FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC
PO BOX 750, MADISON, WI 53701 www.ffrf.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: 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 2019, FFRF WON A FINAL COURT VICTORY AT THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT AGAINST STATE TAXPAYER FUNDS GOING TO REPAIR HOUSES OF WORSHIP, WITH THE US SUPREME COURT REFUSING TO HEAR AN APPEAL. FFRF WON A FINAL RULING AT THE 11TH U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, CHALLENGING A DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE AGAINST ATHEISTS SOLEMNIZING BREVARD CO. (FLA.) MEETINGS. FFRF WON A DECISION IN OUR FAVOR BY THE 4TH U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS OVER ITS CHALLENGE OF "BIBLE IN THE SCHOOL" CLASSES IN WEST VIRGINIA. AT YEAR'S END, FFRF HAD AN ADDITIONAL 5 ONGOING LAWSUITS. FFRF MAINTAINED 8 STAFF ATTORNEYS, 2 LEGAL FELLOWS, 2 LEGAL ASSISTANTS AND A TOTAL OF 5 LEGAL INTERNS. STAFF ATTORNEYS WROTE NEARLY 900 FORMAL LETTERS OF COMPLAINT, ENDING ABOUT 240 ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE VIOLATIONS. STAFF ATTORNEYS RESEARCHED AND RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 3,000 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION OR HELP OVER FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATIONS. IN FFRF'S EDUCATE CONGRESS CAMPAIGN, FFRF HIRED ITS FIRST D.C.-BASED GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, HAD 67 LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS ON CAPITOL HILL AND SPONSORED A RECEPTION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL FREETHOUGHT CAUCUS.

EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, CONVENTION, MEETINGS, MEDIA APPEARANCES, SPEECHES, DEBATES, TRAVEL, AND AWARDS. FFRF RECOGNIZED ACHIEVEMENTS IN PROMOTING FREETHOUGHT AND STATE/CHURCH SEPARATION AT ITS 42ND ANNUAL NATIONAL CONVENTION WITH NEARLY 700 PARTICIPANTS, AND CO-SPONSORED THE FIRST WOMEN OF COLOR BEYOND BELIEF CONFERENCE. OFFERED FREETHOUGHT PROGRAMMING WITH NOTED SPEAKERS WITHOUT COST AND SPOKE AT A RECORD 72 PUBLIC EVENTS (INCLUDING 6 DEBATES) IN 21 STATES, D.C. AND PUERTO RICO, AND FIVE INTERNATIONAL EVENTS. FFRF SPONSORED A LEGAL PANEL AT THE RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE "RISE OF CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM." WAS INTERVIEWED FOR ABOUT 1,455 NEWS ARTICLES, TV, AND RADIO. SENT OUT 77 ACTION ALERTS RELATED TO FREETHOUGHT OR STATE/CHURCH SEPARATION, ABOUT 260 NEWS RELEASES ABOUT FFRF ACTIVITIES AND OVER 70 BLOG POSTINGS. AWARDED $85,450 IN CASH SCHOLARSHIPS TO 91 STUDENTS IN 5 SEPARATE ESSAY COMPETITIONS (COLLEGE-BOUND HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS; STUDENTS OF COLOR; ONGOING COLLEGE; GRAD STUDENTS; LAW STUDENTS), NEARLY $30,000 IN TUITION RELIEF SCHOLARSHIPS (5 FIRST-YEAR-COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND 4 STUDENTS OF COLOR WHO ARE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO ATTEND COLLEGE). FFRF ALSO AWARDED $5,000 IN STUDENT ACTIVIST AWARDS TO A TOTAL OF 4 STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL OR YOUNGER.

PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. PUBLISHED 10 ISSUES OF 24- OR 28-PAGE NEWSPAPER; 2 ISSUES OF PRIVATE LINE MEMBERSHIP NEWSLETTER; BROADCAST 52 WEEKLY EDITIONS OF FREETHOUGHT RADIO ON 9 RADIO STATIONS IN 7 CITIES, WITH PODCASTS REACHING MORE THAN 8,410,971 DOWNLOADS SINCE BEGINNING IN 2006, INCLUDING FFRF ACTIVISM REPORTS AND PROMINENT GUESTS. PRODUCED TWO SEASONS OF ITS TV SHOW, "FREETHOUGHT MATTERS," WHICH AIRED IN 12 MARKETS. AIRED "FFRF'S ASK AN ATHEIST" FACEBOOK LIVE! ALMOST WEEKLY. PRODUCED ALMOST WEEKLY "NEWSBITE," A SHORT VIDEO ON A TIMELY FFRF DEVELOPMENT. MAINTAINED MAJOR EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE WITH NEWS UPDATES, DAILY CALENDAR, LEGAL AND FREETHOUGHT FAQS AND RESOURCES, FACEBOOK, AND TWITTER. PUBLISHED "CARTOONS FOR THE IRREVERENT: CELEBRATING THE WIT OF DON ADDIS," DISTRIBUTED FFRF-PUBLISHED BOOKS AND EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS PROMOTING ITS MISSIONS. UNDERTOOK SEVERAL MAJOR EDUCATIONAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS, INCLUDING A BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN IN CHICAGO ON CLERGY SEX ABUSE, BILLBOARDS PROTESTING RELIGION-IN-SCHOOL LAWS IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND KENTUCKY AND STUDENTS OF COLOR BILLBOARDS IN KNOXVILLE, TENN., AND PALO ALTO. PLACED FULL-PAGE ADS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, NATION AND PROGRESSIVE AND SEVERAL OTHER DAILIES, A MONTHLY ONE-THIRD PAGE EDUCATIONAL AD IN SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN AND PERIODICALLY RAN A 30-SECOND TV SPOT BY RON REAGAN ON MSNBC'S RACHEL MADDOW SHOW, CNN AND THE DAILY SHOW. PLACED THE FIRST NONTHEISTIC COMMERCIAL WITH ITS HONORARY PRESIDENT STEVEN PINKER ON "60 MINUTES." FFRF HAD 23 CHAPTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

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