2026-08-19T14:58:27-05:00 2025-12-31 391628949 JOHNSON BLOCK & CO INC 9701 BRADER WAY SUITE 202 MIDDLETON WI 53562 990 2025-01-01 391302520 FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC FREE 6082568900 PO BOX 750 MADISON WI 537010750 ANNIE LAURIE GAYLOR CO-PRESIDENT 6082568900 2026-08-19 1 BRETT HOFMEISTER P01290591 6082742002 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ANNIE LAURIE GAYLOR PO BOX 750 MADISON WI 53701 15409692 0 X WWW.FFRF.ORG X 1978 WI TO KEEP CHURCH AND STATE SEPARATE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT NONTHEISM 10 8 51 79 0 0 9942533 14207242 511528 117725 510176 751305 149534 275606 11113771 15351878 915560 1031390 0 0 3680692 4318644 0 0 1211041 5292845 5482601 9889097 10832635 1224674 4519243 26060030 33074010 494815 1383911 25565215 31690099 X TO KEEP CHURCH AND STATE SEPARATE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT NONTHEISM 0 0 1925993 LAWSUITS CHALLENGING UNCONSTITUTIONAL ENTANGLEMENTS OF RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF RELIGION. FFRF FILED 6 NEW LAWSUITS, INCLUDING ONE IN STATE COURT IN ILLINOIS, WHERE, BARELY A MONTH AFTER FILING A CHALLENGE OF A TEN COMMANDMENTS MONUMENT ON COURTHOUSE PROPERTY, THE CASE WAS FAVORABLY SETTLED WHEN JEFFERSON COUNTY REMOVED THE MONOLITH. FIVE NEW CHALLENGES OF STATE LAWS REQUIRING POSTING OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE FILED WITH A COALITION REPRESENTING A VARIETY OF RELIGIOUS AND NONRELIGIOUS PLAINTIFFS, INCLUDING TWO IN ARKANSAS FEDERAL COURT AND THREE IN TEXAS FEDERAL COURT. FFRF FILED SUIT IN OCTOBER 2025, ON BEHALF OF FFRF MEMBER JAMES REEL, A VETERAN, WHO WANTED TO CONTINUE SERVING HIS COUNTRY BY BECOMING A POLL WORKER BUT WAS REQUIRED TO TAKE A RELIGIOUS OATH. FFRF AND A COALITION FILED SUIT IN STATE COURT IN MAY 2025 ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS TO HALT THE INSTALLATION OF TWO STATUES COSTING TAXPAYERS AT LEAST $850,000 DEPICTING CATHOLIC SAINTS AT A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING IN QUINCY, MASS. IN JANUARY 2025, FFRF FILED A STATE LAWSUIT IN DANE COUNTY, WIS., ON BEHALF OF THREE HOMEOWNERS, CHALLENGING A TAX LAW CREATED TO BENEFIT TWO EXTREMELY LUCRATIVE CHURCH-OWNED PROPERTIES DESIGNED FOR STUDENT RENTERS. ADDITIONALLY FFRF IS DEFENDING AN APPEALS COURT VICTORY WON IN 2018 PROHIBITING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FROM OPENING PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH PRAYER IN CHINO VALLEY, CALIF. THIS LITIGATION JOINED ONGOING LAWSUITS INCLUDING ONE FILED WITH A COALITION IN FEDERAL COURT IN 2024 CHALLENGING A LOUISIANA LAW REQUIRING TEN COMMANDMENTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOM AND A CASE IN FEDERAL COURT IN ARKANSAS CHALLENGING A TEN COMMANDMENTS MONUMENT AT THE STATE CAPITOL. ADDITIONALLY TWO OKLAHOMA CASES WERE DISMISSED: ONE CHALLENGING A MANDATE TO INCORPORATE THE BIBLE INTO ALL CURRICULA, AND ANOTHER AGAINST THE STATE VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD, AFTER VIOLATIONS WERE ENDED.FFRF RESPONDED TO 1,892 REPORTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS, SENT MORE THAN 603 FORMAL COMPLAINT LETTERS PLUS 870 FOLLOW-UPS TO VIOLATING GOVERNMENT ACTORS, MOSTLY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, RESULTING IN 212 SIGNIFICANT CONSTITUTIONAL VICTORIES. IN ADDITION, FFRF FILED AMICUS BRIEFS IN 7 OTHER STATE/CHURCH LAWSUITS. 