Pennsylvania · Public charity
Center for Independent Thought
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT seeks to expand awareness of individual liberty, free markets and peace.
- $85k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $58k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,020
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,020
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Center for Independent Thought funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $976k 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 | 2 | $58k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $400k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $200k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ludlow Institute | $1,005,930 | 2 | 1% |
| Cato Institute | $807,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Freedomworks Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Heartland Institute | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| US Term Limits Foundation | $28,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlas Economic Research Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Justice | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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About Center for Independent Thought
- How much does Center for Independent Thought give?
- Center for Independent Thought reported 2 itemized grants totaling $58,420, out of $84,736 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Center for Independent Thought fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (50%), Education (44%), Crime & Legal (5%).
- Who are Center for Independent Thought's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ludlow Institute ($1.0M), Cato Institute ($807k), Freedomworks Foundation Inc ($300k).
- Does Center for Independent Thought fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Center for Independent Thought based?
- Center for Independent Thought is based in PA.
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