Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION
FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $390,060 to it, the largest being SOF SUPPORT INC ($375,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $390k
- Net assets
- $81k
What Freedom Research Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the Freedom Research Foundation is to send americans to confront our enemies by empowering those who share our values. We believe in the foundational principles that made america the greatest political achievement in human civilization. We work globally with those who share these ideals. Since 1984, we go where we see our enemies trying to establish power through political, military, economic or civil means.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The organization ceased conducting the ukrainian engagement team (uet) - - conducted early engagements with ukrainian unit leaders in support of future program development. - met with u.s. Stakeholders to determine logistical accountability deficiencies. - coordinated with u.s. Based application developer for application development addressing identified deficiencies. - at the end of this program results were published and handed to the private and public sector stake holders as education tools to make them aware of the necessity of developing private sector solutions. For Freedom Research Foundation purposes, the program accomplished everything it was designed to do.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Syrian engagement team (set) -- in an effort to support security development in the region, the set coordinated with daanes (democratic administration of north and east syria).- to integrate the media office in the management and usage of the official website to serve as a multi-language education platform informing local and international communities about the development of governance and security in north-east syria.- the set conducted multiple trips with non-government level personnel. The focus was on the solutions for al-hol camp, isis prisoners, youth rehabilitation centers and developing economic growth programs based on ofac lic 22 and overall progress in governance across the daanes. Met with house of representative and senate members and staff to educate them on the developments in syria, iraq and across the region. Specifically, the implications for u.s. National security in relation to daanes stability.- engaged with dos and dod officials to improve inter-agency communications and educate staff on their area of operations.
$35,937 spent71% of program spendingGeneral program the Freedom Research Foundation's core program involves engaging with policy makers, military liaisons, and the general public through direct communication, marketing initiatives, and education programs. This program aims to provide better education to these relevant parties about the foundation's mission and the international programs it conducts. By generating awareness and understanding of the issues that concern Freedom Research Foundation and its proactive efforts to address them, our general program plays a vital role in advancing our mission.
$14,729 spent29% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $50,666.
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 2020 to 2021, from $44k to $347k (+691%).
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.
97% of FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Brandon Wheeler
President of the board & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $315k → $75k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 RESEARCH FOUNDATION’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 RESEARCH FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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
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 RESEARCH FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 95% · 2022 100% — 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
100% of FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k 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 RESEARCH FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 2,933 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,933 international nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION
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, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION: 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 RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $390,060 to it, the largest being SOF SUPPORT INC ($375,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $390,060 in grants to FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- SOF SUPPORT INC is the largest funder on record, with $375,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FREEDOM RESEARCH FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2020–2024), 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