4328944 381390 117725 EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, AWARDS. FFRF TOPPED MORE THAN 42,000 MEMBERS, AND HELD ITS 48TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., WITH MORE THAN 500 ATTENDEES REPRESENTING MOST STATES. FFRF ALSO CO-HOSTED THE SCOPES TRIAL CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE IN TENNESSEE ATTRACTING ABOUT 250 PARTICIPANTS. LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE STAFF SPOKE AT 21 EVENTS, INVOLVING CHAPTERS AND DIVERSE CONFERENCES, AND CO-PRESIDENTS SPOKE OR DEBATED AT 10 EVENTS INCLUDING IN PERU, PARAGUAY, GEORGIA, OHIO, TENNESSEE AND NEW YORK. FFRF AWARDED ABOUT $139,000 IN ESSAY CONTEST SCHOLARSHIPS TO 80 STUDENT WINNERS; TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS TO 14 STUDENTS WHO WERE FIRST-IN-FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE AND HUMANIST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH PARTNERS, AND 15 STUDENT ACTIVIST SCHOLARSHIPS, SOME AWARDED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A STUDENT GROUP. FFRF HOSTED, WITH PARTNERS, THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL REASON RECEPTION ON THE HILL. 1301240 275606 PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. FFRF PUBLISHED 10 ISSUES OF FREETHOUGHT TODAY NEWSPAPER; BROADCAST WEEKLY EDITIONS OF FREETHOUGHT RADIO ON RADIO STATIONS IN 10 STATES, WITH PODCASTS REACHING MORE THAN 2 MILLION DOWNLOADS SINCE BEGINNING IN 2006. PRODUCED 20 FINAL EPISODES OF "FREETHOUGHT MATTERS" TV SHOW, WHICH AIRED WEEKLY IN 6 MAJOR CITIES AND ON YOUTUBE. AIRED "FFRF'S ASK AN ATHEIST"/"SECULAR SPOTLIGHT" REGULARLY ON YOUTUBE. PRODUCED A MONTHLY "WE DISSENT" PODCAST WITH OTHER SECULAR ORGANIZATIONS SHOWCASING SECULAR WOMEN ATTORNEYS. MAINTAINED FFRF'S WEBSITE WITH LEGAL AND FREETHOUGHT NEWS AND RESOURCES. SOCIAL MEDIA INCLUDES 466K FACEBOOK FRIENDS, 87.1K FOLLOWERS ON X, 16.3K ON BLUE SKY, 25.3K ON INSTAGRAM AND 29.6 ON TIKTOK. FFRF ISSUED ABOUT 314 NEWS RELEASES ABOUT FFRF ACTIVITIES AND 110 BLOG POSTINGS. PUBLISHED A FREETHOUGHT CALENDAR AND DISTRIBUTED BOOKS AND EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS PROMOTING ITS PURPOSES. RAN PERIODIC ADS IN THE NATION, PROGRESSIVE, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, NEW YORK TIMES. RAN ADS ON CBS, MSNBC AND COMEDY CENTRAL. FFRF PLACED VARIOUS COMMERCIALS, INCLUDING LIVE READS BY HOSTS, ON SIRIUSXM AND ABOUT 20 PODCASTS WITH MORE THAN 15,00 PLACEMENTS AND NEARLY 13 MILLION IMPRESSIONS THROUGH DIGITAL ADS ALONE. FFRF MAINTAINED 23 CHAPTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. 1431369 650000 OPERATION OF FREETHOUGHT HALL IN MADISON, WI, AND MAINTENANCE OF LIBRARY FOR MEMBERS' USE, AND CHAPTER REBATES 1431369 650000 8987546 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 37 0 1 51 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 WI X X X ANNIE LAURIE GAYLOR DAN BARKER 6082568900 PO BOX 750 MADISON WI 53701 ANNIE LAURIE GAYLOR CO-PRESIDENT 50.00 X X 104783 0 35728 DAN BARKER CO-PRESIDENT 50.00 X X 104403 0 35278 STEPHEN HIRTLE DIRECTOR 2.50 X X 0 0 0 CHERYL KOLBE SECRETARY 2.50 X X 0 0 0 STEVE SALEMSON TREASURER 1.50 X X 0 0 0 TODD PEISSIG DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL CERMAK CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SUE KOCHER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID TAMAYO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEREMIAH CAMARA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SARA TETZLOFF DIRECTOR OF PR AND MARKETING 40.00 X 122216 0 7888 PATRICK ELLIOTT LEGAL DIRECTOR 40.00 X 154177 0 60044 MARK DANN GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR 40.00 X 122168 0 14589 SAM GROVER SENIOR LITIGATION COUNSEL 40.00 X 137778 0 24253 ELIZABETH CAVELL DEPUTY LEGAL DIRECTOR 40.00 X 142436 0 40398 887961 0 218178 12 0 1 0 0 38407 1918280 12250555 2025312 14207242 CONVENTION INCOME 900099 117725 117725 117725 751305 751305 108593 57814 50779 50779 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 224827 224827 224827 15351878 393331 0 751305 827390 827390 153500 153500 50500 50500 280193 268993 9795 1405 2925989 2414969 335508 