Voices 4 Freedom C/o Margaret Callahan

What it reported doing in 2024

Schools4freedom: in 2024, voices4freedom helped 3,284 additional people to free themselves from slavery, bringing the organization's total to 11,419. The schools4freedom program has operated a total of 56 transitional schools in uttar pradesh since 2013, with 19 transitional schools operating in uttar pradesh, india in 2024 and 37 schools having already graduated their children from the program and integrated them into the local government schools. Each transitional school is the first step towards freedom for their village, in which 100 - 200 people are enslaved by one slaveholder. These transitional schools have a curriculum designed specifically to ensure that each child is caught up to grade level within 3 years. All adults were empowered through rights and skills training, assistance in accessing existing government programs, and gaining a regular and reliable income so that they never fall prey to slavery again. In 2024 we successfully concluded our first "block expansion" program which expanded anti-slavery work to an entire administrative block in uttar pradesh. This expansion project included 18 of our schools4freedom villages, and at the same time worked to free and/or slavery-proof another 97 villages within the block all at once. Slavery-proofing of the non-enslaved villages in the block ensures they can avoid falling into slavery in the first place. We will begin work on our second expansion block in 2025.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 37.4%; rating input score 37
• Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: $37.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Limited
  • Conducts field audits: Pass
  • May suspend future funding: Limited
  • Requires financial reports: Pass
  • Conducts site visits: Limited
  • Requires grant agreements: Limited
  • May require repayment: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • 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: 57%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.84; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings