Freedom Insight

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452549797
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Redwood City, CA, USA
Phone
9166276343
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Human Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$274,631
Expenses
$326,955
Assets
$297,615
Liabilities
$2,460

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BETTY ANN BOEVING HAGENAU (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BETTY ANN BOEVING HAGENAU (PRESIDENT): $145,170 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Freedom insight works to equip individuals, civic groups, and non-profits with best practices to sustain in the fight against human trafficking in the bay area and beyond.

What it reported doing in 2024

Frontline trainings: we provide training to workers in frontline industries impacted by human trafficking, such as airports, apartments, and hotels. By teaching employees to identify and report the signs of human trafficking at their workplace we are disrupting the business cycle of trafficking, making it harder for the trafficker to effectively run their business. We also utilize a strong local network of law enforcement entities and organizations who intervene for victims and provide care for the survivors. Our unique approach allows us to concentrate on understanding and changing the environments that enable the business of human trafficking to prosper. By leveraging research and data, we aim to transform the conditions that make human trafficking possible, creating safer communities where exploitation is no longer an option. In fy 2025, the organization expanded its airports initiative and industry outreach through a community day of action in san mateo and participation in several regional and national events, including beyond the farm (a stanford-hosted care kit packing event), the alean conference, and the ma interdisciplinary human trafficking conference. The organization also delivered a webinar through its training platform partner, ssi, as part of a lunch-and-learn series.airport-based prevention efforts were advanced through proposal development and partnership building with airport and aviation partners, while continuing its partnership with ssi to maximize the reach and impact of its online trainings.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.2%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 57.8%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -19.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.91; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 44.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.2% of revenue deployed · 57.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $189K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $145K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.