175512 267091 218979 31492 16620 594297 490781 67984 35532 251074 209481 27454 14139 148959 128018 13186 7755 32819 32819 11396 11396 2893000 2241152 70 651778 625436 378928 26916 219592 278955 222029 29099 27827 23570 19666 2577 1327 114040 90955 22825 260 548469 548469 113351 94573 12395 6383 75856 63289 8295 4272 BROADCASTING 323317 323317 MAINTENANCE 112194 93712 12200 6282 CHAPTER EXPENSE 68104 43015 25089 FREETHOUGHT TODAY 49690 49690 63445 44744 1433 17268 10832635 8987546 634048 1211041 X 2893000 2241152 70 651778 211806 485040 1961030 2578005 283829 2264187 405877 599808 78597 80154 599110 364994 5554026 1595817 3689560 3958209 18830221 22743613 26060030 33074010 494815 1242946 140965 494815 1383911 X 23098733 27324345 2466482 4365754 25565215 31690099 26060030 33074010 4519243 1605641 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 7941885 10255233 6912229 9492533 14207242 48809122 7941885 10255233 6912229 9492533 14207242 48809122 1154251 47654871 1191431 521312 437568 510176 751305 3411792 52220914 1265054 0.91260 0.80590 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 650000 650000 10182635 10832635 691632 172908 0 0 645854 653692 644455 691632 2635633 3953450 174867 500000 500000 650000 1824867 161464 163423 161114 172908 658909 988364 3500 3500 7121792 338000 819546 50000 8229338 6000134 439705 731953 50000 7121792 5083292 303500 648342 35000 6000134 5719425 254000 -854596 35537 5083292 5157176 403080 169658 10489 5719425 0.76480 0.23520 0 0 750337 750337 4322541 1149376 3173165 481148 446441 34707 3958209 X PART V, LINE 4: THE ORGANIZATION HAS THREE ENDOWMENTS. THE LIFE MEMBER RESERVE IS AN UNRESTRICTED DESIGNATED ENDOWMENT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT CAPITAL BASE IN SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSES. THIS ENDOWMENT FUND IS DESIGNATED BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO FUNCTION AS AN ENDOWMENT. THE FFRF ENDOWMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2015 AND IS A MIX OF BOARD DESIGNATED AMOUNTS AND PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED BALANCES. THIS FUND'S PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE ONGOING INVESTMENT INCOME TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. THE HENRY H. ZUMACH FREEDOM FROM FUNDAMENTALIST RELIGION AWARD FUND IS A PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT. THIS FUND'S PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE ONGOING INVESTMENT INCOME TO SUPPORT THE HENRY H. ZUMACH FREEDOM FROM FUNDAMENTALIST RELIGION AWARD. PART X, LINE 2: THE FOUNDATION'S FEDERAL EXEMPT ORGANIZATION TAX RETURNS ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THEY ARE FILED. WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, THE FOUNDATION IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION FOR YEARS BEFORE 2022. 0 EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM 0 0 GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS LOCATED IN THE REGION GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS FLEEING PERSECUTION 50500 0 0 0 0 0 0 50500 0 50500 ENGLAND PROGRAM GRANT 30000 WIRE 0 ENGLAND DONATION FOR "PROTECT HUMANISTS AT RISK" CAMPAIGN 10000 WIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 2: GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS - RECIPIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT TO THE BOARD ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING HOW GRANT FUNDS WERE USED DURING THE GRANT PERIOD. GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS - OUR PROCEDURES ARE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THOSE DEEMED AT RISK OR ACTIVELY FACING PERSECUTION DUE TO LACK OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, BASED ON REFERRALS FROM CENTER FOR INQUIRY'S SECULAR RESCUE PROGRAM AND COUNCIL OF EX-MUSLIMS OF BRITAIN. 