F R E E International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261741216
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2010, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Henderson, NV, USA
Phone
6463155832
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$266,512
Expenses
$236,730
Assets
$538,973
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Bartel (executive director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Michael Bartel (executive director): $98,098 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To Find Restore Embrace Empower victims of human trafficking. Creating innovative collaborative engagement through multi-sector partnerships targeting vulnerable neighborhoods in cities across the United States.

What it reported doing in 2023

FIND RESTORE EMBRACE EMPOWER - We offer ongoing direct outreach to individuals involved in the commercial sex industry nationwide. These activities are conducted by our director self-funded missionaries linked with FREE and trained volunteers. Our outreach extends to street engagements strip clubs massage parlors and collaboration with social workers seeking assistance in identifying and aiding children under the control of pimps. We utilize large mobile units as command and drop-in centers to establish a visible presence and deliver targeted services in at-risk communities. These initiatives occur daily nationwide and form the core of our efforts. Central to our Find program is The Big Search a campaign mobilizing communities in major metropolitan areas to locate missing and vulnerable children. The Big Search initially launched during the Super Bowl has expanded into regular proactive events in various cities annually. This operation involves cooperation with Law Enforcement and Social Workers to compile a list of the top 30 missing children in the region focusing on those at high risk of exploitation. Leveraging our intelligence we mobilize our team partner organizations and numerous local volunteers to search businesses for leads on the missing children. This strategy has proven highly successful and has been executed in cities like Las Vegas Miami NYC Dallas Phoenix San Francisco Kansas City Indianapolis and others. We offer a broad spectrum of victim services through our mobile units and drop-in centers including casework medical and dental care legal aid court advocacy transportation and tattoo removal. We consistently provide these services in partnership with various cities and maintain a strong collaboration with Law Enforcement notably the Las Vegas Metro Police Department at our drop-in center located at 928 E Sahara Ave in Las Vegas. Additionally we organize large resource fairs for individuals in the commercial sex industry connecting them with our partners in Mississippi Florida and the Southern Nevada Human Trafficking Task Force as well as government agencies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 59
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.7%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 71.7%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.2%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.28; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 41.4%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.7% of revenue deployed · 71.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $170K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $98K · 1 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 40 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2012 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX FeesForServicesOther column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX OtherEmployeeBenefits column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.