Non-profit

Free Speech for People

Website:

freespeechforpeople.org/

Location:

AMHERST, MA

Tax ID:

45-0709993

Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2022):

Revenue: $3,785,512
Expenses: $2,104,230
Assets: $4,222,509

Type:

Advocacy group

Formation:

2010

Co-Founder and President:

John Bonifaz

Budget (2023):

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Free Speech For People is a left-of-center advocacy group that supports expanding campaign finance regulations, including constitutional amendments to limit campaign spending by private individuals and organizations. 22

ITA claims that during the 2024 presidential election, President Trump promised to commit impeachable offenses once he became president. Allegedly, President Trump promised to “unlawfully mobilize the U.S. military in U.S. cities”; “cruelly and unconstitutionally imprison and separate immigrant families”; “selectively prosecute or otherwise seek retribution against political rivals and journalists”; and “appoint billionaire campaign contributors such as Elon Musk–including in manners that evade congressional oversight–to key positions that will provide them decision-making authority from which they are positioned to personally profit at the expense and to the detriment of the American people and in possible violation of the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses.” 23

Big Tech Accountability Act

Free Speech for People advocates for the Big Tech Accountability Act, model legislation crafted by the group to regulate big tech companies. The legislation aims to hold social media companies legally responsible for “disinformation and threats of violence” promoted on their platforms and limit the ability of corporations to use the private information of their customers. In an FAQ on the legislation, Free Speech for People claims that these regulations would not restrict free speech, but rather protect users from “white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and other fanatics… drowning out the voices of ordinary people.” 32 33

On March 30, 2025, former Wall Street Journal journalist Asra Nomani posted a thread on her X (formerly Twitter) profile which listed members of the Not Above the Law Coalition (which included Free Speech for People) among several nonprofit organizations and activist groups that were allegedly involved with planning and taking part in #TeslaTakedown, a series of nationwide protests against car company Tesla and Musk.  0){ let parent=divs[divs.length-1].parentNode; let footer=divs[divs.length-1]; delete divs[divs.length-1]; for (let i=2; i