Pennsylvania · Public charity
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc
The foundation for individual rights and expression's (fire's) mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of all americans to free speech and free thought-the most essential qualities of liberty.(continued on schedule o)fire educates americans about the importance of these inalienable rights, promotes a culture of respect for…
- $666k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $567k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $18,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $74M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 88% of the organizations Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $345k 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 | 13 | $484k | 85% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $380k | 88% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $242k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $94k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmos Institute Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alumni Free Speech Alliance | $173,800 | 1 | 39% |
| New York University | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Constitution Center | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Balaker Media Foundation | $49,700 | 2 | 10% |
| University of Washington | $37,384 | 1 | n/a |
| Junior State of America | $36,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Future of Free Speech | $35,144 | 1 | 4% |
| Georgetown University | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville | $33,593 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmos Institute Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alumni Free Speech Alliance | $173,800 | 1 | 39% |
| New York University | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Constitution Center | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Balaker Media Foundation | $49,700 | 2 | 10% |
| University of Washington | $37,384 | 1 | n/a |
| Junior State of America | $36,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Future of Free Speech | $35,144 | 1 | 4% |
| Georgetown University | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville | $33,593 | 1 | n/a |
| Pembroke College Foundation Inc | $33,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Csulb | $31,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $25,177 | 1 | n/a |
| George Mason University | $25,015 | 1 | n/a |
| University of South Florida | $24,279 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $22,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | $21,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercatus Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornell Free Speech Alliance | $18,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Institute for Humane Studies | $18,500 | 1 | 0% |
| 2way Interactive Inc | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Elena Velez Industry Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moviegoer Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Christian University | $13,846 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ohio State University | $12,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Unc Free Speech Alliance Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| MIT Free Speech Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Tolerance Campaign | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Harvard Alumni for Free Speech Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rutgers the State University | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc
- How much does Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc give?
- Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc reported 16 itemized grants totaling $566,744, out of $665,615 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Civil Rights (21%), Science & Tech (21%).
- Who are Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Cosmos Institute Inc ($250k), Alumni Free Speech Alliance ($174k), New York University ($110k).
- Does Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc based?
- Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc is based in PA.
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