Freedom of the Press Foundation
Donations deductibleFreedom of the Press Foundation's network
9 peoplei9 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
9 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.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 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azmat Khan | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Daniel Ellsberg | Board Member (Until 5/2023) | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Edward Snowden | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| John Cusack | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Katie Drummond | Board Member (As of 12/2023) | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Laura Poitras | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Rainey Reitman | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Trevor Timm | Ed/Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Wesley Lowery | Board Member | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
13 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Conor Schaefer | CTO | since 2019 |
| Erik Moeller | Vice President of Engineering | since 2019 |
| Harlo Holmes | Chief Information Security Officer | since 2022 |
| Harris Lapiroff | Engineering Manager (Web) | 2022 |
| Helsby Jennifer | Lead Developer | 2018 |
| Jennifer Helsby | Lead Developer | since 2019 |
| Kirstin McCudden | Vice President of Editorial | since 2019 |
| Louise Balsmeyer | Director of Development | since 2019 |
| Louise Black | Vice President of Development & Operations | since 2022 |
| Schaefer Conor | CTO | 2018 |
| Seth Stern | Director of Advocacy | 2023 |
| Sheinberg Michael | Developer of Operations Infrastructure | 2018 |
| Sophie Hagen | Secretary/Research Reporter | since 2022 |
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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Timm | Ed/Board Member | 50 | $268k | $49k | |
| Louise Black | Vice President of Dev. & Ops. | 40 | $184k | $47k | |
| Erik Moeller | Vice President of Engineering | 40 | $184k | $25k | |
| Harlo Holmes | Chief Information Security Officer | 40 | $179k | $35k | |
| Kirstin McCudden | Vice President of Editorial | 40 | $179k | $24k | |
| Seth Stern | Director of Advocacy | 40 | $168k | $35k | |
| Sophie Hagen | Board Secretary/Research Reporter | 40 | $95k | $32k | |
| Rainey Reitman | President | 2 | $0 | ||
| Edward Snowden | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| John Cusack | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Wesley Lowery | Board Member (Until 3/2024) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Laura Poitras | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Azmat Khan | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Katie Drummond | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Freedom of the Press Foundation
- EIN
- 460967274
- Address
- 49 Flatbush Avenue 1017, Brooklyn, NY, 11217-0464
- State
- New York
- Mission
- At freedom of the press foundation (fpf), our mission is to protect and defend press freedom in the 21st century. We do this through:1.) public advocacy on issues affecting press freedom, including government transparency, the right to publish, reporter's privilege, freedom of information act reform, and protecting whistleblowers.2.) maintaining and developing open-source digital security... (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
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2013
- Principal officer
- Trevor Timm (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 November 2013
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsEdward Snowden
≥8years on the filingsJohn Cusack
≥8years on the filingsLaura Poitras
≥8years on the filingsRainey Reitman
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
- $21.5m
- Total liabilities
- $792k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $20.7m
- Contributions and grants received
- $3.4m
- Program service revenue
- $151k
- Employees
- 39
- Volunteers
- 7
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Freedom Of The Press Foundation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Foreign Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 25 October 2019
- Registered agent
- Not stated