Free Minds Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954340887
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Manhattan Beach, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3105457831
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Mental Health, Crisis Intervention N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $98,065
- Expenses
- $83,524
- Assets
- $16,858
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Freeminds, Inc. provides education and assistance to persons who are escaping from mind-control cults. The founder is a former Jehovah's Witness, and therefore the majority of persons assisted by our non-profit are persons desiring to leave the Jehovah's Witnesses or those who have already left. Freeminds operates numerous websites that provide educational information regarding the history of the Watchtower Society. The information provided usually is as follows: - Information on how cults operate, recruit members, and methods for escaping from them. - Review of the history of the Watchtower Society, the legal arm of Jehovah's Witnesses. - Information regarding how the Watchtower Society has changed its views over time. - Lifesaving information regarding Watchtower blood doctrine. - Experiences of persons who have escaped such cults.
What it reported doing in 2011
Maintained website, www.freeminds.org, that provides information to persons seeking to leave cults, especially from the Watchtower Society cult. Expanded to 23 the number of guest bloggers who post regular information on the site regarding their experience leaving the cult. Additionally, using the domain ajwrb.org which has been a website disseminating information regarding the Jehovah's Witness blood transfusion doctrine to promote awareness regarding the Jehovah's Witnesses dangerous blood policies. This has furthered our ability to save lives of persons who may be pressured by Jehovah's Witnesses to reject lifesaving blood products. Additionaly, we operate other websites that provide further information regarding exiting cults. New projects that have begun this year include a 13 second video contest, where guests are invite to tell their story in brief video episodes and win prizes.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.8%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.8%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 35.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 91.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.8% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $81K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $26K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.