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Military Religious Freedomfoundation Inc

EIN 20-3967302 · Albuquerque, NM

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthGood77 out of 100GovernanceStrong93 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

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.

Income
$762,947
Spending
$754,325
Spent on programs
77%
Reserves
4.6 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 100%
Employees
3
Volunteers
6,000
Highest pay
$364,392, president

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Good: 77 out of 100. Higher than 51% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $250k to $1m).

  • Reserves

    20 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 4.6 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 10% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    12 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 1% of income.

  • Income trend

    10 of 15

    Income fell 2% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    77% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 11 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 81% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $250k to $1m).

  • Independent board

    18 of 25

    3 of 3 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (1)
  1. $579,309 spent. 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 CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST IMAGERY AT FT. RILEY & FT. HUACHUCA JULY 1, 2024: MRFF ASSISTS CLIENTS IN IMMEDIATELY ENDING OICS ATTEMPT TO SUBVERT AND DENIGRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY OBSERVANCE WITH NAKED SECTARIAN RELIGIOUS PROSELYTIZING JULY 23, 2024: SENIOR COMBAT UNIT CMDR QUICKLY REPRIMANDED AFTER MRFF REPRESENTS SUBORDINATES HARASSED TO ATTEND CMDRS & WIFES VBS (VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL) JULY 31, 2024: MRFF INTERVENTION LEADS TO IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF WELL- RECOGNIZED CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST FLAG FROM HERITAGE DISPLAY AT U.S. MILITARY INSTALLATION HQ BLDG. AUGUST 14, 2024: MRFF ASSISTS CLIENT IN STANDING UP AGAINST COMMANDERS CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST BIGOTRY, SUPREMACY, AND PURE UNFILTERED BS SEPTEMBER 5, 2024: MRFF ASSISTS CLIENTS IN IMMEDIATELY ENDING CMDRS EXTREMELY DIVISIVE VIRTUE SIGNALING VIA PERFORMATIVE BIBLE WAVING SEPTEMBER 10, 2024: BRAND NEW SUPERINTENDENT SAME OLD CONSTITUTIONALLY IGNORANT, RELENTLESS & BLATANTLY ILLEGAL RELIGIOUS PROSELYTIZING OF CHRISTIAN SUPREMACY AT THE U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY (USAFA) SEPTEMBER 25, 2024: MRFF DEMAND LEADS TO IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION OF 3-STAR PENTAGON GENERALS OATH DEFYING ACTIVE SUPPORT OF DOMESTIC ENEMY OPENLY SEEKING TO DESTROY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION OCTOBER 3, 2024: MRFF ASSISTS MULTIPLE CLIENTS (ONCE AGAIN) IN QUICKLY ENDING COMMANDERS ATTEMPTED IMPOSITION OF PERSONAL RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY OVER U.S. MILITARY UNITS PLANNED HOLIDAY CELEBRATION OCTOBER 30, 2024: MRFF QUICKLY ENDS USAF GROUP COMMANDERS DISHONEST AND DIVISIVE USE OF SPIRITUAL READINESS FOR SECTARIAN RELIGIOUS PROSELYTIZING DECEMBER 4, 2024: MRFF ASSISTS VETERANS WIDOW STAND AGAINST DOD SUPPORTED RELIGIOUS DESECRATION OF HUSBANDS GRAVE DECEMBER 17, 2024: WALTER REED IMMEDIATELY AGREES TO MRFF DEMAND TO FOLLOW CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED DOD RELIGIOUS NEUTRALITY REGULATIONS DECEMBER 24, 2024: MRFF ASSISTS CLIENT AND EAST ORANGE NEW JERSEY VA MEDICAL CENTER CORRECT MISUNDERSTANDING IN RELIGIOUS DISPLAY 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 CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST IMAGERY AT FT. RILEY & FT. HUACHUCA JULY 1, 2024: MRFF ASSISTS CLIENTS IN IMMEDIATELY ENDING OICS ATTEMPT TO SUBVERT AND DENIGRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY OBSERVANCE WITH NAKED SECTARIAN RELIGIOUS PROSELYTIZING JULY 23, 2024: SENIOR COMBAT UNIT CMDR QUICKLY REPRIMANDED AFTER MRFF REPRESENTS SUBORDINATES HARASSED TO ATTEND CMDRS & WIFES VBS (VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL) JULY 31, 2024: MRFF INTERVENTION LEADS TO IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF WELL- RECOGNIZED CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST FLAG FROM HERITAGE DISPLAY AT U.S. MILITARY INSTALLATION HQ BLDG. AUGUST 14, 2024: MRFF ASSISTS CLIENT IN STANDING UP AGAINST COMMANDERS CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST BIGOTRY, SUPREMACY, AND PURE UNFILTERED BS SEPTEMBER 5, 2024: MRFF ASSISTS CLIENTS IN IMMEDIATELY ENDING CMDRS EXTREMELY DIVISIVE VIRTUE SIGNALING VIA PERFORMATIVE BIBLE WAVING SEPTEMBER 10, 2024: BRAND NEW SUPERINTENDENT SAME OLD CONSTITUTIONALLY IGNORANT, RELENTLESS & BLATANTLY ILLEGAL RELIGIOUS PROSELYTIZING OF CHRISTIAN SUPREMACY AT THE U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY (USAFA) SEPTEMBER 25, 2024: MRFF DEMAND LEADS TO IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION OF 3-STAR PENTAGON GENERALS OATH DEFYING ACTIVE SUPPORT OF DOMESTIC ENEMY OPENLY SEEKING TO DESTROY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION OCTOBER 3, 2024: MRFF ASSISTS MULTIPLE CLIENTS (ONCE AGAIN) IN QUICKLY ENDING COMMANDERS ATTEMPTED IMPOSITION OF PERSONAL RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY OVER U.S. MILITARY UNITS PLANNED HOLIDAY CELEBRATION OCTOBER 30, 2024: MRFF QUICKLY ENDS USAF GROUP COMMANDERS DISHONEST AND DIVISIVE USE OF SPIRITUAL READINESS FOR SECTARIAN RELIGIOUS PROSELYTIZING DECEMBER 4, 2024: MRFF ASSISTS VETERANS WIDOW STAND AGAINST DOD SUPPORTED RELIGIOUS DESECRATION OF HUSBANDS GRAVE DECEMBER 17, 2024: WAL

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since April 2006.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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