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FREELANCERS UNION INC

FREELANCERS UNION INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being Workforce Development Corporation ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.5M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$1.3M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Freelancers Union Inc does

Mission

Freelancers union, inc. Represents the needs and concerns of the growing independent workforce through advocacy, information, and service. The membership consists of independent workers - freelancers, consultants, temps, part-timers, and contingent employees. The organization (see schedule o)

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Portable benefits network - maintain discretionary group status and link uninsured independent and low-income workers to an innovative social safety net of insurance benefits (health, life and disability and other traditional workplace benefits) not previously available to freelancers as they move from job to job.

    $534,537 spent$1,434,764 earned by the program
    61% of program spending

  2. Education and advocacy provides practical information and broad range of resources to independent workers, policymakers, media and the public, including workshops and referrals for independent workers on the legal and tax considerations of working independently, policy updates to freelancers and policymakers, and research and analysis to the media and general public on the changing nature of the economy.

    $336,226 spent
    39% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $870,763.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($997k) Net assets -368 ($-4567659)2018 Revenue 98 ($1.1M) Expenses 75 ($746k) Net assets -243 ($-3023116)2019 Revenue 77 ($868k) Expenses 109 ($1.1M) Net assets -249 ($-3092988)2020 Revenue 83 ($932k) Expenses 81 ($809k) Net assets -239 ($-2969834)2021 Revenue 128 ($1.4M) Expenses 77 ($769k) Net assets -258 ($-3204732)2022 Revenue 102 ($1.1M) Expenses 97 ($970k) Net assets -244 ($-3028690)2023 Revenue 124 ($1.4M) Expenses 123 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($1.2M)2024 Revenue 132 ($1.5M) Expenses 141 ($1.4M) Net assets 103 ($1.3M)
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Revenue (132)Expenses (141)Net assets (103)

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 $16M to $1.6M (−90%).

$15M
$15M
$16M
$16M
$16M
$16M
$1.6M
$1.6M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$126k
’17
$354k
’18
−$214k
’19
$123k
’20
$670k
’21
$176k
’22
$168k
’23
$78k
’24
7.9
months of
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

Rafael Espinal

Exec. Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed127676688
Joined·+1+0+1+0+0+2+0
No longer listed·6101000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'17
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of FREELANCERS UNION 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.

Where its funders are

100% of FREELANCERS UNION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding FREELANCERS UNION INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $22k on record.

State$22k
08
09
10
Top programs
  • FEDERAL$22k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like FREELANCERS UNION 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 New York

Working Today Inc91%Work for America Inc85%We Mean Business Coalition Inc83%Family Residences and Essential Enterprises Inc83%Welllife Network Inc83%Stand Up America Inc83%Services for the Underserved Inc83%The Independent Drivers Guild Inc83%

Nationally

Working Today Inc91%Wellness Alliance Inc86%Work for America Inc85%Working America Education Fund85%Global Fund for a New Economy Inc84%Freedomworks Foundation Inc84%Independent Sector84%International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Inc83%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

62% of spending goes to programs.

Program 62%Management 33%Fundraising 5%

Governance

5
board members
80%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Part of a family of 5 related entities

  • Working Today Inc · exempt
  • Freelancers Brokerage Inc · corp_trust
  • Freelancers Union Fed PAC · corp_trust
  • Freelancers Union State PAC · corp_trust
  • Independent Workers Services Inc · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds FREELANCERS UNION INC?
FREELANCERS UNION INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being Workforce Development Corporation ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FREELANCERS UNION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to FREELANCERS UNION INC.
Who is the largest funder of FREELANCERS UNION INC?
Workforce Development Corporation is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FREELANCERS UNION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 1 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