Minnesota · Public charity
Center of the American Experiment
Center of the American Experiment is a nonpartisan public policy and educational institution that brings conservative and free market ideas to bear on the hardest problems facing Minnesota and the nation. Through research, op-eds, public forums, legislative testimony, public messaging in a variety of media, and a stream of publications,…
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Center of the American Experiment funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $695k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $858k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $780k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $860k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $545k | 88% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $125k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turning Point USA Inc | $664,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Upper Midwest Law Center | $610,000 | 6 | 31% |
| Prager University Foundation | $564,000 | 5 | 0% |
| David Horowitz Freedom Center | $514,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Alpha News | $420,000 | 5 | 28% |
| Minnesota Voters Alliance | $325,000 | 5 | 32% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $259,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Blexit Foundation Inc | $209,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Institute for Justice | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Schaerr Jaffe | $99,900 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turning Point USA Inc | $664,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Upper Midwest Law Center | $610,000 | 6 | 31% |
| Prager University Foundation | $564,000 | 5 | 0% |
| David Horowitz Freedom Center | $514,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Alpha News | $420,000 | 5 | 28% |
| Minnesota Voters Alliance | $325,000 | 5 | 32% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $259,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Blexit Foundation Inc | $209,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Institute for Justice | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Schaerr Jaffe | $99,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Take Charge Minnesota | $67,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Alpha Kappa Psi Scholarship Fund | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Badger Institute Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Minnesota Parents Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
Where it is load-bearing
Center of the American Experiment supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Center of the American Experiment
- How much does Center of the American Experiment give?
- Center of the American Experiment reported 1 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Center of the American Experiment fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (36%), Crime & Legal (27%), Civil Rights (18%).
- Who are Center of the American Experiment's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Turning Point USA Inc ($664k), Upper Midwest Law Center ($610k), Prager University Foundation ($564k).
- Does Center of the American Experiment fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Center of the American Experiment?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Center of the American Experiment based?
- Center of the American Experiment is based in MN.
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