1 OPTIONS FUND PO BOX 473 EAU CLAIRE WI 54702 391989709 501(C)(3) 10000 0 OPERATING GRANT ABORTION COALITION FOR TELEMEDICINE 224 W 35TH ST 500-445 NEW YORK NY 10001 933340045 501(C)(3) 20000 0 OPERATING GRANT CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS 199 WATER STREET 22ND FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10038 133669731 501(C)(3) 50000 0 OPERATING GRANT BLACK NONBELIEVERS INC PO BOX 133351 ATLANTA GA 30333 453759816 501(C)(3) 10000 0 OPERATING GRANT DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC 40 RECTOR ST FL 16 NEW YORK NY 10006 133433452 501(C)(3) 30000 0 OPERATING GRANT THE FREEDOM FUND 315 FLATBUSH AVENUE 406 BROOKLYN NY 11217 300805768 501(C)(3) 10000 0 OPERATING GRANT CONSERVATION VOTERS OF PENNSYLVANIA PO BOX 2125 PHILADELPHIA PA 19103 270800179 501(C)(3) 10000 0 OPERATING GRANT FFRF ACTION FUND PO BOX 750 MADISON WI 53701 883093826 501(C)(4) 650000 0 OPERATING AND LOBBYING GRANT STUDENT ACTIVIST AWARDS 7 12000 ESSAY WINNERS 87 81500 CONVENTION AWARDS 4 23000 SCHOLARSHIPS 8 32000 NONBELIEF STIPEND 1 5000 PART I, LINE 2: FFRF REQUIRES VERIFICATION OF STUDENT STATUS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. FOR ESSAY CONTESTS, FFRF REQUIRES AN APPLICATION TO AFFIRM ELIGIBILITY AND VERIFIES THE ORIGINALITY OF THE WRITING. TO RECEIVE A PRIZE, WINNERS MUST SUBMIT A PHOTO AND AUTHORIZE PUBLICATION OF THEIR ORIGINAL ESSAY. HONORARIA WINNERS ARE PRE-QUALIFIED TO RECEIVE AN AWARD RELATED TO THE NONPROFIT'S CAUSES. X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PATRICK ELLIOTT LEGAL DIRECTOR 152677 0 1500 0 0 0 17631 0 42413 0 214221 0 0 0 ELIZABETH CAVELL DEPUTY LEGAL DIRECTOR 140936 0 1500 0 0 0 16152 0 24246 0 182834 0 0 0 SAM GROVER SENIOR LITIGATION COUNSEL 136278 0 1500 0 0 0 14973 0 9280 0 162031 0 0 0 X 22 1444635 FAIR MARKET VALUE X 1 580677 ESTIMATED VALUE 0 1 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 1A THE GOVERNING BODY HAS NINE SEATS. FFRF BYLAWS PERMIT EXECUTIVE BOARD SEATS TO BE SHARED. AT PRESENT, TWO OF THE SEATS ARE SHARED BY TWO PEOPLE, EACH WITH HALF OF A VOTE. THIS TECHNICALLY LEADS TO ELEVEN MEMBERS ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, ALL OF WHOM HAVE VOTING PRIVILEGES, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ONLY NINE VOTES. THE CO-PRESIDENTS ARE COMPENSATED AS EMPLOYEES AND ARE NOT INDEPENDENT SO THERE ARE NINE INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 DAN BARKER AND ANNIE LAURIE GAYLOR ARE MARRIED AND ARE CO-PRESIDENTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A MEMBERS CAN VOTE ON ISSUES RAISED BY THE BOARD AT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECT STATE REPRESENTATIVES, WHO VOTE FOR THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B STATE REPRESENTATIVES ALSO RATIFY ANY CHANGES MADE TO THE ORGANIZATION'S BYLAWS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ANUALLY, BOARD MEMBERS MUST COMPLETE A DISCLOSURE FORM LISTING ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICY ARE ADDRESSED AS THEY ARISE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A A COMPENSATION STUDY BY AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT IS COMPLETED EVERY 3 YEARS. THE BOARD APPROVES THE RANGES FOR EACH UNIQUE POSITION AND APPROVES WAGES RECOMMENDED BY MANAGEMENT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 ALL DOCUMENTS, POLICIES, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FFRF ACTION FUND INC PO BOX 750 MADISON WI 53701 883093826 PRESERVE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE WI 501(C)(4) FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 FFRF ACTION FUND INC B 650000 OPERATING AGREEMENT FFRF ACTION FUND INC Q 103521 OPERATING AGREEMENT