Virginia · Nonprofit
FURMAN FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE
FURMAN FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being BETH AND RAVENEL CURRY FOUNDATION ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $80k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $81k
What Furman Free Speech Alliance does
Mission
The Furman Free Speech Alliance is formed to promote the educational development of students on and around the campus of furman university and to promote the values of free speech and the first amendment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Publish newletters, blog posts, and public statements to educate students, faculty, and alumni of furman university of the importance of the first amendentment and free speech principals. Host events on and around the university which feature speakers and academic experts related to the first amendement.
$42,007 spentof which $5,100 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $42,007.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $46k to $81k (+74%).
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.
100% of FURMAN FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 0 of the last 2 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of FURMAN FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE’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
FURMAN FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
FURMAN FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 695 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 695 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FURMAN FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE
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 Virginia
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
0%
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 FURMAN FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE: 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 FURMAN FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE?
- FURMAN FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being BETH AND RAVENEL CURRY FOUNDATION ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FURMAN FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $150,000 in grants to FURMAN FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FURMAN FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE?
- BETH AND RAVENEL CURRY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FURMAN FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2024–2025), 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