FREEDOM BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC
EIN 81-1117210 · International Development (Q30)
What they do
RESEARCH and TRAINING - FBA BUILT and BETA-TESTED AN ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM to EQUIP BOTH FREEDOM BUSINESSES and MAINSTREAM BUSINESSES to PROVIDE A HEALING-CENTERED WORKPLACE for SURVIVORS of TRAFFICKING and THOSE AT RISK. FBAS TRAINING PROGRAM, WELLWORK, BRINGS TOGETHER A DECADE of FREEDOM BUSINESS RESEARCH and PRACTICE INTO AN ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM PAIRED WITH A ONE-ON-ONE GUIDE. IT is DESIGNED to HELP BOTH FREEDOM BUSINESSES and MAINSTREAM EMPLOYERS BUILD WORKPLACES WHERE SURVIVORS of TRAFFICKING and PEOPLE AT RISK CAN BE HIRED, SUPPORTED, and RETAINED LONG TERM. IN 2025, FBA DEVELOPED THE PROGRAM CONTENT and BETA-TESTED IT WITH PRACTITIONERS to REFINE THE MODULES PRIOR to A BROADER RELEASE, and PREPARED A FIRST PILOT WITH AN EMPLOYER IN INDONESIA SCHEDULED to BEGIN IN 2026. THIS WORK EXTENDS PRACTICES PROVEN WITHIN FREEDOM BUSINESSES to THE MUCH LARGER POOL of MAINSTREAM COMPANIES THAT CAN EMPLOY SURVIVORS, WHICH is CENTRAL to FBAS GOAL of PROVIDING A JOB for EVERY PERSON HEALI
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KAREN SCHMIDTEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SHANDRA WOWORUNTUBOARD MEMBER
BRYAN PROSEKSECRETARY
DAVID ENGTREASURER
GRAY SHIPLEYBOARD MEMBER
LAUREN PINKSTONBOARD MEMBER
RACHEL NELSONCHAIR
RYAN BERGBOARD MEMBER
TUN CHENG ONGBOARD MEMBER
VANESSA BOUCHEVICE CHAIR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2016
- Location
- 10685 HAZELHURST DR STE B PMB 19034, HOUSTON, TX 77043-3261
- County
- Harris
- In care of
- % DANIEL OGDEN
- Primary officer
- DAVID ENG, TREASURER
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- EASY OFFICE DBA JITASA
- NTEE classification
- International Development (Q30)
- IRS tax category
- International Development