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Competitive Enterprise Institute
COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE (cei) is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. We believe that consumers are best helped not by government regulation but by being allowed to make their own choices in a free marketplace.
- $31k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Competitive Enterprise Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $362k 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 | 2 | $31k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $377k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $13k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $183k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $362,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute | $153,000 | 1 | 16% |
| America's Future Foundation | $42,500 | 3 | 1% |
| The Reason Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| State Policy Network | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
About Competitive Enterprise Institute
- How much does Competitive Enterprise Institute give?
- Competitive Enterprise Institute reported 2 grants totaling $31,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Competitive Enterprise Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (60%), Crime & Legal (25%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are Competitive Enterprise Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Research Foundation of the City University of New York ($362k), Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute ($153k), America's Future Foundation ($43k).
- Does Competitive Enterprise Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Competitive Enterprise Institute based?
- Competitive Enterprise Institute is based in DC.
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