Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 251113452. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $44.6M across 174 grants in 2024, a median of $200K each.
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Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.
As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523189349102237. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.
The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.
The 15 largest of the 174 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.
| # | Recipient | State | Amount | Purpose as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heritage Foundation | DC | $1,200,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| 2 | Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University the | CA | $1,000,000 | HOOVER INSTITUTION ON WAR, REVOLUTION AND PEACE |
| 3 | Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education Inc | NJ | $1,000,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| 4 | Foundation for Government Accountability Inc | FL | $800,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| 5 | George Mason University Foundation Inc | VA | $750,000 | LAW & ECONOMICS CENTER |
| 6 | Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives the | PA | $600,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| 7 | Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc | NY | $600,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| 8 | Tax Foundation | DC | $600,000 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| 9 | Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation Inc | DC | $600,000 | PROGRAM AND PROJECT SUPPORT |
| 10 | Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies | DC | $550,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| 11 | George Mason University Foundation Inc | VA | $550,000 | ANTONIN SCALIA LAW SCHOOL NATIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTE |
| 12 | Heritage Foundation | DC | $550,000 | ALLISON CENTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY |
| 13 | Spirit of America Worldwide | VA | $525,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| 14 | American Foreign Policy Council | DC | $520,000 | GENERAL OPERATING AND PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| 15 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | DC | $500,000 | JEANE KIRKPATRICK FELLOWSHIP AND SCHOLARS PROGRAM |
| Tax year | Grants | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 179 | $38.4M |
| 2021 | 178 | $44.2M |
| 2022 | 181 | $45.2M |
| 2023 | 174 | $42.8M |
| 2024 | 174 | $44.6M |
Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.
Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.
Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.
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