Kentucky · Nonprofit
FREEDOM LAKE INC
FREEDOM LAKE INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $643,427 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE CORPORATE DEPOSITORY INC ($278,260). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $648k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $643k
- Net assets
- $304k
What Freedom Lake Inc does
Mission
Freedom Lake exists to help men be freed from old habits or destructive patterns of addiction and the revolving door of the prison system teaching them to become Jesus' disciples who multiply the Kingdom of God.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Freedom Lake Ministries is led through the ministry of Tony and Kim Cash in serving those incarcerated in a halfway house (a prison with 328 beds) in West Louisville. During 2025, the organization worked in the institution six days-per-week to minister to and disciple the incarcerated men. It had been previously confirmed that there was a great need for a safe and quiet place to allow those committed to spiritual growth to further develop and practice the spiritual habits being taught. As a result, dedicated discipleship dorms inside the institution are maintained. A 12-week discipleship training program is offered to those inside the facility that wish to participate in the program. Active leaders within that more general discipleship group are then accepted into this more intensive training. These men then become eligible to be invited into a dedicated dorm through a vote by other participants. Freedom Lake has also acquired property to support program participants who wish to continue their journey after being released from incarceration. The organization launched a live-in refuge to house men for an extended period where they continue to focus on their spiritual growth, have…
$536,417 spent$16,134 earned by the program93% of program spendingGod's Harvest Event is held annually as an opportunity for those men participating in the Freedom Lake programming to further develop their testimony, develop presentation skills and present to a larger audience. This creates additional self-confidence and skills that will support their development into a life on mission to be disciples who make disciples who make disciples in the communities in which they ultimately live and serve. Attendees are provided insights into the challenges faced by those in the prison system both during their time in the system as well as upon their re-entry into society including challenges that often lead to recidivism. Attendees are also provided with opportunities to become more involved including mentoring, prayer support, financial support, etc.
$38,164 spent$6,790 earned by the program7% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $574,581.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $621k to $2.7M (+341%).
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.
92% of FREEDOM LAKE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Mr Anthony Cash
Board Chair and President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $17k → $160k.
5 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 LAKE INC’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 LAKE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 FREEDOM LAKE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 61% · 2021 75% · 2022 93% · 2023 79% — growing more concentrated.
“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
97% of FREEDOM LAKE INC'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 $23k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Kentucky funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $621k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
FREEDOM LAKE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FREEDOM LAKE INC
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FREEDOM LAKE INC: 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 LAKE INC?
- FREEDOM LAKE INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $643,427 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE CORPORATE DEPOSITORY INC ($278,260). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FREEDOM LAKE INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $643,427 in grants to FREEDOM LAKE INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FREEDOM LAKE INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE CORPORATE DEPOSITORY INC is the largest funder on record, with $278,260 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FREEDOM LAKE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 6 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