The Freedom Collective Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
993963801
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
4255772945
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Rehabilitation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,852,249
Expenses
$1,222,373
Assets
$1,246,575
Liabilities
$47,259

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeff Shaw (CEO and Chair)

Highest reported compensation

  • Jeff Shaw (CEO and Chair): $55,000 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 glorify god by bringing hope to victims of sexual exploitation, empowering them to live free, and ultimately abolishing sex trafficking.

What it reported doing in 2025

Hotline and response teams: the freedom collective hotline is the number that victims can call when they decide to exit exploitation. Bridge between outreach and emergency housing that is available 24/7. Once acceptance into the safe home is confirmed, hotline responders will coordinate a response team to safely transport the individual to the safe home. The hotline received 2060 calls last year and the response teams transported 183 women to safe homes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 most filed governance safeguards are in place. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.3%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 71.5%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th 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: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 141.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 82.8% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 68.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.3% of revenue deployed · 71.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $874K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $55K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.