· Private foundation
Defense Against Thought Control Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $44k
- $10k–50k17 grants · $265k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $450k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD | $125,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100,000 |
| WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION | $75,000 |
| HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER | $50,000 |
| REPAIRERS OF THE BREACH | $50,000 |
| SURVIVORS INC | $50,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP | $30,000 |
| GREENPEACE | $25,000 |
| FREE SPEECH TV | $20,000 |
| TIDES FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE | $20,000 |
| FAIRNESS & ACCURACY IN REPORTING | $20,000 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND | $20,000 |
| NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND | $20,000 |
| NAACP LEGAL DEFENCE FUND | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $154k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
53 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NLNATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER INC7× · 2019–2025 · $575k · revenue +125% · 45% of their budget
- WSWESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION7× · 2019–2025 · $525k · revenue +12% · 48% of their budget
- HRHuman Rights Defense Center Inc7× · 2019–2025 · $350k · revenue +44%
Funded once
- UFUNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICAgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +29%
- OMOpen Media Engagement Networkone grant, 2019 · $1k
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +79%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
Aclu foundation of ma was established to defend freedoms guaranteed in the constitution and bill of rights through public education and litigation.
The american coalition for public radio supports the educational mission of publicly funded, noncommercial radio stations, networks, and systems (collectively, "public radio").
Npr international operations, inc. supports national public radio, inc.'s international news-gathering activities through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.
To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.
The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.
To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse
Building bridges across diverse sectors, and developing innovative technologies and tools for policy makers. a leader in the conflict assessment and early warning field, the fund for peace focuses on the problems of weak and failing…
The national foundation for american policy is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to public policy research on trade, immigration, and other issues of national importance. the organization seeks to expand the debate over the…
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
The open technology fund aims to advance internet freedom globally by supporting the research, development, implementation, and maintenance of technologies that provide secure and uncensored access to the internet.
How this is measured
41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 58 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER INC ↗
- Who funds WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Human Rights Defense Center Inc ↗
- Who funds GREENPEACE INC ↗
- Who funds FAIRNESS & ACCURACY IN REPORTING INC ↗
- Who funds SURVIVORS INC ↗
- Who funds 350ORG ↗
- Who funds NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC ↗
- Who funds RESIST INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING & SHELTER ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds Catching the Dream ↗
- Who funds FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC CITIZEN INC ↗
- Who funds ORGANIZATION FOR BLACK STRUGGLE ↗
- Who funds Education For Just Peace in Middle East ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC COMMUNICATORS INC ↗
- Who funds Repairers of the Breach ↗
- Who funds FOUR CORNERS HOME FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ↗
- Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC ↗
- Who funds DAVIS-PUTTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
- Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
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: Boston Foundation Inc · Proteus Fund Inc · The Winky Foundation Co Wilmington Trust Co · Tides Foundation · Impactassetsinc · The New World Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Defense Against Thought Control Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Defense Against Thought Control Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Masscreative Inc: 26% of income from government
- Food for Free Committee Inc: 3% of income from government
- Resist Inc: 2% of income from government
- A Far Cry Inc: 1% of income from government
- Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
- Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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