Freedom House

Analysis

Freedom House is a registered charity in United States, based in Weatherford, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 $1.2m and spending of $1.2m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $894k to $1.2m (+37%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Freedom House sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 85th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Golestan Foundation ($1.2m), 100 Black Men of Indianapolis Inc ($1.2m) and Children on the Green Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $671k. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $80k, net assets of $2.8m. It reported 26 employees.