2026-07-31T11:24:21-06:00 2025-12-31 474306215 Mullins PC 7625 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda MD 20814 990 2025-01-01 874018419 MIT Free Speech Alliance % Wayne Stargardt MITF 2155312171 One Broadway 14th Floor Cambridge MA 02142 WAYNE STARGARDT President 2155312171 2026-07-31 true JOHN MULLINS P01429307 2027706371 2026-07-31 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Wayne Stargardt One Broadway 14th Floor Cambridge MA 02142 236015 false X X 2021 MA To promote free expression, academic freedom, viewpoint diversity, and open scientific inquiry in the MIT community 7 7 2 15 0 0 203814 233040 0 2975 0 203814 236015 11500 13000 0 140166 184288 0 40674 139964 155480 291630 352768 -87816 -116753 375869 272166 29916 42966 345953 229200 To promote free expression, academic freedom, viewpoint diversity, and open scientific inquiry in the MIT community false false 181265 13000 In 2025 the MIT Free Speech Alliance conducted another full year of public programming while maintaining a membership of more than 1,200. MFSA hosted two campus debates at MIT, in the spring and fall of 2025. Our Spring debate was on the issue of closing the gender gap in the STEM professions. Our Fall 2025 debate addressed the issue of American higher educations reliance on international students. As with previous years, our debates brought together a heterodox group of debaters and successfully modeled civil discourse for the MIT community. Also in the fall of 2025, MFSA held its third annual conference. This conference brought together representatives from various MIT constituencies, including students, faculty, alumni, and trustees, for discussions on how the university can work to foster free expression and civil discourse. The conference was highlighted by a keynote speech from Brookings Institution scholar Jonathan Rauch. Throughout 2025 we provided commentary on free speech issues of concern to the MIT community. We gathered our members for quarterly virtual discussions with notable guest speakers, and also sponsored or co-sponsored lectures on topical issues in free speech and higher education open to the MIT community. Additionally, our leaders gave presentations at a national conference on censorship in STEM; at the Heterodox Academy annual conference; and at the annual meeting of the Academic Freedom Alliance. Finally, MFSA saw its strongest fundraising year to date, increasing contributions from its members by nearly 40% over the previous year. 181265 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 7 0 true 2 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 7 7 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true true false false true false false X The Organization 2155312171 One Broadway 14th Floor Cambridge MA 02142 Peter Bonilla Executive Director 40.00 0.00 X 131881 0 2280 Wayne Stargardt President 17.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Cesarina Templeton Treasurer 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Ken Kidd Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Frank Laukien Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Chuck Davis Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Steven Carhart Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Melanie Soderstrom Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 131881 0 2280 1 false false false 233040 233040 2975 2975 0 236015 0 0 2975 13000 13000 131881 52753 52753 26375 35701 14280 14280 7141 2637 732 1448 457 14069 5627 5628 2814 30957 30957 4483 4483 20097 20097 8669 413 4369 3887 8711 8711 5975 5975 68388 68388 4032 4032 4168 4168 352768 181265 130829 40674 314254 198211 50000 57000 4493 13865 7122 3090 375869 272166 29916 42966 29916 42966 X 260953 172200 85000 57000 345953 229200 375869 272166 -116753 0 X true X false true false X 343048 373087 203814 233040 1152989 343048 373087 203814 233040 1152989 0 0 0 0 0 0 1152989 2975 2975 2975 2975 0 343048 373087 203814 236015 1155964 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED true Alumni Free Speech Alliance 1776 I St NW Ste 550 Washington DC 20006 874405869 501C3 10000 NA NA Program Services 1 Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 The 990 was shared with The Board of Directors before filing. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c The Board, the Executive Committee and the officers are all aware of and were involved in the debate on, and adoption of, the conflict-of-interest policy. All of these are aware of the obligation to disclose any conflict of interest. The Board, Executive Committee and officers monitor all transactions of the Corporation for potential conflicts of interest. To date the corporation has not had any transactions with interested parties. None of the officers, directors or employees have any financial interest in the Corporation or in any person or entity with whom the Corporation has had any financial transaction or other dealings. The Board, Executive Committee, officers, and the Executive Director will continue to monitor all dealings of the Corporation for conflicts of interest in accordance with the policy. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a MFSAs Board of Directors assembled an executive search team and approved a salary range for the hiring of MFSAs first Executive Director, based in part on a review of salary figures for simililarly situated organizations. The salary of the Executive Director was within the approved range. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 Available upon request