Fighting 4 Freedom

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850877469
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Chesapeake, VA, USA
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$105,231
Expenses
$106,584
Assets
$19,623

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karen Morrison (President)

People named in this filing

  • Karen Morrison (President)
  • Valerie Bright (Officer Manager)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Since its founding in 2016 Fighting 4 Freedom has been dedicated to advocating for individuals who are wrongfully convicted or serving excessive and outdated sentences. The organizations mission is to pursue justice and second chances through clemency advocacy sentence modifications parole support and compassionate release efforts at both the state and federal levels. Fighting 4 Freedom works directly with incarcerated individuals and their families with a focus on those sentenced as juveniles individuals impacted by mandatory minimum laws and those serving lengthy sentences for nonviolent offenses. In addition to case advocacy the organization engages in policy reform efforts addressing sentencing inequities probation reform. Fighting4Freedom believes in second chances. Therefore providing services to incarcerated individuals helping prepare parole packets and advocate for their release. We helped more than twenty- eight individuals be released.

What it reported doing in 2025

Assisted clients and family members through education of how the prison system works and how to be a support to their loved ones. Discussed realistic expectations. Total new clients this year

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.7%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.3%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 68.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -20.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.7% of revenue deployed · 98.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $105K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.