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US nonprofit · EIN 201057775 · El Cajon, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 201057775) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

License to Freedom

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.6m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$1.5m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$522k
$21k liabilities
Net assets
$500k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
5.2y av
Staff
20
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
2
25% of the board
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

License to Freedom's network

8 people1 organisationi8 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Anita StirlingBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Dilkhwaz AhmedExecutive Dir.2019
7 yrs
Dr Samantha HurstPresident2024
2 yrs
Dr Shak Bernard HanishBoard Member2024
2 yrs
Firoozeh MotamediBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Huma Ahmed-GhoshBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Lily MojdehiCompany secretary2024
2 yrs
Richard Kelchak (also filed as Rick Kelchak)Treasurer2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Dilkhwaz AhmedExecutive Di2021

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Dilkhwaz AhmedExecutive Dir.50$110k
Richard KelchakTreasurer20$12k
Anita StirlingBoard Member1$0
Huma Ahmed-GhoshBoard Member1$0
Lily MojdehiSecretary2$0
Dr Samantha HurstPresident1$0
Firoozeh MotamediBoard Member1$0
Dr Shak Bernard HanishBoard Member1$0

About

Legal name
License to Freedom
EIN
201057775
Address
131 Avocado Ave, El Cajon, CA, 92020-4601
State
California
Mission
License to freedom promotes nonviolence through community education, self-sufficiency and advocacy for refugee and immigrant survivors of domesticand relationship abuse in the east county and san diego region.the organization is comprised of a group of advocates that believe thatevery person has a right to live without fear, that refugee and immigrantand battered women and children should be... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
P20 Human services
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Human Services
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Principal officer
Dr Samantha Hurst (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2004
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsAnita Stirling
≥8years on the filingsRichard Kelchak
≥7years on the filingsDilkhwaz Ahmed
≥6years on the filingsHuma Ahmed-Ghosh

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$522k
Total liabilities
$21k
Net assets or fund balances
$500k
Contributions and grants received
$1.6m
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$3k
Employees
20

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$1.6m$1.5m$160k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.