Minnesota Freedom Fund Action
Public records raise at least one point you should look into before giving.
What it says it does
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- Income
- $101,127
- Spending
- $111,524
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 28
- Highest pay
- $131,793, director programs operatio
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)
- $13,610 spent. THE 2024 PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE: - MFF HOSTED MFF'S FIRST EVER LOBBY DAY AT THE CAPITOL. WE SET UP MEETINGS BETWEEN OUR GUESTS AND THEIR LAWMAKERS FOR FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS. FOR MANY GUESTS, THIS WAS ONE OF THEIR FIRST TIME TALKING FACE-TO-FACE WITH THEIR LAWMAKER. WE PROVIDED TRAINING INCLUDING TIPS FOR TALKING WITH YOUR LAWMAKER AND WHAT TO EXPECT DURING THIS MEETING AND JOINED IN ON MEETINGS FOR SUPPORT. WE ENCOURAGED GUESTS TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE BILLS DIRECTLY IMPACT THEM AND WHY THEY CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEN MFF STAFF WERE INVOLVED IN THE MEETINGS TO ANSWER MORE DIRECT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BILLS AND MFF. - MFF SECURED CHIEF AUTHORS FOR THE PRETRIAL DATA TRANSPARENCY BILL. - MFF CREATED A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WHICH INCLUDED FOCUSING ON 4 BILLS, FOCUSING ON BILLS THAT IMPACT GETTING PRETRIAL DATA (PRETRIAL DATA TRANSPARENCY), KEEPING IMMIGRANTS SAFER IN MN (NORTH STAR ACT), REDUCING HARM IN JAILS (AMENDED VERSION OF THE HARDEL SHERRELL ACT), AND GETTING PEOPLE POST-CONVICTION SUPPORT (POST-CONVICTION RELIEF). - MFF WAS PRESENT IN AND SUPPORTED MULTIPLE COALITIONS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT AND ADVANCE BILLS ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. - MFF CONTINUED TO BUILD AND PROMOTE A COURT WATCH PROGRAM IN ORDER TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO BECOME PASSIONATE ABOUT THE LOCAL PRETRIAL SYSTEM AND KEEP COMMUNITY ATTENTION ON THE PRETRIAL SYSTEM. - HOSTED MULTIPLE COMMUNITY EVENTS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR ISSUES AND SHARE OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS ACTION PEOPLE CAN TAKE. - DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED A TESTIFIER TRAINING AND RECRUITED POSSIBLE TESTIFIERS WITH A FOCUS ON TESTIFIERS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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 November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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 November 4, 2026.
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