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FREEDOM READS INC

EIN: 87-3023665Hamden, CTZIP: 06517
P20 - Human Services501(c)(3)

Mission

FREEDOM READS' MISSION IS TO BRING JOY, INSPIRE HOPE, AND HELP THOSE INSIDE CONFRONT WHAT PRISON DOES TO THE SPIRIT. WE BRING BEAUTIFUL, HANDCRAFTED BOOKCASES INTO PRISONS, TRANSFORMING CELLBLOCKS INTO FREEDOM LIBRARIES. THE FREEDOM LIBRARY IS A PHYSICAL INTERVENTION INTO THE LANDSCAPE OF PLASTIC AND STEEL AND LONELINESS THAT CHARACTERIZES PRISON. IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE FREEDOM TO THINK, TO CONTRIBUTE TO A COMMUNITY, AND EVEN TO DREAM ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE IS TOO OFTEN CURTAILED, FREEDOM READS REMINDS THOSE INSIDE THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN.

Financials

YearRevenueExpensesAssets
2024$3.6M$0$13.2M
2023$14.5M$0$15.6M

Compensation

2024

REGINALD DWAYNE BETTS
Founder & Ce
officer (unspecified)
$211,330
$0
$0
$241,343
IVAN DOMINGUEZ
Cco
officer (unspecified)
$155,170
$0
$0
$172,251
TYLER SPERRAZZA
CPO
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$142,415
TRACEY MEARES
Board Chair
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
DEBORAH LEFF
Vice Chair
board vice chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
STEVE LEVITT
Vice Chair
board vice chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
HELENA HUANG
Secretary
board secretary
$0
$0
$0
$0
ALVA GREENBERG
Board Direct
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
DR CARLA HAYDEN
Board Direct
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
ALEX DURAN
Board Direct
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
GARA LAMARCHE
Board Direct
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
SCOTT SEMPLE
Board Direct
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
BRYAN STEVENSON
Board Direct
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
ROBERT RABEN
Board Direct
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
ANTHONY W MARX
Board Direct
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0

2023

REGINALD DWAYNE BETTS
Founder & Ce
officer (unspecified)
$172,218
$0
$0
$186,557
TYLER SPERRAZZA
Production D
highest compensated employee
$0
$0
$0
$129,888
DEBORAH LEFF
Vice Chair
board vice chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
HELENA HUANG
Secretary
board secretary
$0
$0
$0
$0
TRACEY MEARES
Board Chair
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
ROBERT RABEN
Board Direct
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0

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