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Freeman Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$234k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
41
Grants FY2024
24
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$750
Largest grant, FY2024
$43,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 34
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$2.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Freeman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentInternationalReligionOther
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 arriving40$230k43%
FY202324$108k29%
FY202214$46k50%
FY202114$19k14%
FY20209$17k22%
FY201917$20k29%
FY201834$228k47%
FY201731$342kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$376kPhilanthropy$173kArts & Culture$152kEducation$110kEnvironment$71kCivil Rights$58kReligion$42kInternational$31kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
OH
CT
CA
VA
MD
NM
TN
DC
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.

Show all 65 grantees
All grantees of Freeman Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Livingston Healthcare Foundation$297,763222%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$113,00040%
The University of Montana Foundation$54,13420%
Graywolf Press$43,36050%
Park County Environmental Council$40,28533%
Breakthrough T1d$38,95050%
Opera Montana$36,00043%
Montana Jewish Project$35,00037%
Anti-Defamation League$29,50020%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$28,00030%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$27,50020%
The Montana Land Reliance$20,7252n/a
New Village Charter School Inc$15,00050%
Counterpoint Inc$14,50060%
Brentwood School$14,00030%
University of Chicago$10,00010%
The Latin School of Chicago$10,00050%
Classics for Kids Foundation$9,20023%
Congregation Beth Shalom$7,4003n/a
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$6,48730%
Montana Chamber Music Society$5,5002n/a
Stafford Animal Shelter$4,25030%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$4,20030%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$3,50030%
Eagle Mount$3,25020%
Friends of the Third Branch$2,50014%
Montana Conservation Voters Education Fund$2,20030%
Heal the Bay$2,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$2,00010%
Insulin For Life USA Inc$1,60040%
Healing Hope Cat Sanctuary$1,55020%
Seven Arrows Inc$1,40010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,20030%
Elk River Arts & Lectures$1,18020%
Lake Charlevoix Association$1,00011%
The Trustees of the Smith College$1,00010%
Wordtheatre$1,00020%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Finca International Inc$1,00010%
Community School Collaborative$75010%
Poets and Writers Inc$69010%
Nibakure Community Village$60011%
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc$50010%
Bozeman Symphony Society$50010%
Life for a Child USA Inc$50010%
Project K9 Hero$43010%
Pro Publica Inc$35550%
American Friends of the Czech Republic$35040%
Friends of Montana Pbs Inc$29060%
The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts$24010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$20010%
American Prairie Foundation$20020%
The Taimen Fund$15010%
Teslow Preservation Group$1501n/a
Ocean Conservancy$15010%
Montana Conservation Voters Inc$1501n/a
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$10010%
American Cancer Society Inc$10010%
Black Cat Holistic Rescue Inc$1001n/a
Cancer Foundation for New Mexico$10010%
Livingston Depot Foundation Inc$903n/a
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc$7410%
Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness Foundation$501n/a
The Fellowship$50111%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($112k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLivingston Healthcare Foundation: $297,763 over 2y, 22% of budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $113,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Montana Foundation: $54,134 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGraywolf Press: $43,360 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPark County Environmental Council: $40,285 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $38,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOpera Montana: $36,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetMontana Jewish Project: $35,000 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $29,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSimon Wiesenthal Center Inc: $28,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $27,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew Village Charter School Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCounterpoint Inc: $14,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBrentwood School: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Latin School of Chicago: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetClassics for Kids Foundation: $9,200 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $6,487 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStafford Animal Shelter: $4,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $4,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEagle Mount: $3,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Third Branch: $2,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetMontana Conservation Voters Education Fund: $2,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHeal the Bay: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInsulin For Life USA Inc: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHealing Hope Cat Sanctuary: $1,550 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSeven Arrows Inc: $1,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetElk River Arts & Lectures: $1,180 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLake Charlevoix Association: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Trustees of the Smith College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWordtheatre: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Documentary Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity School Collaborative: $750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPoets and Writers Inc: $690 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNibakure Community Village: $600 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetProject Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBozeman Symphony Society: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLife for a Child USA Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetProject K9 Hero: $430 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $355 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Czech Republic: $350 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Montana Pbs Inc: $290 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shane Lalani Center for the Arts: $240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $200 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 57.

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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.

Park County Community FoundationMT26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Park County Community Foundation · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Solid Rock Foundation Co Rosamond Stanton · The Ferris Foundation · Glassybaby Foundation · The Stake Foundation · David Family Charitable Foundation · The Kendeda Fund · Lore Kann Foundation Inc · The Dovana Foundation Inc · The Homestead Foundation Inc

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 Freeman Family Foundation

How much does Freeman Family Foundation give?
Freeman Family Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $233,895 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Freeman Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (35%), Philanthropy (16%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are Freeman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Livingston Healthcare Foundation ($298k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($113k), The University of Montana Foundation ($54k).
Does Freeman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Freeman Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Freeman Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Park County Community Foundation, The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc.
Where is Freeman Family Foundation based?
Freeman Family Foundation is based in MT.

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 89 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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