NonprofitsDavid Horowitz Freedom Center

David Horowitz Freedom Center

VALENCIA, CA

Total revenue

$8.5M

Total expenses

$7.5M

Net assets

$623K

Grants received

$11.6M

357 grants

EIN

954194642

Tax year

2024

Mission

Educating the next generation in the values of freedom and the necessity of defending those values.

Programs

6 programs

The weekend is an annual get together for freedom center supporters featuring some of the top policymakers and opinion leaders in america.

Expenses: $943K

Jihad watch is run by noted author robert spencer. It is a daily news site with news and opinion on the war with radical islam, the study and dissemination of information regarding the jihadist worldview, sharia law, and the threats to western civilization. Jihad watch is read by over 500,000 unique visitors every month. Robert spencer is a ny times bestselling author and his articles are read by millions worldwide.

Expenses: $699K

Frontpagemag.com (fpm) is the center's main daily news website. With up to 10 original articles featured daily, the center brings news and commentary to millions of people worldwide. The mission of frontpage is to deliver the news on the war at home and abroad. Fpm has over 1.7 million visitors each month.

Expenses: $469K

Discoverthenetworks.com is an online encyclopedia of the political left and its intricate interconnections. Dtn is a model for understanding how the left operates in our society, and how the networks it has created have penetrated our philanthropic, educational, and religious institutions. The site receives over 5 million visits per year.

Expenses: $367K

Students for academic freedom (saf) is a national coalition of student organizations with chapters on over 150 campuses whose goal is to end the political abuse of the university and to restore its academic integrity. The motto of saf is "education, not indoctrination."

Expenses: $207K

The freedom center's wednesday morning club has established a conservative presence in hollywood. It provides a stimulating environment where authors, intellectuals, and political figures meet members of the entertainment industry. The freedom center puts on about 5-10 of these events a year.

Expenses: $105K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$7.9M
Program service revenue$608K
Investment income$6
Other revenue$69K
Total revenue$8.5M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$2.3M
Fundraising$1.6M
Other expenses$4.4M
Total expenses$7.5M
Total assets$1.8M
Net assets$623K

