Freedom From Religion Foundation

Name

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Legal name

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Website

https://ffrf.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Madison

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership dues providing access to Freethought Today newspaper (10 issues annually) and Private Line (biannual). Individual membership starts at $40; household membership adds $10.
2. Publications and Merchandise Sales: Sales of FFRF Books, Nontracts, brochures, Freethought Today subscriptions, billboards, freethought badges, and other merchandise through the online shop.
3. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Tax-deductible donations to the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Includes other ways to give, estate/legacy planning, and various fundraising campaigns.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels13 records

Core offering

FFRF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization that protects the constitutional principle of separation of church and state through litigation, education, and advocacy. It serves approximately 42,000 members via publications, media programs, community chapters, and an in-house legal department that handles complaints and court cases.

Product overview

Freedom From Religion Foundation operates as a nonprofit advocacy organization focused on protecting the separation of church and state. Rather than a unified technology product, FFRF offers a portfolio of educational publications, media programs, and advocacy services including the monthly Freethought Today newspaper, Freethought Radio and We Dissent podcasts, freethought books and nontracts, secular memorial services, student essay competitions, legal reporting tools for church-state violations, annual conventions, and billboard campaigns. The organization's offerings center on education, litigation support, and public advocacy rather than commercial technology products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Freethought Today: Monthly newspaper publication of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
• We Dissent
• Freethought Radio

Quantifiable outcome

• Stopped $1.5 million in funding to private religious schools in South Carolina
• +5 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ACLU of TennesseecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2026Co-participant in requesting public records from five Tennessee school districts regarding Ten Commandments display plans under new state law passed in May 2026, working together to investigate implementation of religious displays in schools.
• Americans United for Separation of Church and StatecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Co-counsel in warning letters to Duval County School Board in Jacksonville, Florida to cease opening board meetings with prayer, stating they are considering potential legal action over First Amendment Establishment Clause violations.
• ACLU of MassachusettscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025Co-plaintiff in litigation against Quincy, Massachusetts regarding installation of religious statues (St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian) outside public safety headquarters, filed in Norfolk Superior Court in May 2025. Case expected to reach Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court with potential escalation to U.S. Supreme Court.
• National ACLUcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025Co-plaintiff alongside ACLU of Massachusetts in the Quincy religious statues lawsuit, representing the civil liberties organization at the national level in this church-state separation case.
• Americans United for Separation of Church and StatecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025Frequent co-counsel with FFRF in litigation challenging religious displays and practices in public spaces. Active co-plaintiff in Ten Commandments display cases in Louisiana and Texas, as well as the Quincy, Massachusetts religious statues case.
• Cloherty & Steinberg LLPminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025Co-counsel with ACLU organizations in the lawsuit against Quincy, Massachusetts over religious statues, representing plaintiffs in the legal challenge to the statues' installation.
• Becket Fund for Religious LibertyminorOthers · 1 May 2025Representing the City of Quincy, Massachusetts in defense of the religious statues installation, arguing the statues honor first responders with historically significant symbols. FFRF is opposing counsel in this case.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Americans United for Separation of Church and State: The closest direct peer to FFRF, Americans United is a national nonprofit dedicated to the separation of church and state, files amicus briefs, engages in litigation, and runs advocacy campaigns on virtually identical issues including Ten Commandments displays and religious liberty in schools. FFRF and Americans United are frequent co-counsel.
• American Atheists: National 501(c)(3) advocating for the civil rights of atheists through litigation, education, and public policy work; comparable member-supported advocacy nonprofit serving the secular/atheist constituency alongside FFRF.
• Center for Inquiry: Nonprofit that advocates for reason, science, and secular values through legal action, education programs, and community building; overlaps with FFRF on church-state advocacy and secular publishing.
• American Humanist Association: National advocacy organization promoting humanism and secular ethics with lobbying, legal advocacy, and member services; comparable size and structure to FFRF as a values-based nonprofit advocacy peer.
• Secular Coalition for America: Advocacy umbrella organization lobbying on behalf of the broader secular community on church-state and religious-freedom issues; comparable mission of representing nontheistic Americans in policy debates.
• Council for Secular Humanism: Publisher of Free Inquiry magazine and operator of humanist advocacy programs focused on church-state separation; directly comparable publishing-plus-advocacy model to FFRF's Freethought Today and legal work.

Emerging players

• Foundation Beyond Belief: Secular humanist nonprofit that mobilizes the nontheistic community through humanist philanthropy and volunteer programs; overlaps with FFRF in serving secular donors but focuses more on collective giving than litigation.
• Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers: Nonprofit supporting atheist service members and veterans; occupies a focused niche within FFRF's broader church-state separation advocacy umbrella.

Broad incumbents

• Interfaith Alliance: National nonprofit advocating for religious freedom and pluralism from an interfaith lens; competes with FFRF for donor mindshare on church-state issues and operates in the same advocacy category.

Others

• Becket Fund for Religious Liberty: Nonprofit public-interest law firm that litigates religious liberty cases, often as opposing counsel to FFRF (e.g., on the Quincy MA statues case); adjacent ecosystem participant on the opposite side of church-state debates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@FFRForg
• TikToktiktok.com/@ffrf_official
• Xx.com/FFRF
• Facebookfacebook.com/4ffrf
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/freedom-from-religion-foundation

Compliance1 record

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