Public Charity

Speech First Inc

Speech First Inc, of Washington, DC, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $438K in revenue, $1.3M in expenses, $399K in total assets. 24 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $8.1M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 823599047 Washington, DC Censorship, Freedom of Speech & Press NTEE: R63 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$438K
Total Expenses$1.3M
Total Assets$399K
Grant Records24
Funding Total$8.1M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

SPEECH FIRST'S MISSION IS TO DEFEND STUDENTS WHO SEEK TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION OR ASSOCIATION. BY COMING TOGETHER, WE'VE CREATED A NATIONWIDE COMMUNITY OF FREE SPEECH SUPPORTERS TO REASSURE STUDENTS THAT THEY WON'T - Continued Schedule O

Where $100 goes at Speech First Inc

How Speech First Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$82 Programs the work itself
$6 Management running the organization
$12 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $82 for programs

$82
Finalized open lawsuit against Indiana University and continued to litigate a Title IX case in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Jamil Jaffer
DIRECTOR Josh Holdenried
Director Karen Harned
DIRECTOR Kathryn Ciano Mauler
Director Kristina Rasmussen
DIRECTOR Matthew Foldi

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$7,980,190 23 grants
Research & Policy
$100,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $438K $1.3M $399K
2024 $2.8M $2.3M $1.4M
2023 $2.6M $2.4M $777K
2022 $2.3M $2.2M $544K
2020 $2.3M $1.7M $361K

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $2.3M to $438K (-81%), with total assets most recently reported at $399K.

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