Nonprofit · EIN 92-2121011
GLOBAL FREEDOMS INC
Tax-exempt · STUDIO CITY, CA 91604
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $504,733 | $402,211 | $102,522 | $728,314 | $267 | $728,047 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $975,299 | $349,774 | $625,525 | $625,673 | $148 | $625,525 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $504,733
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $5,711
- Travel
- $759
- Program services (functional)
- $375,068
- Management and general (functional)
- $27,143
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $625,673
- Total assets, end of year
- $728,314
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $267
- Net assets, end of year
- $728,047
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $728,047
- Gross receipts
- $504,733
- Employees
- 0
- Year formed
- 2023
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROYA R | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| MANDY A | CFO Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| NICOLETTE M | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| MOJ M | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| DINA W | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 5 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICOLETTE M | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $66,215 |
| ROYA R | President Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| MOJ M | Director Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| MANDY A | CFO Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| SARA W | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 3940 LAUREL CANYON BLVD SUITE 906, STUDIO CITY, CA 91604-3709
- In care of
- % ROYA RASTEGAR
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- ROYA R, 3940 LAUREL CANYON BLVD 906, STUDIO CITY, CA 91604
- Signed the 990
- ROYA R, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (818) 394-6680
- Return prepared by
- ALLISON & GIBB LLP
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 92-2121011 or by the name GLOBAL FREEDOMS INC.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
DEVELOP CULTURALLY DRIVEN EDUCATIONAL CONTENT THAT RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AMPLIFY THE BRAVE WOMAN-LED FREEDOM MOVEMENTS THAT RESIST INJUSTICE AND INEQUALITY THROUGH EVERYDAY ACTS OF CIVIL DISOBEDIANCE.
Program accomplishments
- GLOBAL FREEDOMS (501C3) AMPLIFIES YOUTH MOVEMENTS AND SCALES HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNS. WE MOBILIZE STORYTELLING, DIGITAL CULTURE, AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE TO FORGE COALITIONS ACROSS DIFFERENCE AND AGAINST OPPRESSION. WE BELIEVE CULTURE IS COUNTERPOWERAND FREEDOM MUST BE GLOBAL. IN 2024, GLOBAL FREEDOMS CONTINUED ADVANCING ITS MISSION TO STRENGTHEN HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS AND MEDIA LITERACY THROUGH ITS SOCIAL PLATFORMS. BUILDING ON EARLIER YEARS THAT FOCUSED ON PUBLIC VISIBILITY AND BILLBOARD ACTIVATIONS, THIS YEAR MARKED A DECISIVE EVOLUTION IN STRATEGY: GLOBAL FREEDOMS CONCENTRATED ON EDUCATIONAL STORYTELLING, LONG-FORM DIGITAL MEDIA, AND COLLABORATIONS THAT CONNECTED WESTERN AUDIENCES TO THE CONDITIONS THAT GAVE RISE TO THE WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM MOVEMENT WITHIN THE BROADER GEOPOLITICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND DIASPORA. THIS WORK CENTERED ON WOMENS RIGHTS, LGBTQ+ RIGHTS, LABOR RIGHTS, STUDENTS RIGHTS, CLIMATE JUSTICE, AND THE OVERLAPPING STRUGGLES THAT DEFINE GLOBAL MOVEMENTS FOR FREEDOM. THROUGHOUT 2024, GLOBAL FREEDOMS SOUGHT TO EXPAND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF HOW AUTHORITARIAN SYSTEMS REPRODUCE THEMSELVES GLOBALLYTHROUGH PROPAGANDA, ECONOMIC CONTROL, SOCIAL CONDITIONING, AND SHARED PATTERNS OF REPRESSION. THE ORGANIZATION EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO