Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc

TO KEEP CHURCH AND STATE SEPARATE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT NONTHEISM

LAWSUITS CHALLENGING ENTANGLEMENT OF RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF RELIGION. IN 2021, FFRF WON A FINAL COURT VICTORY: ITS FEDERAL CHALLENGE OF A MANDATORY RELIGIOUS TEST TO VOTE IN ALABAMA, WITH THE ONLINE AND PAPER FORMS AMENDED SO THAT CITIZENS CAN DECLINE A RELIGIOUS OATH OR STRIKE OUT THE WORDS. FFRF FILED A NEW LAWSUIT WITH A COALITION OF SERVICE AND ADVOCACY GROUPS AGAINST EIGHT FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT, IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, UNDID RULES PROTECTING SOCIAL SERVICE RECIPIENTS FROM BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. AT YEAR'S END, FFRF HAD AN ADDITIONAL 5 ONGOING LAWSUITS. FFRF SUBMITTED 5 AMICUS BRIEFS, 4 BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. FFRF MAINTAINED 8 STAFF ATTORNEYS, 2 LEGAL FELLOWS, 2 LEGAL ASSISTANTS AND A TOTAL OF 8 LEGAL INTERNS. STAFF ATTORNEYS WROTE 592 FORMAL LETTERS OF COMPLAINT, ENDING ABOUT 167 ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE VIOLATIONS. STAFF ATTORNEYS RESEARCHED AND RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 1,800 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION OR HELP OVER FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATIONS. FFRF'S STRATEGIC RESPONSE TEAM AND ITS D.C.-BASED GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR HAD 90 LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS ON CAPITOL HILL AND THE WHITE HOUSE, WORKED ON 7 KEY FEDERAL BILLS THAT ADVANCED AND TRACKED 1,117 BILLS.

EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, CONVENTION, MEETINGS, MEDIA APPEARANCES, SPEECHES, DEBATES, TRAVEL, AND AWARDS. FFRF HELD ITS 44TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONVENTION IN BOSTON WITH NOTED SPEAKERS INCLUDING GLORIA STEINEM AND MARGARET ATWOOD. OFFERED FREETHOUGHT PROGRAMMING WITHOUT COST AND SPOKE AT ABOUT 32 EVENTS, 2 IN-PERSON, THE REST REMOTE, INVOLVING 11 DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS AT REGIONAL AND NATIONAL EVENTS. FFRF CO-SPONSORED THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SECULAR STUDENT ALLIANCE, THE IN-PERSON WOMEN OF COLOR BEYOND BELIEF CONFERENCE AND THE SECULAR DAY OF THE DEAD INTERNATIONAL ZOOM EVENT. FFRF SENT OUT 86 ACTION ALERTS RELATED TO FREETHOUGHT OR STATE/CHURCH SEPARATION, 407 NEWS RELEASES ABOUT FFRF ACTIVITIES AND 175 BLOG POSTINGS. STAFF ALSO HAD SEVERAL OP-EDS PUBLISHED. AWARDED $88,500 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO A TOTAL OF 95 STUDENTS IN 5 SEPARATE ESSAY COMPETITIONS: COLLEGE-BOUND HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS; BLACK, INDIGNEOUS AND STUDENTS OF COLOR; ONGOING COLLEGE; GRAD STUDENTS AND LAW STUDENTS. FFRF ADDITIONALLY GAVE $20,000 IN TUITION RELIEF SCHOLARSHIPS (5 STUDENTS OF COLOR/FIRST-IN-FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE, WORKING WITH BLACK SKEPTICS LOS ANGELES). FFRF ALSO AWARDED $19,500 IN STUDENT ACTIVIST SCHOLARSHIPS TO 10 RECIPIENTS, SOME IN CONJUNCTION WITH SECULAR STUDENT ALLIANCE.

PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. PUBLISHED 10 ISSUES OF 24- OR 28-PAGE NEWSPAPER; 2 ISSUES OF PRIVATE LINE MEMBERSHIP NEWSLETTER; BROADCAST 53 WEEKLY EDITIONS OF FREETHOUGHT RADIO ON 12 RADIO STATIONS IN 11 CITIES, WITH PODCASTS REACHING MORE THAN 9.4 MILLION DOWNLOADS SINCE BEGINNING IN 2006, INCLUDING FFRF ACTIVISM REPORTS AND PROMINENT GUESTS. PRODUCED TWO MORE SEASONS OF ITS TV SHOW, "FREETHOUGHT MATTERS," WHICH AIRED IN 13 CITIES, COVERING 27 PERCENT OF THE US MARKET. AIRED "FFRF'S ASK AN ATHEIST" FACEBOOK LIVE! ALMOST WEEKLY. MAINTAINED MAJOR EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE WITH NEWS UPDATES, DAILY CALENDAR, LEGAL AND FREETHOUGHT FAQS AND RESOURCES, FACEBOOK, AND TWITTER. PUBLISHED A FREETHOUGHT CALENDAR AND DISTRIBUTED FFRF-PUBLISHED BOOKS AND EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS PROMOTING ITS MISSIONS, INCLUDING PUBLISHING A NEW BOOK BY BRIAN BOLTON. UNDERTOOK SEVERAL MAJOR EDUCATIONAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS, INCLUDING BILLBOARDS IN CHICAGO, NASHVILLE, HOUSTON AND MADISON, WIS., FULL-PAGE ADS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, NATION AND PROGRESSIVE AND SEVERAL OTHER DAILIES, AND A MONTHLY ONE-THIRD PAGE EDUCATIONAL AD IN SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. FFRF PERIODICALLY RAN A 30-SECOND TV SPOT BY RON REAGAN ON MSNBC'S RACHEL MADDOW SHOW, CNN, FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE AND THE DAILY SHOW. FFRF HAD 22 CHAPTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

OPERATION OF FREETHOUGHT HALL IN MADISON, WI AND LAKE HYPATIA, AL,MAINTENANCE OF LIBRARY FOR MEMBERS' USE, AND CHAPTER REBATES