EIN 41-1916724

Citizens' Council for Health Freedom

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
10
Year formed
1998
Most recent tax filings
2023-12-01
Description
Citizens' Council for Health Freedom advocates for patient and doctor freedom through education, presentations, and policy initiatives at state and federal levels.
Total revenues
$791,297
2023
Total expenses
$664,032
2023
Total assets
$2,028,523
2023
Num. employees
10
2023

Program areas at Citizens' Council for Health Freedom

Communication, education, and analysis: educational efforts: video presentations - combining facebook's popularity and american's attraction to video presentations, cchf provided 17 facebook live videos in 2023, including from Washington, d.c. and the annual direct primary care conference. Speaking engagement - cchf's president gave 20 presentations in 2023, including speeches at various events in cchf's home state of Minnesota, in addition to Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Texas, and Wisconsin. Pete hegseth was the keynote speaker at cchf's annual fundraising gala. The event was packed as about 400 guests heard his presentation which focused on the importance of Freedom and cchf's presentation about the Health care situation in america circa 2023. "covid-19 quick reference guide" - this popular guide continued to be downloaded in 2023, likely due to the continuation of covid and long covid diagnoses. In 2023 the cchf website records approximately 1,290 downloads per month. Patient toolbox received approximately 24,000 views in 2023. Sharing news and perspective - approximately 6,253 individuals received our quarterly hardcopy newsletter (Health Freedom watch) and approximately 9957 subscribers receive our weekly enews by email. Our new communications specialist, along with our renewed access to the cision media software, launched a press operations to share our perspective with reporters specializing in Freedom, Health care, and privacy. Major interviews include fox business, the epoch times, the tenpenny files, the jeff dornik show, city of god podcast, and vcy crosstalk. Over the year, there were a total of 109 interviews by news media. Pitching began in november/december for a total of 58 pitches to the news media (nov./dec. Only) social media engagement -the cchf website had 118,670 unique visits. Two twitter accounts totaled approximately 5,466 followers and two facebook accounts totaled approximately 18,652 followers. Reels - our hipaa reels had a total of 3,439 views. Health Freedom minutes (radio) - this one-of-a-kind national radio program shares one-minute nuggets of news and insights every weekday on 810 radio stations in 47 states. Legislative alerts - cchf distributed information and alerts to national and Minnesota subscriber lists totaling 10,635 individuals.
Special projects: website redesign - in 2023, cchf engaged with contracted support to redesign its main website (cchfreedom.org) and began to redesign the wedge of Health Freedom after the main website was launched. Between the two, it was a year-long endeavor. The wedge of Health Freedom (the wedge), a free online listing of direct- pay, patient-centered, affordable, third-party-free practices. In 2023 cchf counted more than 450 practices, including four cash-based pharmacies, and a number of dental practices.
Policy initiatives: federal: cchf was in Washington, d.c. for several days in june talking to members of congress and their staff in 17 offices. Topics of discussion included the "baby dna" issue, access to catastrophic (real) Health insurance; social determinants of Health; and the retirement Freedom act. Minnesota legislature: cchf testifies in opposition to the direct-to-consumer genetic testing bill, and opposed the cancer research bill due to insufficient patient consent. Various one-pagers were created and distributed during the 4.5- month session. State legislatures nationwide: cchf testified in Montana on a "right to use medications off-label bill- and at the request of a member of the Montana legislature, wrote legislation to protect genetic privacy. We also expanded our online model state legislation library, adding proposed legislation that policymakers nationwide can use to create patient-centered, free-market, privacy- protecting law in their states.

Who funds Citizens' Council for Health Freedom

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
CommunityGivingGen/oper Support$350,000
Sarah Scaife FoundationGeneral Operating Support$150,000
Mightycause Charitable FoundationUnrestricted$26,041
...and 8 more grants received

Personnel at Citizens' Council for Health Freedom

NameTitleCompensation
Twila Brase, RN, PHNPresident and Founder$131,000
Karen MarkowitzDirector of Operations
Matt FlandersLegislative and Policy Director
Stephanie AuranDonor Relations Manager
Mike MelnychukVice - Treasurer$0
...and 3 more key personnel

Financials for Citizens' Council for Health Freedom

RevenuesFYE 12/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$805,566
Program services$3,691
Investment income and dividends$6,729
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$-25,109
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$420
Total revenues$791,297

Form 990s for Citizens' Council for Health Freedom

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-122024-08-29990View PDF
2022-122023-10-16990View PDF
2021-122022-05-10990View PDF
2020-122021-05-24990View PDF
2019-122021-04-20990View PDF
...and 14 more Form 990s
Data update history
December 18, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
November 4, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
October 21, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
August 25, 2024
Received grants
Identified 6 new grant, including a grant for $350,000 from CommunityGiving
February 4, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 7 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsHuman rights organizationsCivil rights and social justice organizationsCharities
Issues
HealthHuman rightsDiseases and disordersPublic policy
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingFundraising eventsNational levelGala fundraisersTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
161 St Anthony Ave Rm/ste 923
St Paul, MN 55103
Metro area
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
County
Ramsey County, MN
Website URL
cchfreedom.org/ 
Phone
(651) 646-8935
IRS details
EIN
41-1916724
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1998
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
R20: Civil Rights, Advocacy for Specific Groups
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
California AB-488 details
AB 488 status
May Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes
Charity Registration status
Current
FTB status revoked
Not revoked
AG Registration Number
CT0213815
FTB Entity ID
3699098
AB 488 data last updated ("as-of") date
2024-12-31
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