Virginia · Public charity
Charles Koch Institute
Inspired by a recognition that free people are capable of extraordinary things, stand together fellowships supports educational programs and dialogue to advance these principles, challenge convention, and eliminate barriers that stifle creativity and progress.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2022
- 33
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $769k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 147
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 17
- Total assets, FY2022
- $446M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 24% of the organizations Charles Koch Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 33 | $769k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 147 | $45M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 141 | $47M | 77% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $462k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 38 | $754k | 42% |
| FY2017 | 41 | $837k | n/a |
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 FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recidiviz Inc | $4,453,000 | 2 | 48% |
| Cato Institute | $4,403,750 | 6 | 7% |
| 4point0 Schools | $3,750,000 | 2 | 40% |
| The Reason Foundation | $2,829,369 | 6 | 9% |
| Bill of Rights Institute | $2,516,000 | 3 | 22% |
| Edward Charles Foundation | $2,450,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc | $2,181,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Tel Foundation | $2,101,890 | 2 | 47% |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | $2,055,175 | 4 | 7% |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $2,054,481 | 4 | 6% |
Show all 241 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Charles Koch Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 22 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 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: Charles Koch Foundation · The Seminar Network Inc · Donors Trust Inc · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Adolph Coors Foundation · Atlas Economic Research Foundation · Carnegie Corporation of New York · Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · State Policy Network · John William Pope Foundation · The Roe Foundation
How this is measured
About Charles Koch Institute
- How much does Charles Koch Institute give?
- Charles Koch Institute reported 33 itemized grants totaling $769,323, out of $1,217,943 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 147 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Charles Koch Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (49%), Public Benefit (14%), Crime & Legal (11%).
- Who are Charles Koch Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Recidiviz Inc ($4.5M), Cato Institute ($4.4M), 4point0 Schools ($3.8M).
- Does Charles Koch Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Charles Koch Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charles Koch Foundation, The Seminar Network Inc, Donors Trust Inc.
- Where is Charles Koch Institute based?
- Charles Koch Institute is based in VA.
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