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US nonprofit · EIN 832581930 · San Antonio, TXiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 832581930) - 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.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

Compassion for Freedom

Donations deductible
Revenue
$333k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$415k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$767k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$767k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
7.4y av
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
5
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Compassion for Freedom's network

5 people1 organisationi5 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). 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

5 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 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
John SytsmaPresident2019
7 yrs
Judy SytsmaCompany secretary2019
7 yrs
Ruth HelmsTreasurer2019
7 yrs
Stephen HelmsVice President2019
7 yrs
Timothy ConwayDirector2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

5 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
John SytsmaPresidentsince 2022
Judy SytsmaCompany secretarysince 2022
Ruth HelmsTreasurersince 2022
Stephen HelmsVice Presidentsince 2022
Timothy ConwayDirectorsince 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Timothy ConwayDirector0.5$0
John SytsmaPresident20$0
Stephen HelmsVice President1$0
Judy SytsmaSecretary20$0
Ruth HelmsTreasurer1$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Compassion for Freedom
EIN
832581930
Address
13830 Southton Rd, San Antonio, TX, 78223-5405
State
Texas
Mission
Show compassion to those in need and promote real freedom through educational opportunities and relief efforts. Emphasis will be given to freeing individuals from the human trafficking trade through the provision of housing, etc. (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)
Formed
2018
Principal officer
John Sytsma (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 November 2019
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
2, latest 2020
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsJohn Sytsma
≥7years on the filingsJudy Sytsma
≥7years on the filingsRuth Helms
≥7years on the filingsStephen Helms

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
$767k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$767k
Contributions and grants received
$333k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0

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.
Compassion For Freedom 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: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Texas
Entity type
nonprofit corporation
Status
Active
Formed
19 November 2018
Registered agent
Not stated

This register does not publish officers or directors.