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Freedom House

FREEDOM HOUSE is an independent non-partisan, non-governmental organization that works to defend and expand freedom globally to help secure a world where all are free.

$33M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$6.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Civil Rights$122MInternational$43MArts & Culture$28MHuman Services$147kReligion$135kPublic Benefit$60kEducation$48kScience & Tech$27kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $16,282,236, the rows itemized in this filing. The $32,526,521 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $16,244,285 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $601k
  • $250k+6 grants · $16M
$278,278
Median grant
4
States reached
$34M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNEWS NETWORK$6,002,831
SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND$4,904,471
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION$2,099,919
PACT INC$2,015,926
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS (IIREHR)$350,000
PARTNERS GLOBAL$278,278
CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION INC$195,719
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT LAW INC$184,180
SYNERGIA - INITIATIVES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS$91,692
OUTRIGHT ACTION INTERNATIONAL CORP$79,170
PANORAMA GLOBAL$50,000
GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC$30,050
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $220k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BENEFICIENT TECHNOLOGY INC: $40k → 8%HEARTLAND ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN NEEDS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: $77k → 14%BOAT PEOPLE SOS INC: $28k → 6%BENEFICIENT TECHNOLOGY INC: $30k → 8%BOAT PEOPLE SOS INC: $25k → 6%BOAT PEOPLE SOS INC: $20k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
OR
CA
VA
DC
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $16M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 9 regions, $12M to organizations and $4.1M to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Sub-Saharan Africa$3.0M · 19% · 85 grants · 261 people

Stated purpose: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND/OR RULE OF LAW

South America$2.7M · 17% · 50 grants · 45 people

Stated purpose: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND/OR RULE OF LAW

Russia and Neighboring States$2.5M · 16% · 86 grants · 108 people

Stated purpose: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND/OR RULE OF LAW

East Asia and the Pacific$2.5M · 15% · 113 grants · 85 people

Stated purpose: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND/OR RULE OF LAW

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$2.1M · 13% · 39 grants · 38 people

Stated purpose: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND/OR RULE OF LAW

Middle East and North Africa$1.1M · 7% · 23 grants · 157 people

Stated purpose: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND/OR RULE OF LAW

South Asia$950k · 6% · 11 grants · 191 people

Stated purpose: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND/OR RULE OF LAW

Central America and the Caribbean$890k · 6% · 24 grants · 120 people

Stated purpose: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND/OR RULE OF LAW

North America (Canada and Mexico)$145k · 1% · 4 grants · 1 person

Stated purpose: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND/OR RULE OF LAW

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$192M · 18 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
10

Total granted

$192M
$586k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+11%

Still filing today

89%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $430k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsSocial ScienceYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • AB
    American Bar Association
    9× · 2017–2025 · $43M · revenue +13%
  • SF
    SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND
    9× · 2017–2025 · $39M · revenue +29% · 28% of their budget
  • IN
    INTERNEWS NETWORK
    8× · 2018–2025 · $28M · revenue +108%

Funded once

  • GS
    GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
    one grant, 2019 · $239k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
    one grant, 2021 · $116k
  • HH
    HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $77k · revenue +21%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
International Center for Research On Women

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.

International
2
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
3
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc

International consortium of investigative journalists, inc.'s (icij) mission is to show people how the world really works through stories that rock the world; forcing positive change.

International
4
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

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.

Human Services
5
Independent Diplomat Inc

To offer independent and confidential advice and practical assistance in diplomatic strategy and technique to governments, political groups, international organizations and ngos on diplomatic process and decision-making.

International
6
International Republican Institute

The international republican institute advances democracy and freedom globally. we link people with their governments, guide politicians to be responsive to citizens, and motivate people to engage in the political process.

Education
7
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
8
Center for Strategic and International Studies

The center for strategic and international studies (csis) is a bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organization dedicated to advancing practical ideas to address the world's greatest challenges.

International
9
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
10
International Budget Partnership

Ibp works with civil society, governments, international institutions and the private sector to bring about a world in which empowered citizens participate in open, inclusive public budgeting processes to shape policies and practices that…

International
11
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
12
International Bridges to Justice

In recognition of the fundamental principles of the universal declaration of human rights, international bridges to justice (ibj) is dedicated to protecting the basic legal rights of ordinary citizens in developing countries. specifically,…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Institute for War & Peace Reporting-Us; the most unlike its peers is The Brookings Institution. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 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. 30 of the 33 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
20/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PACT INC: $67,370,614 · InternationalPACT INCSEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: $39,067,327 · InternationalSEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND+10 more: $7,157,912 · International+10 moreAmerican Bar Association: $42,687,468 · OtherAmerican Bar Association+12 more: $3,288,211 · Other+12 moreINTERNEWS NETWORK: $28,258,674 · Arts & CultureINTERNEWS NETWOR…CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: $2,932,862 · Youth DevelopmentSYNERGIA - INITIATIVES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $1,419,182 · Social Science+1 more: $10,000 · Social ScienceFOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT: $739,118 · Civil RightsSALAM PEACE AND JUSTICE INSTITUTE: $59,278 · Civil RightsGLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC: $30,050 · Civil RightsCREATING RESOURCES FOR EMPOWERMENT AND ACTION INC: $220,201 · Community Improvement
International$113,595,853Other$45,975,679Arts & Culture$28,258,674Youth Development$2,932,862Social Science$1,429,182Civil Rights$828,446Community Improvement$220,201

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPACT INC: $67,370,614 over 9y, 11% of budgetAmerican Bar Association: $42,687,468 over 9y, 7.0% of budgetSEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: $39,067,327 over 9y, 28% of budgetINTERNEWS NETWORK: $28,258,674 over 8y, 7.5% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $3,285,708 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: $2,932,862 over 9y, 4.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT LAW INC: $2,405,389 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetSYNERGIA - INITIATIVES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $1,419,182 over 7y, 24% of budgetOUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $1,084,192 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetTHE GRADUATE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $1,077,242 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetPARTNERSGLOBAL: $796,778 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT: $739,118 over 4y, 23% of budgetCREATING RESOURCES FOR EMPOWERMENT AND ACTION INC: $220,201 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetINSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC: $200,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Christian Concern Inc: $161,418 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetHEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC: $76,773 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOAT PEOPLE S O S INC: $72,999 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INC: $69,812 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US: $60,088 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSALAM PEACE AND JUSTICE INSTITUTE: $59,278 over 2y, 50% of budgetTRUTH FOR JUSTICE RIGHTS IN IRAN: $47,500 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetYAZDA: $35,957 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE: $26,894 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $13,061 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDirectorio Democratico Cubano Inc: $11,019 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetIdeas Beyond Borders Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

National Endowment fo…The Ford FoundationWellspring Philanthro…Foundation to Promote…John D and Catherine …New Venture FundFamily Health Interna…The David and Lucile …Tides FoundationInternews NetworkArcus FoundationOpen Society Institute
National Endowment for DemocracyDC26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Endowment for Democracy · The Ford Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Foundation to Promote Open Society · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · New Venture Fund · Family Health International Inc · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Tides Foundation · Internews Network · Arcus Foundation · Open Society Institute

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Freedom House funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Freedom House. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 33 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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