Michigan · Public charity
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
The mission of the acton institute is to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $43k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $23M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $35k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $29k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $263k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $94k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $50k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $177k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $59k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Better Way Detroit | $180,235 | 4 | 46% |
| Sacred Heart Academy Education Foun | $154,960 | 1 | n/a |
| The King's College | $114,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Woodlawn Foundation | $56,776 | 1 | 0% |
| Concordia University Inc | $37,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Faulkner University | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Aquinas College | $34,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Concordia College | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Civil Society | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
- How much does Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty give?
- Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty reported 5 itemized grants totaling $43,400, out of $1,002,980 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (44%), Philanthropy (31%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
- Who are Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Better Way Detroit ($180k), Sacred Heart Academy Education Foun ($155k), The King's College ($114k).
- Does Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tulsa Community Foundation, Charles Koch Foundation, Folds of Honor Foundation.
- Where is Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty based?
- Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is based in MI.
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