Nonprofit · EIN 46-1322178
FREEDOM LIFE MINISTRIES
Tax-exempt · MARION, NC 28752
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,980,241 | $1,365,127 | $615,114 | $2,830,504 | $42,358 | $2,788,146 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 (amended) | $1,378,296 | $1,191,462 | $186,834 | $1,550,232 | $35,553 | $1,514,679 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,406,362 | $1,089,769 | $316,593 | $1,777,240 | $42,499 | $1,734,741 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,950,219
- of which government grants
- $1,242,979
- Membership dues
- $61,332
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $24,224
- Other revenue
- $5,798
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $204,610
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $65,860
- Other salaries and wages
- $583,864
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $730,412
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $6,508
- Occupancy
- $71,017
- Travel
- $6,306
- Depreciation
- $14,183
- Program services (functional)
- $1,239,090
- Management and general (functional)
- $60,246
- Fundraising (functional)
- $70,508
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,942,849
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,830,504
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $42,358
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,788,146
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $893,607
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,800,845
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $987,301
- Gross receipts
- $1,980,241
- Employees
- 25
- Volunteers
- 67
- Year formed
- 2012
- State of legal domicile
- NC
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Hampton | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $65,860 |
| Doug Beane-Hall | Chairman Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Joseph Bo McMinn | Secretary Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Michael McEnery | Vice Chairman Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Art Reagle | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Wendy Gibson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Robert McNeely | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Roberta Long | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Powell | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Hampton | Executive Director | 40 | $51,714 |
| Doug Beane-Hall | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Joseph Bo McMinn | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Art Reagle | Treasurer Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Wendy Gibson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Robert McNeely | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Michael McEnery | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Roberta Long | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Powell | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Hampton | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $57,020 |
| Doug Beane-Hall | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Joseph Bo McMinn | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Jason Wallace | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Art Reagle | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| David Grant | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Wendy Gibson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Robert McNeely | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Michael McEnery | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Roberta Long | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Powell | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 130 N LOGAN ST, MARION, NC 28752-3754
- In care of
- % PASTOR OR BOARD MEMBER
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Danny Hampton, 130 N LOGAN ST, MARION, NC 28752
- Signed the 990
- Danny Hampton, Executive Director
- Phone
- (828) 559-2224
- Return prepared by
- P&M Business Solutions
Mission
Freedom Life is a faith-based nonprofit grounded in values of restoration and accountability helping justice involved individuals and their families break the cycle of incarceration. We provide inclusive evidence-informed support to justice-involved people to help them achieve long-term stability. FL offers two service tracks to ensure care is accessible respectful and effective for everyone we serve. The Personal Development Track non-faith-based provides evidence-based services focused on behavioral change life skills employment readiness and successful community reintegration. The Faith-Based Track includes all core services with the additional of optional spiritual support pastoral care and opportunities for faith-centered growth and connection. With a 15% recidivism rate well below the state and national average of 44% Freedom Life demonstrates the power of consistent community-based support.
Program accomplishments
- Freedom Life Ministries FL provides comprehensive reentry services to justice-involved individuals across Western North Carolina with a focus on reducing recidivism stabilizing individuals and families and strengthening community outcomes. In 2025 FL served 967 individuals including 745 in McDowell County 121 in Avery County and 101 in Yancey County. Participants face significant barriers to successful reintegration including substance use disorders housing instability limited transportation and lack of employment opportunities. Through its integrated service model FL achieved a recidivism rate of approximately 14% among participants significantly below typical state and national benchmarks. FL delivered 8,568 service instances during the year including case management mentoring recovery support employment readiness and coordination with community partners. Transportation remains a critical component of service delivery in rural areas; FL provided 32,190 miles of transportation to ensure access to court appointments treatment services employment and other essential resources. Pre-release engagement is a core component of FLs model. In 2025 FL processed 229 jail-based applications including 160 in McDowell County 42 in Avery County and 27 in Yancey County. Within local detention centers FL provided structured programming to address criminogenic risk factors. A total of 128 individuals 72 men and 56 women participated in jail-based support groups while 24 individuals 13 men and 11 women participated in cognitive behavioral classes. Additionally FL provided 420 hours of mentoring within the jail setting to support reentry planning and behavior change. FL also conducted outreach efforts designed to build engagement and provide encouragement to incarcerated individuals. In 2025 FL distributed gift bags and conducted jail outreach for 300 individuals in McDowell County 80 in Avery County and 40 in Yancey County. The organization also provided 600 hot meals to inmates at Marion Correctional Institution supporting both basic needs and relationship-building with individuals preparing for reentry. Housing stability is a key determinant of successful reentry. In 2025 FL provided housing support to 175 individuals in McDowell County. To expand capacity and address regional housing shortages for justice-involved individuals FL is developing transitional housing infrastructure across its service area. In Avery Yancey and Mitchell counties FL is developing two 20-bed short-term stage-one transitional housing facilities one for men and one for women a 24-unit long-term stage-two transitional housing apartment complex and a community services delivery building. In McDowell County FL is developing two 20-bed short-term stage-one transitional housing facilities for men one for women a 44-unit long-term transitional housing apartment complex and a centralized community services delivery building to support integrated service provision. FL serves as the Local Reentry Council LRC Intermediary Agency for Avery McDowell Mitchell and Yancey counties facilitating coordination among community partners service providers and government agencies. FL also serves as a state reentry liaison supporting alignment between local communities and the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction to ensure continuity of care for individuals transitioning from incarceration to community-based services. Through direct services system coordination and infrastructure development FL continues to reduce recidivism improve individual outcomes and strengthen communities across Western North Carolina.Expenses $1,239,090 · grants $204,610
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 46-1322178
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2013
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Crime and legal-related (I40)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,830,504
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,980,241
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,980,241 | $1,365,127 | $2,830,504 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,378,296 | $1,191,462 | $1,550,232 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,406,362 | $1,089,769 | $1,777,240 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $719,338 | $1,051,078 | $1,464,791 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 46-1322178).
Questions about FREEDOM LIFE MINISTRIES
- What is the EIN of FREEDOM LIFE MINISTRIES?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FREEDOM LIFE MINISTRIES is 46-1322178.
- Is FREEDOM LIFE MINISTRIES tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2013.
- Are donations to FREEDOM LIFE MINISTRIES tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FREEDOM LIFE MINISTRIES file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of FREEDOM LIFE MINISTRIES due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did FREEDOM LIFE MINISTRIES last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of FREEDOM LIFE MINISTRIES?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Danny Hampton.
- Who are the officers and directors of FREEDOM LIFE MINISTRIES?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 9 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $65,860 (Danny Hampton, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does FREEDOM LIFE MINISTRIES have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,980,241, expenses of $1,365,127 and total assets of $2,830,504 at year end.
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