2025-01-15T12:57:33-07:00 2024-08-31 990 2024-01-01 813494728 FREEDOM PROJECT NETWORK FREE 9785011063 120 Delta Ave PO Box 701 Sunflower MS 38778 Andrew Donnelly Board Treasurer 9785011063 2025-01-15 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Sunflower County & Rosedale & Meridian Freedom Project LaToysha Brown 120 Delta Ave PO Box 701 Sunflower MS 38778 231398 0 X freedomprojectnetwork.org X 2016 MS The Freedom Project Network carries forward the spirit of the 1964 Freedom Schools by building community and power alongside young Mississippians and by providing holistic and liberatory educational experiences. 20 20 9 6 0 0 1128036 224917 0 0 3498 6481 0 0 1131534 231398 60000 0 0 0 165492 271137 0 0 44514 150253 264703 375745 535840 755789 -304442 1383099 1065688 12969 0 1370130 1065688 The Freedom Project Network (FPN) carries forward the spirit of the 1964 Freedom Schools by holding space for young people - Freedom Fellows - to share their personal and community struggles, to create healing for themselves and their communities, and to study, train, and act on solutions. We aim to build community and power alongside young Mississippians by providing holistic and liberatory educational experiences. 0 0 277980 240258 0 FREEDOM PROJECT PROGRAMMING: Through afterschool programming during the fall and spring semesters, FPN Fellows explore past and present movements, express themselves through the arts, and build organizing efforts to gain racial, educational, and social equity in their communities. FPN staff lead students in academic, extracurricular, experiential learning, and youth empowerment programming, aimed at both empowering Fellows as students and as young people. 36130 36130 0 ALUMNI COLLEGE SUCCESS PROGRAM: The Alumni College Success Program supports all Freedom Project alumni who matriculate into college by providing mentorship calls, academic coaching, mental health support, and monthly stipends. We have a part-time Program Director who oversees the administration of this program and part-time coordinators for each of our 3 Freedom Project sites who lead the student-facing program. This year we supported 23 Alumni fellows enrolled at colleges and universities across the country. 33520 23092 0 FREEDOM SUMMER: During the summer, Freedom Project programming expands to whole day intensive sessions with students in core academic subjects, enrichment, and leadership development. Current undergraduate students from around the country, as well as local teachers, join the summer staff as Teacher Advisors. Fellows also travel for experiential learning to cities and places where pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement happened and tour different college campuses as part of college access programming. Our Fellows also engage in travel relevant to the ongoing work that they are doing, for example in art, or history, throughout the year. 23146 23146 0 FREEDOM SUMMER COLLEGIATE: Freedom Summer Collegiate recruits, trains, and funds doctoral candidates to design and facilitate transformative summer seminars at each Freedom Project site. In this program, high-school Freedom Fellows experience a powerful college simulation from the comfort of the Freedom Project and earn college credit from Millsaps College. In 2024, five Freedom Summer Collegiate instructors led college-bridge courses at the Meridian FP, the Sunflower County FP, and the Rosedale FP. Each FP had additional site coordinators to support course logistics. This year, FSC students explored science fiction; theories of education; food, land, and the environment; theories of race & power; and AI large-language models. 9400 9400 0 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FELLOWSHIP: The Restorative Justice Fellowship moves our programming toward our broader goals of Fellows organizing to actualize their vision for change in their lives. RJF advances our community-building mission because restorative work focuses on building and repairing relationships. Fellows in the Freedom Project Network lead peace circles with each other to explore the causes of harm and create alternative solutions for addressing and handling conflict at their sites. 6876 4636 0 FPN PROGRAM SUPPORT: Professional development for staff members; site visits by leadership team of FP sites; data management & analysis; other program expenses. 39422 37182 0 387052 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 MS X Andrew Donnelly 9785011063 120 Delta Ave PO Box 701 Sunflower MS 38778 LaToysha Brown Executive Director 40 X X 39230 0 0 Kate Gluckman Board President 4 0 X 0 0 0 Andrew Donnelly Board Treasurer 3 0 X 0 0 0 Shawn Raymond Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Gregg Costa Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Lukendric Washington Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Vaish Shastry Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Tracy Alford Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Ste'Niya Williams Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 J Hoke Peacock III Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Tara Corrigan Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Lucas Rapisarda Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Amir Badat Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Thad Fairley Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Cedric Gathings Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Chris Perkins Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Thomas Huebner Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Katie McGriff Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Tyeisha Smith Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Lydia DuBois Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Shequite Johnson Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 39230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 224917 0 224917 0 0 0 0 0 6481 6481 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 231398 6481 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39230 25500 7846 5884 195831 127290 39166 29375 0 0 0 0 17875 11619 3575 2681 18201 11831 3640 2730 10827 10827 2679 2679 3844 3844 676 676 15544 7772 7772 26867 26867 ACSP Program 36130 36130 0 0 FPN Program Expenses 143764 143764 0 0 FSC program expenses 23146 23146 0 0 1226 1226 535840 387052 104274 44514 566805 244691 103049 106312 200000 145000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1809 25135 568429 23879 511436 544550 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1383099 1065688 3480 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9489 12969 0 X 1046612 856555 323518 209133 1370130 1065688 1383099 1065688 -304442 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 0 X 147482 433295 635486 370572 224917 1811752 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147482 433295 635486 370572 224917 1811752 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1811752 0 0 0 3498 6481 9979 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3498 6481 9979 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 757464 0 757464 147482 433295 635486 1131534 231398 2579195 0.70245 0.67700 0.00387 0.00148 X Schedule A, Part I, Line 1 This return is for a short-year due to our change of accounting period. Therefore, the 2023 column represents the current return; the 2022 column represents FY23; the 2021 column represents FY22; the 2020 column represents FY21; and the 2019 column represents FY20. Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 In 2023, the Freedom Project Network merged with the Sunflower County, Rosedale, and Meridian Freedom Projects. Cash contributions from merger with other FP entities: $237,559; Non-cash contributions from merger with other FP entities (buildings & vehicles): $519,772. (Other income (credit card rewards): $353) RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 462494 0 12179 450315 0 0 0 0 57278 0 11700 45578 48657 0 0 48657 544550 Schedule D, Part VI, Line 1c "Other" represents current construction in progress. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b After receiving the 'compilation' from a certified public account, the organization's Board Treasurer prepared the 990 in consultation with the organization's Executive Director. Prior to filing the form, the form was shared with the entirety of the organization's Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Our Conflict of Interest Policy states that any Board member with an actual or possible conflict of interest has a duty to disclose the existence of the financial interest and to disclose all material facts. A governance committee (consisting of a subset of the FPN Board) reviews and updates the Conflict of Interest policy and the Board Chair, assisted by the Executive Director, is responsible for Board Members' compliance with the Conflict of Interest policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All of the Freedom Project Network governance documents, including policies and financial statements, are available to the public upon request.