Washington · Nonprofit
FREEDOM PROJECT
FREEDOM PROJECT (Washington) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,194,445 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($1,470,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Freedom Project does
Mission
Freedom Project works alongside the community to dismantle systems of oppression and heal from the traumatic effects on people who are targeted and impacted by incarceration.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Safe return reentry: for nearly 18 years, Freedom Project has been supporting community building, healing and connection inside washington state prisons and has helped nearly 7,000 people prepare to reunite with their families, children and community before they are released
$1,415,159 spent44% of program spendingThe rpkc initiative focuses on those at highest risk for victimization or perpetration of gun violence across king county and tailors efforts to meet the needs of individuals and families who are directly impacted. Participants in the rpkc initiative are identified through critical incident response, street outreach efforts, law enforcement contact, hospitalization, and data from the prosecuting attorney's office. Participants are referred into the rpkc service provider network for wrap-around case management and follow-up care. Families receive emergency supports for temporary relocation, disability accommodations, vigil and funeral costs as needed.our accomplishments are : * conflict mapping and relentless engagement assignment* hotspot remediation* outreach, strategic community engagement and restoration activities* referral to and enrollment in rpkc services* healing-centered care coordination and case management* family support services* comprehensive critical incident response that includes deployment to shooting scenes, hospital, vigils, and funerals to deliver violence interruption services including de-escalation, mediation and community safety support* high-intensity…
$647,145 spent20% of program spendingHousing program is designed to work alongside with the community as we strive to build relationships with community members and create susstainable support plans to hel pfamily and individuals move from housing instability toward reaching their permanent housing and quality living goals.
$531,795 spent17% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$626,246 spent19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,220,345.
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 2019 to 2020, from $20k to $1.4M (+6741%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 72% · 2024 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of FREEDOM PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $146k → $775k.
7 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 PROJECT’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 PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
72% 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 PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 50% · 2019 39% · 2020 32% · 2021 60% · 2022 44% · 2023 29% — 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
32% of FREEDOM PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
90% of FREEDOM PROJECT's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M 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 PROJECT has grown faster than three-quarters 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 FREEDOM PROJECT
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 PROJECT: 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 PROJECT?
- FREEDOM PROJECT (Washington) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,194,445 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($1,470,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FREEDOM PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $5,194,445 in grants to FREEDOM PROJECT, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FREEDOM PROJECT?
- INATAI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,470,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FREEDOM PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 30 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