Freedom Reads
Donations deductibleFreedom Reads' network
13 people5 organisationsi13 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Violet dotted lines (5) 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
13 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracey Meares Chair | Board Chair | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Alex Duran | Board Direct | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Alva Greenberg | Board Direct | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Anthony W Marx | Board Direct | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Bryan Stevenson | Board Direct | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Deborah Leff | Vice Chair | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dr Carla Hayden | Board Direct | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Gara Lamarche | Board Direct | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Helena Huang | Company secretary | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Reginald Dwayne Betts | Founder & Ce | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Robert Raben | Board Direct | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Scott Semple | Board Direct | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Steve Levitt | Vice Chair | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ivan Dominguez | Cco | 2024 |
| Tyler Sperrazza | Production D | since 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reginald Dwayne Betts | Founder & Ce | 40 | $211k | $30k | |
| Ivan Dominguez | Cco | 40 | $155k | $17k | |
| Tyler Sperrazza | Cpo | 40 | $129k | $13k | |
| Tracey Meares | Board Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Deborah Leff | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Steve Levitt | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Helena Huang | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Alva Greenberg | Board Direct | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dr Carla Hayden | Board Direct | 1 | $0 | ||
| Anthony W Marx | Board Direct | 1 | $0 | ||
| Alex Duran | Board Direct | 1 | $0 | ||
| Gara Lamarche | Board Direct | 1 | $0 | ||
| Scott Semple | Board Direct | 1 | $0 | ||
| Bryan Stevenson | Board Direct | 1 | $0 | ||
| Robert Raben | Board Direct | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Freedom Reads
- EIN
- 873023665
- Address
- 2666 State St Ste 5a, Hamden, CT, 06517-2232
- State
- Connecticut
- 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... (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
- 2021
- Principal officer
- Reginald Dwayne Betts (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 2022
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 3, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥4years on the filingsTracey Meares
≥4years on the filingsDeborah Leff
≥4years on the filingsHelena Huang
≥4years on the filingsReginald Dwayne Betts
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
- $13.2m
- Total liabilities
- $1.5m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $11.7m
- Contributions and grants received
- $3.4m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 22
- Volunteers
- 17
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6m | $6.1m | Deficit $2.4m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
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 Reads, Inc. 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: Connecticut Secretary of the State, business registry and officers (data.ct.gov n7gp-d28j and ka36-64k6). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Connecticut
- Entity type
- Non-Stock
- Status
- Active - Annual report past due
- Formed
- 5 October 2021
- Registered agent
- Reginald Betts (city and state not held)
Officers (1)
- Reginald Betts Officer
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.