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Who does The Searle Freedom Trust fund?

The Searle Freedom Trust has awarded $110 million across 537 grants to 141 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $150,000, with most between $100,000 and $255,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $150,000 versus $100,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$109.5M
Typical grant
$150K
Grantees
141
Grants
537
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 141 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
George Mason University Foundation INC $7.9M212020–20242024VA
A American Enterprise Institute $5.7M62020–20242024— —
State Policy Network $5.5M142020–20242024VA
Foundation for Government Accountability INC $4.0M72020–20242024FL
The Reason Foundation $3.5M122020–20242024CA
Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies $3.1M132020–20232023DC
Pacific Legal Foundation $3.0M82020–20242024CA
Cato Institute $2.5M152020–20242024DC
T Tax Foundation $2.4M52020–20242024— —
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research INC $2.4M142020–20232023NY
Competitive Enterprise Institute $2.4M62020–20242024DC
Texas Public Policy Foundation $2.3M122020–20242024TX
Institute for Justice $2.1M122020–20242024VA
Moving Picture Institute $1.9M62020–20242024NY
P Property and Environment Research Center $1.9M112020–20242024— —
New Civil Liberties Alliance $1.8M52020–20242024DC
Mercatus Center INC $1.8M72020–20232023VA
The Philanthropy Roundtable INC $1.8M72020–20242024DC
National Taxpayers Union Foundation $1.4M72020–20242024DC
Franklin News Foundation $1.4M52020–20242024IL
Vmts Education INC $1.4M52020–20242024NY
American Legislative Exchange Council $1.4M52020–20242024VA
C Committee to Unleash Prosperity $1.4M62020–20242024— —
R Real Clear Foundation $1.3M52020–20242024IL
Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute $1.3M52020–20242024DC
Institute for Humane Studies $1.2M72020–20222022VA
D Defense of Freedom Institute $1.2M32022–20242024— —
T The George Washington University $1.2M62020–20232023VA
America First Policy Institute INC $1.2M42021–20242024VA
T The Heritage Foundation $1.1M62022–20232023— —
Georgia Center for Opportunity INC $1.1M42021–20242024GA
P Pacific Research Institute $1.1M132020–20242024— —
S Sagamore Institute $1.1M52020–20242024— —
Emergent Order Foundation INC $1.0M62021–20242024TX
M Mackinac Center for Public Policy $1.0M32020–20222022— —
G Goldwater Institute $950K52020–20242024— —
Freedomworks Foundation INC $925K52020–20232023DC
T The Daily Caller News Foundation $910K62020–20242024DC
Liberty Justice Center $750K52020–20242024IL
Parents Defending Education $750K42021–20242024VA
Center for Individual Rights $750K22023–20242024DC
F Foundation for Individual Rights in Education $750K52020–20222022— —
N National Affairs $700K42020–20232023— —
Center for Independent Thought INC $675K52020–20242024PA
F Freedom Foundation $675K32020–20222022— —
Taliesin Nexus $581K42020–20212021CA
F Federalist Society $578K320242024— —
Truth in Accounting $567K52020–20242024IL
Speech First INC $550K42020–20232023DC
S Student Free Press Association $545K52020–20242024MI
The Buckeye Institute $525K52020–20242024OH
Hudson Institute INC $525K42020–20232023DC
American Transparency $525K42020–20242024FL
C Claremont Institute $510K92020–20232023— —
Galen Institute INC $500K22020–20212021VA
Donors Trust INC $500K32021–20222022VA
Illinois Policy Institute $500K22020–20212021IL
M Manhattan Institute $500K320242024— —
Economic Policy Innovation Center INC $500K22023–20242024DC
I Institute for Citizen Focused Service INC $500K42022–20242024— —
Center for Environmental Accountability $500K120232023TX
Co2 Coalition INC $500K52020–20242024VA
C Clemson University $500K120222022— —
Players Philanthropy Fund $460K32022–20242024MD
American Private Radio $450K32020–20232023MS
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty INC $450K32021–20232023WI
Lucy Burns Institute INC $445K42020–20232023WI
Capital Research Center $425K62020–20232023DC
Wirepoints Corp $425K42020–20232023IL
U University of Pennsylvania $413K22020–20212021— —
L Lincoln Network $400K32020–20222022CA —
Consumers Research INC $400K120212021DC
Institute for the American Worker $400K42021–20242024VA
Institute for Energy Research $385K52020–20242024DC
People United for Privacy Foundation $375K42020–20232023AZ
E Employment Policies Institute $350K22022–20232023— —
B Balaker Media Foundation $326K52020–20222022CA
F Fraser Institute $325K32020–20222022—
G Georgetown University Law Center $310K120202020— —
G Georgetown University Center for the Constitution $310K120222022— —
E Employment Policies Institute Foundation $300K120202020VA
Prager University Foundation $300K22021–20222022CA
Fairness Center INC $300K22020–20212021PA
Empire Center for Public Policy INC $250K22020–20212021NY
The Napolitan Institute $250K120242024TX
Independent Center $250K120242024VA
A American Culture Foundation $250K32021–20242024IL
Ricochet Productions Incorporated $250K120232023CA
H Hoover Institution $240K32020–20222022— —
K Kinship Foundation $240K32020–20232023— —
Government Accountability Institute $230K22020–20232023FL
F Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity $225K32020–20232023— —
Global Liberty Institute USA $225K22023–20242024CA
Woodson Center $225K320222022DC
Pepperdine University $225K22020–20242024CA
A Advancing American Freedom Foundation INC $225K22022–20242024DC
Heartland Institute $218K32021–20242024IL
The Center for American Liberty $200K120212021PA
State Financial Officers Foundation INC $200K22022–20232023KS
D DO No Harm $200K22023–20242024— —

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