Seeds of Liberation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 473513344
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Little Rock, AR, USA
- Phone
- 5018918024
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $143,503
- Expenses
- $136,178
- Assets
- $35,427
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- Dawn Jeffrey (Executive Dir.)
- Osyrus Bolly (Director)
- Ryan D Davis (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Little Rock Freedom Fund (LRFF) is a black-led movement organization that was founded by veteran black activists in Little Rock amid the 2020 Summer of Resistance. LRFFs mission is to work alongside marginalized communities in Arkansas to devise and implement strategies to achieve racial and social justice. In carrying out this mission, we engage with activists, organizers, protestors, and everyday Arkansans to educate, organize, and mobilize people directly impacted by the most pressing issues of today, such as pretrial detention, unmitigated trauma, and voter disenfranchisement.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization advances racial and social justice for marginalized communities impacted by systemic inequities in Arkansas. Through bail assistance and post-release support, the organization secures freedom for those who cannot afford cash bonds while providing vital resources including transportation to and from court, hearing reminders to prevent re-incarceration, mutual aid for basic needs like food and clothing, and coordination with attorneys statewide for legal representation. Beyond direct assistance, LRFF partners with activists, organizers, and community members to dismantle the money bail system and end pretrial detention. These combined efforts embody the organization's dedication to protecting civil liberties, reducing harm caused by cash bonds, and empowering marginalized populations through education, organizing, and direct action. No one should be in jail due to inability to pay.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.6%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 35.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.6% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $107K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.