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Family Research Council
The FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL's primary exempt purpose is to reaffirm and promote nationally, and particularly in washington, dc, the traditional family unit and the judeo-christian value system upon which it is built. Frc's activities in accomplishment of its mission are to: - promote and defend traditional family values in print,…
- $349k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $225k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $175,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Family Research Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 6 | $225k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $200k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $188k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $276k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $451k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $165k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $211k | 86% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $170k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Faith and Freedom Foundation | $1,315,000 | 8 | 19% |
| Home School Legal Defense Association | $290,528 | 1 | 2% |
| Irf Secretariat | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Congreso Iberoamericano Por la Vida y la Familia Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 38% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $35,837 | 3 | 0% |
| Fsi-Freedom Seekers International | $35,000 | 1 | 13% |
| David's Tent USA Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| National Hispanic Pastors Alliance | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Women Impacting the Nation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Joshua Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Faith and Freedom Foundation | $1,315,000 | 8 | 19% |
| Home School Legal Defense Association | $290,528 | 1 | 2% |
| Irf Secretariat | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Congreso Iberoamericano Por la Vida y la Familia Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 38% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $35,837 | 3 | 0% |
| Fsi-Freedom Seekers International | $35,000 | 1 | 13% |
| David's Tent USA Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| National Hispanic Pastors Alliance | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Women Impacting the Nation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Joshua Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Douglass Leadership Institute Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Parliament & Faith USA International Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Semilla Inc | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Well Versed Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| No Greater Love Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalitions for America | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty | $5,000 | 1 | 9% |
| National Day of Prayer Task Force | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Family Research Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Family Research Council
- How much does Family Research Council give?
- Family Research Council reported 6 itemized grants totaling $224,500, out of $348,707 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Family Research Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (70%), Civil Rights (18%), Religion (7%).
- Who are Family Research Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Family Faith and Freedom Foundation ($1.3M), Home School Legal Defense Association ($291k), Irf Secretariat ($50k).
- Does Family Research Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Family Research Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Family Research Council based?
- Family Research Council is based in DC.
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