Freedom House

Analysis

Freedom House is a registered charity in United States, based in Summerfield, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Freedom House reported income of $4.8m and spending of $4.3m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.3m to $4.8m (+105%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Freedom House sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Way Back Inn Inc ($4.8m), Center for Health and Recovery ($4.8m) and First Call for Help of Itasca County ($4.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% and program service revenue 45% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $994k. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $3.5m. It reported 86 employees.