Texas · Nonprofit
DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE
DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE (Texas) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $684,428 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($315,467). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $684k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Denton Freedom House does
Mission
To liberate the broken from their bondage of sin and addiction by the transforming power of the gospel of jesus christ and to equip them to become prosperous disciples of christ with kingdom vision, purpose, and direction.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Denton Freedom House (dfh) assists hundreds of men and women struggling with drug and alcohol addictions. In 2023, dfh admitted 90 new residents and 22 returning residents, for a total of 112. Residents include men and women coming out of a variety of situations including prisons, homelessness, as well as traditional homes. There is no cost to the residents entering the discipleship program. The program is funded by donations from individuals, churches, and businesses. In 2023, dfh had over 688 donors supporting the program. The dfh program includesdiscipleship, mentoring, and work training in areas which include landscaping, facilities repair and maintenance, construction, culinary arts, and office administration. The residents who enter dfh become the future leaders of dfh. Discipline, structure, and servant leadership are the key characteristics of the program. Men and women who arrive at dfh are restored and sent back to serve the community.
$1,059,258 spentof which $4,750 as grants$179,795 earned by the program40% of program spendingThe organization operated a coffee shop in which residents were trained to serve customers, perform cleaning duties, prepare food, and develop skills related to customer service. The coffee shop was closed effective may 15, 2023.
$326,594 spent$364,165 earned by the program12% of program spendingThe organization runs a food bank which provides food and toiletries to the community. The freedom food pantry provides opportunities for our residents to serve the community and develop skills related to customer service.
$1,230,091 spent47% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,615,943.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.6M to $1.3M (−18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
79% of DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Alton Schmidt
CEO/director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $11k → $91k.
9 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 88% · 2019 76% · 2020 34% · 2021 43% · 2022 52% · 2023 35% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
71% of DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
77% of DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $158k that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $527k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Denton Freedom House Properties LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE?
- DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE (Texas) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $684,428 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($315,467). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $684,428 in grants to DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE?
- COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $315,467 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DENTON FREEDOM HOUSE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing