New Mexico · Nonprofit
MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC
MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC (New Mexico) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,444,498 to it, the largest being EVOLVE FOUNDATION ($600,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $763k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $294k
What Military Religious Freedom Foundation Inc does
Mission
To provide legal representation to defend the constitutional right of religious freedom, and the separation of church and state in the united states military. To educate the public regarding the constitutional right of religious freedom, and the separation of church and state, in the united states military.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
January 18, 2024: recurring attempts to brand pow/mia missing man table as a sectarian christian memorial leads to significant legal opinion from va office of general counsel january 22, 2024: mrff assists client in removing supervisors passive- aggressive anti-satan sign january 26, 2024: mrff assists clients in having chaplains oh-so-clever anti-lgtbq+ parting message removed from va facility january 29, 2024: mrff assists client in ending commanders intrusively oppressive christian bible counseling february 12, 2024: extremely divisive sectarian proselytizing event - alter call aimed at uniformed junior enlisted combat unit personnel cancelled within 48 hours of mrff involvement february 21, 2024: mrff assists u.s. Army chaplain spurring full review of meal stipend policy at ft. Cavazos, dept. Of the army, and dept. Of defense april 3, 2024: san antonio vamc removes proselytizing sunday school easter decorations after demand by mrff april 8, 2024: mrff demand once again leads to end of blatantly illegal use of usmc trademarked logo april 21, 2024: mrff involvement leads to deputy commanders immediate apology for anti-semitic joke april 26, 2024: mrff demand quickly ends use of…
$579,309 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $579,309.
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 $142k to $502k (+253%).
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 MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (94% 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 held at 8 funders, grant income rose $252k → $356k.
11 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION 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
MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
36% 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 MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 25% · 2019 53% · 2020 50% · 2021 44% · 2022 45% · 2023 84% — 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.
How long its funders stay
53% of MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 81% 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
MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Mexico, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $521k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION 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 Mexico
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% 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 MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION 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 MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC?
- MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC (New Mexico) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,444,498 to it, the largest being EVOLVE FOUNDATION ($600,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,444,498 in grants to MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC?
- EVOLVE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Mexico. 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 21 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