UNDERSTAND LIFE UNDER THE IRI WITHIN A BROADER TRANSNATIONAL CONTEXTRECOGNIZING THAT GLOBAL FREEDOM MOVEMENTS AND SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION ARE INTERCONNECTED THROUGH SHARED POLITICAL PRACTICES, ECONOMIC STRUCTURES, AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. TO DEEPEN PUBLIC EDUCATION, GLOBAL FREEDOMS COLLABORATED WITH A WIDE NETWORK OF HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS AND JOURNALISTS, WRITERS, LEGAL EXPERTS, ARTISTS, AND SOCIAL INFLUENCERS BASED IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND ACROSS EUROPE. TOGETHER THEY PRODUCED SEVERAL EDUCATIONAL SERIES, INCLUDING CONTESTED HISTORIES, UNPACKED THE CONTROVERSIES IN HOW POST-1940S HISTORICAL NARRATIVES ACROSS THE REGION HAS BEEN TOLD, REVISED, AND WEAPONIZED; AND THE REGIME ROUNDUP, A WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP OF HOW INTERNATIONAL MEDIA THESE DIFFERENT FORMATS FOR EDUCATIONAL CONTENT ARE EXPLORATIONS IN WAYS TO BRING TOGETHER HUMOR, HISTORY, AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION TO FUNCTION AS POWERFUL TOOLS FOR MEDIA LITERACY AND HUMAN RIGHTSDRIVEN, FACT-BASED EDUCATION. POSTS ACROSS GLOBAL FREEDOMS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS CONSISTENTLY REACHED BEYOND THE 2,5005,000 LIKE THRESHOLD, SIGNALING THAT AUDIENCES ARE INCREASINGLY ENGAGING WITH CONTEXT-DRIVEN, HISTORICALLY INFORMED CONTENT. THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH ARTISTS, ILLUSTRATORS, DANCERS, AND MUSICIANS, GLOBAL FREEDOMS CONTINUED TO MERGE CULTURAL PRODUCTION WITH ACTIVISMUSING PERFORMANCE, DESIGN, AND VISUAL STORYTELLING TO EXPOSE THE CULTURAL AND GENDERED DIMENSIONS OF REPRESSION UNDER THE IRI. GLOBAL FREEDOMS ALSO FOCUSED ON CONTINUING ITS WORK AMPLIFYING HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNS TO WESTERN AUDIENCES WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE LEARN ABOUT THESE CONSISTENT AND COURAGEOUS ACTS OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE BECAUSE OF THE REGIMES STRATEGIC USE OF INTERNET SHUTDOWNS, CENSORSHIP, ARRESTS, AND EXECUTIONS TO SILENCE DISSENT. THIS COVERAGE INCLUDED THE WEEKLY TUESDAY HUNGER STRIKES BY WOMEN PRISONERS IN EVIN, PROTESTING THE DEATH PENALTY, LABOR STRIKES BY HEALTHCARE WORKERS DEMANDING SAFE AND FAIR CONDITIONS, AND WIDESPREAD ARRESTS AND CENSORSHIP OF ARTISTS, SINGERS, LABOR ACTIVISTS, STUDENTS, AND JOURNALISTS WHO DEFIED LAWS RESTRICTING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. CONTENT ALSO ADDRESSED REPRESENTATION ON THE IOC REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM FOR PARIS 2024, HIGHLIGHTING BOTH VISIBILITY AND EXILE AS DEFINING FEATURES OF THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN EXPERIENCE. IN 2024, GLOBAL FREEDOMS WAS HONORED WITH A WEBBY AWARD NOMINATION IN THE ADVERTISING, MEDIA & PR PUBLIC SERVICE & ACTIVISM CATEGORY FOR ITS WORK ON THE IRAN PRISON PROJECT, CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WONGDOODY. ORIGINALLY LAUNCHED IN 2023, THE PROJECT CONTINUED TO REACH GLOBAL AUDIENCES IN 2024 AS A GROUNDBREAKING EXAMPLE OF HOW IMMERSIVE DIGITAL MEDIA CAN ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND AWARENESS. THE PROJECT IS A WEB-BASED 3D RECREATION OF EVIN PRISON, ONE OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN AND HORRIFIC DETENTION CENTERS IN THE WORLD, AND FEATURES VERIFIED TESTIMONIES FROM FORMER POLITICAL PRISONERSINCLUDING WOMEN, STUDENTS, ARTISTS, JOURNALISTS, AND OTHERS WHO WERE DETAINED FOR ACTS OF EVERYDAY EXPRESSION OR PEACEFUL PROTEST. BY INVITING VISITORS TO EXPLORE A VIRTUAL INTERPRETATION OF THE PRISON AND LISTEN TO SURVIVORS STORIES, THE PROJECT TURNS DIGITAL SPACE INTO A PLATFORM FOR LEARNING, REMEMBRANCE, AND SOLIDARITY. BY BRINGING THESE EXPERIENCES TO THE ATTENTION OF WESTERN AUDIENCES, GLOBAL FREEDOMS AIMS TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHY