The 2025 Annual Report
Our mission is to remove barriers to justice through pro bono legal services, community engagement, and legislative advocacy. Your support makes it all possible.
Read on to learn about your impact on FreeState Justice during Fiscal Year 2025.
FreeState Justice In The community
Thank You To Our Donors
FSJ is grateful to the donors who have supported us during the past fiscal year. With your support, Maryland locals have had access to free legal services and the community advocacy they need. On behalf of our board of directors, clients, volunteers, and staff we extend our deepest gratitude to the individuals, law firms, corporations, agencies, and foundations who invested in our work.
Every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of this listing. If we have inadvertently omitted your name or listed it incorrectly, please accept our apologies and notify us of the error by email to jmedina@freestate-justice.org
Institutional Funders
Abell Foundation
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Baltimore Bar Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation of America
Chase Brexton Health Services
Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation
Enterprise Mobility
Equality Federation
Fidelity Charitable
Greater Washington Community Foundation
Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Hirshhorn Foundation
ITS Donations
Maryland Legal Services Corporation
PNC Foundation
PayPal Giving Fund
Pledgeling Foundation
SAGE Services & Advocacy for LGBTQ+ Elders
Serini Foundation
The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund
Venable Foundation
Businesses
Ballard Spahr
Bowie & Jensen LLC
Canton Wine Girl LLC
Cedar Lane Unitarian
Checkerspot Brewing
DLA Piper
Dutch Courage
Friends Of Kris Fair
Give Lively
Inc. AdNet/AccountNet
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
Lord Baltimore Hotel
MERCK
Mid Atlantic Arts Inc.
Miles & Stockbridge
Nina’s Cookie Explosion
Pickett Brewing Company
Rocky Mountain Equality
Royal Rabbit Vineyards
Universalist Congregation
Visionist Inc.
Champions ($1,200+)
Phoebe Conybeare
Susan Dumont
Lauren Fleming, Esq.
Jason Hicks
D'Ontace D. Keyes
Greg Rex
Christopher Uhl
Lindsey Young
Mark Yost
Changemakers ($600 - $1,999)
Andrew Adelman, Esq.
Andrew Ansel
Robert Bitzel
Brenda Dorsch
Adam Farra, Esq.
Nettie Horne
Tina Jones
Alicia Lucksted
Shawn McIntosh
Catherine O’Malley
Lauren Pruitt, Esq.
Terry Staudenmaier
Phillip Westry, Esq.
Trailblazers ($240 - $599)
Steven Beckman
Lawrence Blim
April Cavaletto
Leland Colly
Bren Dahl
Ash Flores-Maldonado
Sarah Gannett
Steven Hanton
Helene Hedian
Dawn Lewis
Laura Mateczun
Lisa McClean
Johanna Miller
Alexa Milton
Charles Mullins
Jean Noonan
Amanda Paige
Diana Philip
Gerald Popko
Amber Rieke
Joy & Steve Sakamoto-Wengel
Edward Shearin
Lindsey Sier
Robert Suttle
Ronnie Taylor L.
Stanley Wray
Valued Donors ($1-$239)
Santiago Alvarez
Jeffrey Attix
Martin Beadle
John Bedda Le
Sandy Bell
Tor Berg
Adrienne Bergeron
Robert Blackwell
Claudia Borzutzky
Paul Bottone Devine
Olivia Bourland
Joanna Brown
Wilma Brown
Sierra Bunton
Geoffrey Burkhart
Bradley Burton
Humzah Butt
Jason Byrd
Andrew Cannizzaro
Colin Carmello
Neil Castine
Tim Chance
Stephen Charing
Kevin Chavez
Steven Chen
Xavier Conaway
David Conway
Charlotte Cooksey
Jon Dasbach
Josh Davis
Jeffrey Davis
Elizabeth DeSitter
Michael DeStefano
Andrew DeStefano
Brian Devlin
Lauren DiMartino
Kate Drabinski
Marcia Dresner
Matt DuMont
Franck Dumetz
Kathleen Durkin
Michael Elizabeth
James Enslow
Robert Feldman
Suzy Filbert
Susan Francis
Ben Freedman
Otis Freeman
Brandon Freeman
Tyler Fultz
Allison Fultz
Joanna Gadsby
Prateek Gajwani
Melissa Gessner
Rashaan D. Gilmore
George Goldman
Matthew Grant
Evan Greenstein
Shaun Hardy
Louise Harmony
Elizabeth Harper
Adrian Harrison
Roger Hartley
Tommy Hassel
Kelly Haynie
Heather Heiman
Amy Hennen
Karen Hillman
Sailor Holobaugh
Barbara Hoover
Andrea Howe
Craig Howell
Zachary Hubert
Kate Hull
Ellie Hunter
Marcus Johnson
Marissa Johnson
Peter Johnson
Joyce Jones
Scott Kelly
Ian Moss
Dana Nearing
Jessica Nelson
Jenny O'Grady
Lynne OKeefe Muller
Tioluwani Odunuga
Jeffrey Ostendorff
Jessica Ostrander
Olivia Pickett
Sharma Pillutla
Allison Pinder
Heather Polzin
Allie Post
Ruth Potts
Mark Procopio
Emily Puhl
Sandra Raynes
Jennifer Reed
Paul M Rensted
Rafael Sanchez-Cruz
Zachary Saucier
Dona Sauerburger
Stephanie Schaefer
Jude Scheidt
Katherine Schwartz
Lila Shane
Jim Slattery
Adam Snyder
Thomas Snyder
Kriss Studio K. L.
Erin Subramanian
Tare Suriel
Yvette Tarlov
Stuart Tart
Christopher Taylor
Paul Thomas
Tarrence Thrash
Katrina Threat
April Tomoney
Patrick Tyler
Michael Ulman
Kara Urban
Ali Valin
Vicki Vandenburg
Yaritza Velez
Brie Verrinder
Emil Volcheck
Ted Waddell
Tyler Waldman
Henry Wallace
DeAnn Weaver-Haas
Gary Weber
Jessica Weissman
Joey Whelihan
Dara Winfield
Benjamin Winig
Dr. Bryant Woodford
Tanner Wray
Sahand Yazdanyar
Vickie Yiannoulou
Alice Young K.
Amelie Zurn-Galinsky
Financials
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