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Freedom Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$11k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
8
Grants FY2024
17
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$520
Largest grant, FY2024
$4,690
Organizations funded a year
15 to 40
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$1.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Freedom Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationInternationalAnimalsHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving8$11k13%
FY202317$27k29%
FY202219$26k42%
FY202120$18k45%
FY202015$25k27%
FY201932$63k59%
FY201840$85k53%
FY201735$52kn/a
85% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$64kReligion$62kArts & Culture$43kHuman Services$34kYouth Development$23kEducation$16kPublic Benefit$15kPhilanthropy$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
OR
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Emily's Place Inc$44,77581%
Metrocrest Services$25,01480%
Youth Equipped to Succeed$21,35471%
Watertower Theatre Inc$20,90751%
Ourcalling Inc$17,07770%
The Education Foundation$10,00017%
Mu Gamma Educational Foundation$6,0002n/a
Refuge for Women Inc$3,50950%
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children$3,50040%
The Miracle Foundation Inc$3,27350%
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All grantees of Freedom Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Emily's Place Inc$44,77581%
Metrocrest Services$25,01480%
Youth Equipped to Succeed$21,35471%
Watertower Theatre Inc$20,90751%
Ourcalling Inc$17,07770%
The Education Foundation$10,00017%
Mu Gamma Educational Foundation$6,0002n/a
Refuge for Women Inc$3,50950%
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children$3,50040%
The Miracle Foundation Inc$3,27350%
Philanthropy Southwest$2,34050%
Plano Symphony Orchestra Association$1,50020%
My Refuge House$1,02020%
The Magdalen House$1,01220%
Direction613$1,0001n/a
First Baptist Denton Ministry Center$1,00010%
Ranch Hands Rescue$77520%
Frisco Student Fastpacs$72520%
The Civic League Foundation Inc$60021%
Love Life Foundation$5501n/a
Fractured Atlas Inc$53810%
Lovepacs$5001n/a
Children's Miracle Network$50030%
Wreaths Across America$42630%
Poiema Foundation Inc$38410%
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children$25010%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$25010%
The Kidney Cancer Association$25010%
University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc$25010%
Head for the Cure Foundation$25010%
Cloud Nine Charities Inc$2501n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$20010%
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc$10010%
American Cancer Society Inc$10010%
SPCA of Texas$10010%
Headstrong Foundation$10010%
American Foundation Inc$1001n/a
25 Project Inc$921n/a
Matthew 25 Ministries Inc$5110%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$5010%
Girls Build$501n/a
Dallas Stars Foundation Inc$4010%
American Heart Association Inc$2510%
American Diabetes Association$2010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($136k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Freedom Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEmily's Place Inc: $44,775 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetMetrocrest Services: $25,014 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Equipped to Succeed: $21,354 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetWatertower Theatre Inc: $20,907 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetOurcalling Inc: $17,077 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Education Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetRefuge for Women Inc: $3,509 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Miracle Foundation Inc: $3,273 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPhilanthropy Southwest: $2,340 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPlano Symphony Orchestra Association: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMy Refuge House: $1,020 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Magdalen House: $1,012 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Baptist Denton Ministry Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRanch Hands Rescue: $775 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFrisco Student Fastpacs: $725 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Civic League Foundation Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $538 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Miracle Network: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWreaths Across America: $426 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPoiema Foundation Inc: $384 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kidney Cancer Association: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Oklahoma Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHead for the Cure Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClearwater Marine Aquarium Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeadstrong Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $51 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Stars Foundation Inc: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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.

Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX28.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Coserv Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · McKesson Foundation Inc · Hoblitzelle Foundation · Celanese Foundation · Synchrony Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Freedom Foundation

How much does Freedom Foundation give?
Freedom Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $11,216 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Freedom Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (20%), Religion (20%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are Freedom Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Emily's Place Inc ($45k), Metrocrest Services ($25k), Youth Equipped to Succeed ($21k).
Does Freedom Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Freedom Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Freedom Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation, The Dallas Foundation.
Where is Freedom Foundation based?
Freedom Foundation is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 103 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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