Frontiers of Freedom Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863001793
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Fairfax, VA, USA
Phone
7039015464
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$565,602
Expenses
$555,631
Assets
$14,331
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • George Landrith (President & Board Member)

Highest reported compensation

  • George Landrith (President & Board Member): $187,920 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To educate the public on constitutional issues and public policy matters. We are dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, peace through strength, limited government, free enterprise, and the values embodied in the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Institute conducts research, writes articles, prepares studies, conducts interviews and speaks at public fora to increase the pubic's understanding and knowledge of - (i) our unique constitutional system of government with it's limits on the power and scope of government, checks and balances, separation of powers, and its guarantee of fundamental rights; (ii) the costs and benefits of energy regulations, energy taxes, and energy subsidies; (iii) the costs and benefits of governmental regulations on business and how it impacts average, everyday Americans; (iv) what it means to provide for the common defense given the current threats that face the United States and its allies and how to provide that defense given the real world threats that exist and how foreign policy can be a tool to protect and defend America; and (v) how the press and media and accountability plays an important role in our form of democracy in informing and educating the public and how an informed public is best suited to combat corruption and abuses within government.

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 - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.1%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 17th 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: 1.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.8%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 41.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -73.9% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.1% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $436K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $188K · 3 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.