People

10 listed

NameRoleCompensation

DAVID HOROWITZ

CEO/FOUNDER

Board

$401K

70 hrs/wk

MICHAEL FINCH

DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

Board

$250K

60 hrs/wk

LONNY LEITNER

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

NINA CUNNINGHAM

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

MALLORY DANAHER

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

WALLY NUNN

CHAIRMAN

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ROBERT SPENCER

JIHAD WATCH DIRECTOR

Staff

$285K

60 hrs/wk

ITZCHAK INSELMANN

STAFF WRITER

Staff

$145K

50 hrs/wk

MARK TAPSON

STAFF WRITER

Staff

$125K

50 hrs/wk

TODD SNIDER

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

Staff

$120K

50 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

BLITZ DIGITAL GROUP

ONLINE MARKETING

$1.3M

HSP DIRECT

DIRECT MAIL SERVICES

$939K

BIZINK

PRINTING

$175K

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP

LEGAL SERVICES

$110K

Grants received

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FromAmountPurposeYear
$150K
DESIGNATED PROGRAM
2024
$100K
SUPPORT OPERATIONS
2024
$83K
for general operations
2024
$50K
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE GIFT
2024
$50K
GENERAL USE
2024
$32K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
2024
$31K
To support general program activities
2024
$31K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$20K
ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT
2024
$15K
CHARITABLE SUPPORT
2024
$14K
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
2024
$10K
DEFEND FREE SOCIETIES UNDER ATTACK
2024
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$5K
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
2024
$3K
TO HELP FUND THE RECIPIENT'S OPERATING BUDGET
2024
$2K
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$2K
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE
2024
$1K
Educational
2024
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2024
$800
SUPPORT OF OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
2024
$300
VARIOUS RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2024
$250
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$30
UNRESTRICTED
2024
$393K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2023
$217K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$125K
To support general program activities
2023
$125K
Support the defenseof free societies
2023
$105K
Nonprofit community support
2023
$80K
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
2023
$70K
for general operations
2023
$59K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$50K
TO SUPPORT THE OPERATING BUDGET OF THE RECIPIENT
2023
$48K
DEFENSE OF FREE SOCIETIES WHOSE MORAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS ARE UNDER ATTACK AT HOME AND ABROAD
2023
$40K
EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION IN THE VALUES OF FREEDOM
2023
$40K
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
2023
$35K
CHARITABLE
2023
$30K
IN FURTHERANCE OF FOUNDATION'S PURPOSES
2023
$25K
exempt function of charity
2023
$24K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
2023
$20K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$18K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$10K
Support for operations
2023
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2023
$8K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$8K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2023
$5K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$5K
CHRISTIAN 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION
2023
$3K
ASSISTANCE WITH 501(C)(3) PURPOSE
2023
$2K
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$1K
TO FULFILL THE EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY
2023
$1K
GRANT FOR MATCH - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$1K
EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION
2023
$1K
Educational
2023
$1K
Educational
2023
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$1K
PROVIDE MEDIA EDUCATION
2023
$535
GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2023
$500
TO HELP FUND THE RECIPIENT'S OPERATING BUDGET
2023
$500
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2023
$500
OPERATIONS
2023
$500
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE
2023
$500
EDUCATION
2023
$500
To provide general support (charitable)
2023
$500
SUPPORT OF OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
2023
$300
SUPPORT OF OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
2023
$300
VARIOUS RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2023
$250
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$250
ANNUAL FUND
2023
$250
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$200
TO SUPPORT THE CHARITY'S MISSION
2023
$100
CONTRIBUTION
2023
$100
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2023
$35
To defend free societies whose moral, cultural and economic foundations are under attack by enemies both secular and religious, at home and abroad.
2023
$25
OTHER CIVIC / COMMUNITY
2023
$329K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2022
$314K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$142K
for general operations
2022
$125K
Support the Defenseof Free Societies
2022
$125K
To support general program activities
2022
$111K
HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$110K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$109K
Nonprofit community support
2022
$103K
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
2022
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$100K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$50K
EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION IN THE VALUES OF FREEDOM
2022
$50K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$45K
TO SUPPORT THE OPERATING BUDGET OF THE RECIPIENT
2022
$45K
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
2022
$31K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$30K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2022
$30K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$25K
ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT
2022
$25K
CHARITABLE
2022
$25K
DEFENSE OF FREE SOCIETIES WHOSE MORAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS ARE UNDER ATTACK AT HOME AND ABROAD
2022
$20K
Presidential Grant - Disruptive Pictures - Videos: Year 1 of 3-Year Pledge
2022
$20K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$20K
exempt function of the charity
2022
$15K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$10K
Support for operations
2022
$10K
CHARITABLE SUPPORT
2022
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2022
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
DEFENSE OF FREE SOCIETIES UNDER ATTA
2022
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2022
$5K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2022
$5K
CHARITABLE GIVING PER MISSION STMT.
2022
$3K
FUND MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION
2022
$2K
ASSISTANCE WITH 501(C)(3) PURPOSE
2022
$1K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$1K
Defender of free societies
2022
$1K
EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION
2022
$1K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$750
TO FULFILL THE EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY
2022
$500
SUPPORT OF OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
2022
$500
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE
2022
$500
EDUCATION
2022
$500
SUPPORT OF OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
2022
$300
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$250
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2022
$250
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$250
GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED
2022
$250
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2022
$200
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2022
$200
ENHANCE EDUCATION
2022
$150
NEWS,INFORMATION,AND CULTURE
2022
$150
VARIOUS RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2022
$150
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$100
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2022
$50
To defend free societies whose moral, cultural and economic foundations are under attack by enemies both secular and religious, at home and abroad.
2022
$365K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$365K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$281K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2021
$168K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$140K
OPERATING SUPPORT, DISRUPTIVE PICTURES
2021
$65K
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
2021
$52K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$45K
TO SUPPORT THE OPERATING BUDGET OF THE RECIPIENT
2021
$33K
HUMAN SERVICES
2021
$30K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2021
$25K
EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION IN THE VALUES OF FREEDOM
2021
$25K
exempt function of charity
2021
$25K
CHARITABLE
2021
$15K
General operating support
2021
$15K
General operating support
2021
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$10K
CHARITABLE SUPPORT
2021
$10K
CHARITABLE SUPPORT
2021
$8K
GENERAL EXEMPT FUNCTION PROGRAMS
2021
$5K
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
2021
$5K
ASSISTANCE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2021
$5K
DEDICATED TO THE DEFENSE OF FREE SOCIETIES WHOSE MORAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS ARE UNDER ATTACK BY ENEMIES BOTH SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS, AT HOME AND ABROAD.
2021
$4K
FUND MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION
2021
$1K
EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION
2021
$1K
FURTHER THE TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE CHARITY
2021
$1K
DEFENCE OF FREE SOCIETIES
2021
$1K
Defender of free societies
2021
$1K
SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS
2021
$1K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2021
$540
UNRESTRICTED
2021
$500
SUPPORT OF OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
2021
$300
PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CHARITY
2021
$250
FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITY'S PURPOSE
2021
$250
exempt function of charity
2021
$200
ENHANCE EDUCATION
2021

Funded by

$11.6M from 149 funders · 357 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$2.8M · 7 grants · 2018–2023

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$2.0M · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$516K · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Donors Trust Inc

$491K · 8 grants · 2020–2024

Center of the American Experiment

$464K · 4 grants · 2019–2023

The Deramus Foundation Inc

$450K · 4 grants · 2018–2023

The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc

$431K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

The Snider Foundation

$400K · 3 grants · 2020–2022

Details

EIN954194642
Subsection03
Ruling date1993-06
Formed1988
Employees14
Volunteers20
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