Michigan · Private foundation
Freemen Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $7k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
62% of Freemen Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Hillsdale College, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $133k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Freemen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $5k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $4k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $4k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Resources | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fremont Christian School Society | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Agathos School of Columbia | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| War Horses for Veterans Inc | $800 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($500), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Freemen Foundation
- How much does Freemen Foundation give?
- Freemen Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $6,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Freemen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (75%), Human Services (22%), Health (2%).
- Who are Freemen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Pioneer Resources ($10k), Loyola University of Chicago ($9k), Fremont Christian School Society ($4k).
- Does Freemen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Freemen Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Freemen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Freemen Foundation based?
- Freemen Foundation is based in MI.
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