Virginia · Public charity
Center for American Ideas
The CENTER FOR AMERICAN IDEAS (cfai) is dedicated to the promotion of policy solutions that advance economic opportunities for american innovators and entrepreneurs. Our purpose is to identify and educate both elected officials and citizens about ideas that advance and enhance prosperity through personal empowerment and limited…
- $6.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,051,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,051,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 3
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $133k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Center for American Ideas funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $6.1M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $425k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $3.6M | 67% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $263k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gopac Education Fund Inc | $7,160,000 | 4 | 59% |
| Common Sense America Inc | $1,900,000 | 1 | 72% |
| Colorado Dawn | $1,135,500 | 1 | 19% |
| American Advancement | $95,000 | 1 | 8% |
| American Excellence Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
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About Center for American Ideas
- How much does Center for American Ideas give?
- Center for American Ideas reported 1 grants totaling $6,051,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Center for American Ideas fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (89%), Education (11%).
- Who are Center for American Ideas's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Gopac Education Fund Inc ($7.2M), Common Sense America Inc ($1.9M), Colorado Dawn ($1.1M).
- Does Center for American Ideas fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Center for American Ideas based?
- Center for American Ideas is based in VA.
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