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Filing year 2024

FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE INC

Amherst, Massachusetts·EIN 45-0709993·NTEE R60 · Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy·3
Total revenue
$3.3M
Total assets
$6.1M
Total expenses
$2.3M
Reported officers
10
Mission

FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE WORKS TO RENEW DEMOCRACY AND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT BIG MONEY AND CORPORATE INTERESTS. THE ORGANIZATION CATALYZES AND ADVANCES THE MOVEMENT TO AMEND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION TO OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED, BUCKLEY V. VALEO, MCCUTCHEON V. FEC, AND THE FABRICATION OF CORPORATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGES IN LEGAL ADVOCACY TO ADVANCE A NEW JURISPRUDENCE ON MONEY IN POLITICS AND TO CONFRONT THE MISUSE OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION TO CLAIM CORPORATE EXEMPTIONS FROM OUR LAWS. THE ORGANIZATION DEVELOPS AND ADVOCATES FOR MODEL LAWS AND OTHER TOOLS TO CHALLENGE BIG MONEY IN POLITICS AND TO MAKE CORPORATIONS RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE ORGANIZATION CHALLENGES CORRUPTION AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND LEADS CAMPAIGNS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER THE LAW. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS TO FIGHT FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 4 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

President & Board Clerk
board president
$259k
$279k
Base
$216k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$36k
Legal Director
highest compensated employee
$196k
$212k
Base
$156k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$35k
Director of Administration and Finance
$128k
$138k
Director of Development
$126k
$136k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 6 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Up 14%
from 2023

From $227k in 2023 to $259k in 2024.

$227k
2023
$259k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 10% in real terms$253k to $279k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$2.9M
$2M
2023
$3.3M
$2.3M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy executives earn

Comparable civil rights, social action & advocacy organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $77,000.

25th percentile
$41k
Median
$77,000
75th percentile
$120k
90th percentile
$194k

These are civil rights, social action & advocacy sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 527 organizations across 527 filings (2021 – 2023).

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