Freedom to Learn Advocates

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
881241923
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2025520221
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$170,308
Expenses
$201,902
Assets
$2,707
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVE POTASH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • STEVE POTASH (PRESIDENT)
  • LOREE POTASH (TREASURER)
  • ERICA LAZZARO (SECRETARY)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We work to help educate all communities and advocate for inclusion of access to information.this includes working to push back against efforts or initiatives that would limit or restrict a person's ability to explore, discover, and learn from any source of information.we intend to support and bring awareness to organizations and public policy that promote these ideals, promote learning, and do not limit access to information or the education of our society.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, freedom to learn advocates' (ftla) refined its operations and infrastructure, developed advocacy and growth strategies as well as a robust public communications strategy that aligned with the organization's mission. Ftla ran digital advertising programs in the spring and fall in order to advocate and reach community members. Ftla also hosted and attended coalition meetings and gatherings with partner organizations with similar missions and goals.

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 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.3%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 62.7%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.6%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -55.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.3% of revenue deployed · 62.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $127K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.