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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: July 2026 Expires: July 2028

Freedom Firm USA

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

214 Cherry Street
Galax, VA, 24333

Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Freedom Firm USA meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to raise funds, awareness, and support to identify and rescue minor girls who have been trafficked into the commerical sex trade internationally."

Year, State Incorporated:
2006, MN

Freedom Firm USA (FFUSA) is dedicated to the liberation of children enslaved in commercial sexual exploitation, their effective rehabilitation, and pursuing justice against their exploiters. The organization’s United States team works to raise awareness, funds, and volunteer campaigns to support the work and victims abroad. FFUSA’s core program is carried out through a three-pronged approach: Rescue, Restoration, and Justice. Rescue removes girls from the control of traffickers. Undercover investigators identify victims, document their presence in brothels or similar compromising situations, and take the information to the police. They initiate a raid and lead the police to the location to free the girls. Afterwards, criminal charges are filed against the perpetrators. This leads to Justice; FFUSA works with the legal system towards the prosecution of traffickers, brothel keepers, and others involved in exploitation. The legal team assists public prosecutors at each stage of the criminal trial. They oppose bail, initiate brothel closures, and file petitions to the high courts and child welfare committees. They support survivors in testifying against their abusers, helping bring them to justice. These cases and convictions raise the cost for traffickers and serve as deterrents against future trafficking in minors. Restoration work includes immediate support for girls during and after rescue, medical aid, home evaluations, and ongoing counseling and life skills courses provided to survivors. FFUSA’s social workers continue to follow up with girls long after rescue and support them in healing and rebuilding their lives.

For the year ended June 30, 2025, Freedom Firm USA's program expenses were:

India program $233,665
US program $32,688
Total Program Expenses $266,353

Chief Executive
Leah Henck, President

Compensation*
$41,394

Chair of the Board
Brian Rightler

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Owner, I Heart Real Estate Property Management

Board Size
7

Paid Staff Size
4

*2024 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Workplace Giving

Fundraising costs were 11% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $375,328, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Freedom Firm USA's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2025.

Source of Funds
Contributions $262,455
Grants $112,873
Interest income $10,051
Total Income $385,379

Programs: 75% Fundraising: 12% Administrative: 14%

Total Income $385,379
Total expenses: $356,690
  Program expenses $266,353
  Fundraising expenses $42,128
  Administrative expenses $48,209
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $28,689
Beginning Net Assets $368,352
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $397,041
Total Liabilities $257
Total Assets $397,298

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