2025-05-23T08:37:15-05:00 2024-12-31 640654714 ALEXANDER VAN LOON SLOAN LEVENS & FAVRE 9490 THREE RIVERS ROAD GULFPORT MS 39503 990EZ 2024-01-01 320326105 ADVOCATES FOR FREEDOM ADVO 2282934444 PO BOX 2497 GULFPORT MS 39505 KEITH FULTON PRESIDENT 2282934444 2025-05-16 1 0 MEGAN H MILLS CPA P01250504 2288630411 2025-05-16 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X HTTPS://AFFSTOPHT.ORG/ X X 107841 X 96850 10991 1051 9940 106790 21700 5499 76307 103506 3284 56719 0 60003 56719 60003 56719 60003 0 0 56719 60003 X ADVOCATES FOR FREEDOM'S (AFF) MISSION IS TO BRING AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AS WE COLLABORATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER GROUPS TO HELP THE VICTIMS OF THIS MODERN DAY SLAVERY AND FIND A PLACE CALLED "HOME". EDUCATION/PUBLIC AWARENESS: WE HAVE HAD AN EXCITING YEAR IN 2024. INSTALLING A NEW EXECUTIVE BOARD AND INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WE HAVE FOUND MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING AWARENESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO SO MANY BUSINESSES, GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PUBLIC. THIS IS PLAIN EXCITING TO SEE TRAINING FROM THE TOP DOWN AND HOW THEY HAVE COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS AND LONG-TERM GOALS. BESIDES TRAVELING AROUND THE STATE WORKING, WITH OUR LEGISLATURES, SPEAKING AT CHURCHES, ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOLS, WE HAVE TEAMED UP AND WORKED WITH OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN MANY OF OUR LOCAL TOWNS. SEVERAL SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAVE TOLD THEIR STORIES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC AND ON BLOGS. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE HEARING THE REAL STORY, UNDERSTANDING THE PAIN AND TRAUMA WHILE SEEING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU THE RECOVERY FROM THESE CRIMES THAT GIVES US ALL HOPE.ADVOCATES FOR FREEDOM KNOWS WHEN MANY ARE SLEEPING AT NIGHT, VICTIMS ARE NOT, SO WE USE BILLBOARDS! THEY INFORM IN 3 SECONDS TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VIEWERS, GOING 70 MILES PER HOUR. FIRST, IT TELLS THE PREDATORS; NOT IN OUR TOWN". SECOND, IT GIVES THE NATIONAL HOT LINE NUMBER TO CALL TO THE VICTIMS, IT IS EASY TO REMEMBER 888-373-7888. THIRD, IT REMINDS US THAT TRAFFICKING IS REAL, TO KEEP OUR LOCAL CHILDREN SAFE, AND TO TAKE A STRONG STAND TO STOP THIS CRIME. WE HAVE HAD 7 BILLBOARDS UP AROUND OUR STATE, PAID FOR WHEN ORDERED, SO THEY WOULD BE UP FOR 12 MONTHS. VIEWERS ARE APPROXIMATELY 5,126,045 WHICH IS AMAZING WAY TO BRING AWARENESS AND SOME KNOWLEDGE. 0 22814 VICTIM SUPPORT: AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS THE PART OF ADVOCATES FOR FREEDOM THAT BRINGS US FULFILLMENT. OUR GRADUATES FROM OUR SHIELD HOMES TAKE OUR BREATH AWAY AS THEY ARE THRIVING AND NOT ONLY THEM BUT THEIR FAMILIES TOO. WISE WITH DECISIONS, WISE WITH THEIR MONEY, GRATEFUL HEARTS FOR THE HELP WE ARE GIVING WHEN THERE IS A NEED, WAKES YOU UP TO SHARE A PRAYER ON THEIR HEART AND ENDS THE CALL WITH "I LOVE YOU". THEY HAVE REPLACED FEAR WITH TRUST AND THAT IS A HUGE STATEMENT. SOME FOOD, A MOTEL STAY FOR A FEW NIGHTS, A PHONE CALL TO GIVE SUPPORT TO GET INTO A SHELTER OR HOME, ELECTRONIC TABLET, RECLINER FOR ONE WHO IS VERY SICK, AN A/C WINDOW UNIT, PAPER TOWEL AND TOILET PAPER, A THANKSGIVING BASKET OF FOOD, THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, THE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND MEDICINE, THE HAIRCUTS, CLEANING SUPPLIES EQUALS TO EVERYDAY LIVING AND THE LIST GOES ON MONTH BY MONTH. THIS IS THE SUPPORT WE GIVE OUR SURVIVORS. 0 25158 47972 KEITH FULTON PRESIDENT 2.00 0 0 0 PATRICIA JENKINS SECRETARY 2.00 0 0 0 PAULA WILES TREASURER 2.00 0 0 0 DEAN BELTON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2.00 9700 0 0 CRYSTAL BOWLER BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0 0 0 TOMMY NEWMAN BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0 0 0 SUSIE HARVILL CEO/FOUNDER 2.00 12000 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MS PAULA WILES PO BOX 2497 GULFPORT MS 39505 2282934444 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 63650 54301 129401 82540 96850 426742 10991 10991 63650 54301 129401 82540 107841 437733 0 0 0 437733 63650 54301 129401 82540 107841 437733 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 X FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 7 - SALES OF INVENTORY INCOME: GROSS RECEIPTS: 10991. RETURNS AND ALLOWANCES: 0. LESS COST OF GOODS SOLD: 1051. GROSS PROFIT: 9940. COST OF GOODS SOLD: INVENTORY AT BEGINNING OF YEAR: 0. MERCHANDISE PURCHASED: 0. COST OF LABOR: 0. MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES: 1051. OTHER COSTS: 0. INVENTORY AT END OF YEAR: 0. COST OF GOODS SOLD: 1051. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: ACCOUNTING FEES. AMOUNT: 233. DESCRIPTION: PROGRAM COSTS - EDUCATION. AMOUNT: 17414. DESCRIPTION: PROGRAM COSTS - VICTIM SUPPORT. AMOUNT: 19058. DESCRIPTION: ADMINISTRATIVE - OTHER. AMOUNT: 6984. DESCRIPTION: BANK CHARGES. AMOUNT: 64. DESCRIPTION: CONTRACT LABOR. AMOUNT: 2380. DESCRIPTION: INSURANCE. AMOUNT: 923. DESCRIPTION: IT. AMOUNT: 620. DESCRIPTION: LICENSES & PERMITS. AMOUNT: 52. DESCRIPTION: OFFICE EXPENSE. AMOUNT: 1054. DESCRIPTION: PROGRAM COSTS - OTHER. AMOUNT: 517. DESCRIPTION: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 27008. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 76307. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.