Grants awarded
Who does John William Pope Foundation fund?
John William Pope Foundation has awarded $73 million across 1,223 grants to 446 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $15,000 and $50,000.
Total awarded
$73.1M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
446
Grants
1,223
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.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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$15.8M | 61 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| J John Locke Foundation | $3.9M | 12 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Unc Health Foundation INC
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$2.7M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
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$2.2M | 9 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
Institute for Humane Studies
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$1.9M | 13 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| J James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal | $1.5M | 36 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Unc Ch Philosophy Politics & Economics | $1.3M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$900K | 24 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NC | |
Mercatus Center INC
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$875K | 8 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
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$850K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
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$841K | 11 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
State Policy Network
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$805K | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| N NC Institute for Constitutional Law | $760K | 36 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $750K | 2 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Fund for American Studies
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$705K | 9 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| R Raleigh Rescue Mission INC | $575K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Competitive Enterprise Institute
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$560K | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Ravenscroft School INC
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$550K | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| A Asheville School | $550K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Reason Foundation
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$545K | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| N North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law | $545K | 24 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Educational Foundation | $533K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Institute for Humane Studies | $525K | 4 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N North Carolina Family Policy Council | $510K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-Arts and Sciences Fnd | $500K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N NC Zoological Society INC | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Economic Policy Innovation Center | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Advancing American Freedom Foundation INC | $500K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Economic Policy Innovation Center INC
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Duke University
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$483K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| F Freopp - Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity | $420K | 4 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Franklin News Foundation
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$390K | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
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$380K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research INC
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$365K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation
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$346K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| D Duke University Center for History of Political Economy (hope) | $325K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Institute for Family Studies
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$310K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| N National Association of Scholars | $300K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Philanthropy Roundtable INC
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$300K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Public Interest Legal Foundation INC
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$295K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IN | |
| M Mercatus Center | $295K | 3 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N NC Family Policy Council | $285K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N NC Freeenterprise Foundation | $278K | 6 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $275K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Raleigh Rescue Mission Incorporated
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$275K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| N Ncsu (north Carolina State Foundation) | $266K | 3 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Donors Trust INC
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$250K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | VA | |
Institute for Justice
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$250K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| A Advancing American Freedom Foundation | $250K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tax Foundation | $245K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Atlas Economic Research Foundation DBA Atlas Network | $245K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N New Vocations Racehorse Adoptions Program | $230K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$225K | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| C Clemson University Foundation - Institute for the Study of Capitalism | $225K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Ncsu | $220K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity | $220K | 4 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Fund for American Studies | $210K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$200K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| H Heritage Foundation the | $200K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Carolina Ballet INC
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$200K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| F Fire DBA Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression | $200K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Vandenberg Coalition INC | $200K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
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$200K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Institute for Free Speech
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$195K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| T The Village Church of St George | $185K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S State Policy Network | $185K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Enterprise Institute | $185K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Real Clear Foundation | $175K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| V Virginia Episcopal School | $175K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
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$175K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
| I Individual recipient | $175K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P Philadelphia Society | $170K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Charlotte Museum of History | $170K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Institute for Economic Research | $170K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Independent Institute | $170K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Reason Foundation INC | $165K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Cato Institute
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$165K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| N National Review Institute | $165K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$160K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
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$160K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
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$158K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
Safechild
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$157K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
Belmont Abbey College
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$155K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| D Duke University Center for History of Political Economy | $150K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| J Jonathan Project | $150K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
New Civil Liberties Alliance
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$150K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| H Hospice of Wake County DBA Transitions Lifecare | $150K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$150K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
National Taxpayers Union Foundation
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$150K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| C Competitive Enterprise Institute | $150K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $150K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| D Duke University - Civil Discourse Project (formerly Arete Initiative) | $146K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| Y Young America's Foundation | $145K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Occoneechee Council - Bsa | $145K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N North Carolina Master Chorale | $140K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
Georgia Center for Opportunity INC
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$140K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | GA | |
| I Individual recipient | $140K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Archbridge Institute
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$140K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Secu Family House at Unc Hospitals
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$140K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC |
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