THE LIBERATION FOUNDATION

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2023 · Form 990 · revenue $572K · expenses $48K · assets $624K

EIN

85-1447679

Address

6064 CALLOWHILL ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19151-4317

Website

HTTPS://LIBERATION-FOUNDATION.ORG

NTEE code

P20

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

August 2020 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

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Mission

THE LIBERATION FOUNDATION (TLF), ALSO KNOWN AS THE TERRANCE LEWIS LIBERATION FOUNDATION (TLLF), WAS FOUNDED BY TERRANCE LEWIS, A WRONGFULLY CONVICTED JUVENILE LIFER FROM PHILADELPHIA IN 2020. TLF IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVOCATING FOR WRONGFULLY CONVICTED PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING LEGAL REPRESENTATION. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE LIBERATION FOUNDATION IS TO SECURE JUSTICE AND FREEDOM FOR THE WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED THROUGH RESEARCH, INVESTIGATION, ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT WORK. IN ADDITION, TLF ASSISTS RETURNING CITIZENS WITH MENTORSHIP, RESOURCES AND REFERRALS BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR RELEASE THROUGH ITS PROJECT HOPE PROGRAM. TLF ALSO HAS THE BROADER MISSION OF ASSISTING WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A REVAMPED, EQUITABLE, AND MORE COMPASSIONATE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 16 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

16 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Funders of this organization

8 grantors reported grants to this organization, $190,880 in all, tax years 2021 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

State business registration

• The Liberation Foundation PA, Domestic Nonprofit Corporation, Current, formed 2020-05-12

The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.