Texas · Public charity
First Liberty Institute
FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE provides pro bono legal services to advance and defend religious liberty for individuals, churches, and other ministries and organizations.
- $155k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $28,418
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations First Liberty Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 39% 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 | 6 | $155k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $165k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $166k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $75k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $46k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $52k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council for National Policy | $154,100 | 6 | 1% |
| The Family Leader Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| James Wilson Institute for Natural Rights and the American Founding | $78,418 | 3 | 4% |
| Family Policy Alliance Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rule of Law Defense Fund | $65,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Supreme Court Historical Society | $61,252 | 3 | 2% |
| Family Research Council | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Benedict Xvi Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvin University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Conservative Union Foundationinc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council for National Policy | $154,100 | 6 | 1% |
| The Family Leader Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| James Wilson Institute for Natural Rights and the American Founding | $78,418 | 3 | 4% |
| Family Policy Alliance Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rule of Law Defense Fund | $65,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Supreme Court Historical Society | $61,252 | 3 | 2% |
| Family Research Council | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Benedict Xvi Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvin University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Conservative Union Foundationinc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Association of Christian Lawmakers Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty | $10,000 | 1 | 20% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget First Liberty Institute supplied at peak.
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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: Donors Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About First Liberty Institute
- How much does First Liberty Institute give?
- First Liberty Institute reported 6 grants totaling $154,918 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does First Liberty Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (38%), Education (30%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are First Liberty Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Council for National Policy ($154k), The Family Leader Foundation Inc ($100k), James Wilson Institute for Natural Rights and the American Founding ($78k).
- Does First Liberty Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as First Liberty Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is First Liberty Institute based?
- First Liberty Institute is based in TX.
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