FOR THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO FACE REPRESSION AND CENSORSHIP. THE PROJECT REFLECTS THE ORGANIZATIONS BROADER MISSION: TO USE STORYTELLING, ART, AND TECHNOLOGY AS TOOLS FOR EDUCATION AND ACTIVISM, ENSURING THAT THE EXPERIENCES OF THOSE WHO HAVE RISKED EVERYTHING FOR FREEDOM ARE RECOGNIZED, PRESERVED, AND SHARED WITH THE WORLD. WHILE 2022 AND 2023 EMPHASIZED EXTERNAL VISIBILITY THROUGH PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS, 2024 PRIORITIZED BEHIND-THE-SCENES COALITION BUILDING WITH ACTIVIST AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE DIASPORA AND WESTERN MOVEMENTS. THESE PARTNERSHIPS SOUGHT TO STRENGTHEN ALLIANCES BETWEEN GROUPS THAT THE IRI ACTIVELY ATTEMPTS TO CO-OPT AS PART OF ITS STRATEGY TO MAINTAIN MORAL SUPERIORITY ABROAD WHILE OBSCURING ITS HUMAN-RIGHTS ABUSES, CORRUPTION, AND RESOURCE MISMANAGEMENT AT HOME. AMID ESCALATING CONFLICT ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST, GLOBAL FREEDOMS RECOGNIZED THE URGENT NEED TO SITUATE ITS WORK WITHIN A GLOBAL FRAMEWORK THAT TRANSCENDS NATIONAL BORDERS. THE YEARS EVENTS MADE CLEAR THAT DIVISIONS WITHIN THE DIASPORABOTH AMONG COMMUNITIES THEMSELVES AND BETWEEN ACTIVISTS ABROAD AND CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS INSIDE THE COUNTRYHAD BECOME SOURCES OF FRAGMENTATION AND MISUNDERSTANDING. GLOBAL FREEDOMS IDENTIFIED THESE FRACTURES AS AREAS FOR REPAIR AND GROWTH, TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND MEDIA-LITERACY INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO REBUILD TRUST, DEEPEN EMPATHY, AND RESIST THE DISINFORMATION STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES. BY YEARS END, GLOBAL FREEDOMS MADE THE STRATEGIC DECISION TO PAUSE PUBLIC CONTENT PRODUCTION TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF ITS PROGRAMMING AND ENSURE THAT ITS MEDIA WORK CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN GLOBAL AUDIENCES AND THOSE WORKING TOWARD JUSTICE WITHIN REPRESSIVE SYSTEMS. GUIDED BY HUMAN-RIGHTS LEADERS, CULTURAL STRATEGISTS, AND COMMUNITY EDUCATORS, GLOBAL FREEDOMS IS NOW DEVELOPING ITS NEXT PHASE OF TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL WORKSTRENGTHENING COALITIONS, EXPANDING ITS THEORY OF CHANGE, AND CONTINUING TO MOBILIZE CULTURE AS A FORCE FOR GLOBAL FREEDOM.Expenses $375,068
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 92-2121011
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2023
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q01)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $728,314
- Income (IRS master file)
- $504,733
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $504,733 | $402,211 | $728,314 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $975,299 | $349,774 | $625,673 | XML |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 92-2121011).
Questions about GLOBAL FREEDOMS INC
- What is the EIN of GLOBAL FREEDOMS INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GLOBAL FREEDOMS INC is 92-2121011.
- Is GLOBAL FREEDOMS INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2023.
- Are donations to GLOBAL FREEDOMS INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GLOBAL FREEDOMS INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of GLOBAL FREEDOMS INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GLOBAL FREEDOMS INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of GLOBAL FREEDOMS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names ROYA R.
- Who are the officers and directors of GLOBAL FREEDOMS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 5 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does GLOBAL FREEDOMS INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $504,733, expenses of $402,211 and total assets of $728,314 at year end.
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