | $32K | $7K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $376K | $183K | $157K | $37K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $178K | $87K | $74K | $17K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $3K | $3K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $42K | $42K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $5K | $5K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $904K | $820K | $74K | $10K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $4K | $360 | $3K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $452K | $381K | $68K | $2K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $50K | $20K | $29K | $163 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $122K | $19K | $103K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $141K | $49K | $92K | $183 |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $142K | $42K | $100K | |
| InterestLn 20 | $17K | $3K | $14K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $60K | $35K | $25K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $31K | $2K | $28K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $33K | $2K | $31K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $5K | $1K | $4K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $5.6M | $3.5M | $1.8M | $284K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 18, 2025 | $4.9M | $5.6M | −$610K | $4.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 30, 2024 | $4.2M | $5.5M | −$1.3M | $5.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Sep 26, 2023 | $7.8M | $8.6M | −$805K | $6.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Jul 14, 2022 | $7.9M | $6.2M | $1.7M | $7.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Oct 29, 2021 | $8.4M | $5.2M | $3.1M | $5.5M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990
Part I · Summary $4,944,272 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,944,272 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,554,422 across 22 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $5,347,915 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,588,303 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file FY2024 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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