Education
The Free State Foundation Inc
POTOMAC, MD
Total revenue
$1.1M
Total expenses
$1.3M
Net assets
$3.6M
Grants received
$1.3M
19 grants
EIN
743160646
Tax year
2024
Mission
The foundation's primary purpose is to promote, through research and educational activities,understanding of free market, limited government, and rule of law principles at the federal level and in maryland. The foundation focuses on educating policymakers, opinion leaders, the press, and general public concerning the need to eliminate unnecessary and counterproductive regulatory mandates, especially those applicable to the communications and other high-tech industries, and on reducing overly burdensome taxes, protecting individual rights, economic liberty, and property rights, and making government more effective, efficient, and accountable.
Programs
1 program
Maryland government law and reform project: the goal of this project is to conduct research and educational activities that promote policies for maryland that are consistent with fiscal discipline and with a free market, less regulatory direction. During 2024, fsf published articles and commentaries relating to improving maryland's fiscal, economic, and regulatory policies, including its technology policies, and also to reforming its budget processes. Free state foundation scholars maintain a blog to include comments on maryland fiscal, economic, and regulatory issues. During 2024, several substantive blogs were published on these maryland policy issues.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
7 listed
RANDOLPH J MAY
PRESIDENT
$402K
60 hrs/wk
LAURIE J MAY
SECRETARY/TREASURER
$129K
24 hrs/wk
WILLIAM K KEANE
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
THOMAS TAUKE
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
KENNETH HOWARD
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
SETH COOPER
DIRECTOR OF POLICY STUDIES
$230K
40 hrs/wk
ANDREW LONG
SENIOR FELLOW
$161K
32 hrs/wk
Grants received
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Funded by
$1.3M from 7 funders · 19 grants · 2019–2024
$510K · 3 grants · 2022–2024
$420K · 4 grants · 2020–2024
$200K · 4 grants · 2020–2024
$145K · 3 grants · 2022–2024
$1K · 3 grants · 2019–2021
$500 · 1 grant · 2022
$500 · 1 grant · 2024