Missouri · Nonprofit
FREEDOM CENTER OF MISSOURI
FREEDOM CENTER OF MISSOURI (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,464 to it, the largest being The Brunner Foundation co Larry LeGrand ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $61k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $10k
What Freedom Center of Missouri does
Mission
The Freedom Center of Missouri provides pro bono legal representation to individuals whose constitutional liberties have been violated while using those cases and supporting research to help educate other citizens about state and federal constitutional principles. The Freedom Center fights for civil liberties for all citizens, not just our clients. The organization does not request fees from any of its clients or consider the likelihood of a court's awarding of attorney's fees when it is deciding whether to take on a given case.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Calzone v. Hagan - Does the First Amendment allow a state to punish unpaid citizen activists who decline to register and report their conversations with legislators as if the activists were professional lobbyists? Facts - Ron Calzone is a passionate activist who, on his own time and his own dime, frequently travels to the state capitol to promote the ideals of free markets and individual liberty. His unusually effective rhetoric has succeeded in halting many anti-liberty bills... and has made him some powerful enemies. Three powerful (Republican) legislators asked the Society of Government Consultants (the Lobbyist Guild) to file a complaint against Calzone with the Missouri Ethics Commission. The SGC complied with the request and the MEC attempted to fine Calzone $1000 and to prohibit him from speaking to legislators unless and until he registered as a lobbyist. We partnered with the Center for Competitive Politics (now the Institute for Free Speech) to challenge the constitutionality of the MEC's action. Outcome - Loss in federal district court; appeal argued on April 10, 2018, before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Duffner v. City of St. Peters - Can a city impose…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $150.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 FREEDOM CENTER OF MISSOURI’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
FREEDOM CENTER OF MISSOURI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of FREEDOM CENTER OF MISSOURI's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $464 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
FREEDOM CENTER OF MISSOURI runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 989 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 989 crime & legal nonprofits under $100k, FY2017
Organizations like FREEDOM CENTER OF MISSOURI
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FREEDOM CENTER OF MISSOURI: 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 FREEDOM CENTER OF MISSOURI?
- FREEDOM CENTER OF MISSOURI (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,464 to it, the largest being The Brunner Foundation co Larry LeGrand ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FREEDOM CENTER OF MISSOURI have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $25,464 in grants to FREEDOM CENTER OF MISSOURI, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FREEDOM CENTER OF MISSOURI?
- The Brunner Foundation co Larry LeGrand is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FREEDOM CENTER OF MISSOURI find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 3 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