Freedom of Information Supporting Foundation

Analysis

Freedom of Information Supporting Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Freedom of Information Supporting Foundation reported income of $76k and spending of $109k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $44k to $76k (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Freedom of Information Supporting Foundation sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 31st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens for a Pro-Life Society Inc ($76k), Hemlock Society of San Diego Inc ($76k) and Soroptimist International of the Americas Inc ($76k).

At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.9m.