Freedom Grow
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475353341
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Puyallup, WA, USA
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Inmate Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $84,448
- Expenses
- $141,538
- Assets
- $162,934
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RANDY LANIER (PRESIDENT)
- KRISTIN FLOR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- RANDY LANIER (PRESIDENT)
- KRISTIN FLOR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- KRISTI KEM (TREASURER)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To advocate for the release of non-violent cannabis prisoner
What it reported doing in 2023
Costs of letter writing campaigns and public education materials. Serves 280 incarcerated individuals through direct correspondence with elected officials and education of public on current laws that need action.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 93% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74
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: -67.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -110.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -29.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $105K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.