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Jameson Freedom & Education Foundation at a glance

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Jameson Freedom & Education Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$385k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$2.6MEnvironment$551kSocial Science$545kPublic Benefit$380kInternational$205kReligion$195kArts & Culture$155kHealth$70kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $365k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $555k
  • $250k+3 grants · $940k
$25,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$644k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOOVER INSTITUTION (STANFORD UNIVERSITY)$385,000
UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$285,000
ABERCROMBIE & KENT PHILANTHROPY$269,950
REASON FOUNDATION$130,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$100,000
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$60,000
THE JESUSONIAN FOUNDATION$60,000
THE OLD GLOBE$55,000
BELLINGCAT FUND INC$50,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$50,000
UATX$50,000
COPENHAGEN CONSENSUS CENTER$35,000
PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS$25,000
THE ATLAS SOCIETY$25,000
CAF AMERICA$25,000
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 (FY21–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%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

IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
AZ
DC
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 42% of Jameson Freedom & Education Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Jameson Freedom & Education Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 20% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 25 repeat orgs$81k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
5

Total granted

$3.1M
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+107%

Still filing today

88%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalArts & CulturePublic BenefitCivil RightsSocial ScienceOther
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

  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $720k · revenue +34%
  • AK
    ABERCROMBIE & KENT PHILANTHROPY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $546k · revenue +2%
  • TR
    THE REASON FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $250k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • TR
    The Renew Democracy Initiative Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -53%
  • CD
    CONQUISTADORES DEL CIELO
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +20%
  • SI
    SOAR INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +309%
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
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
2
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
3
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
4
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
5
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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7
The Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies

The institute's mission is to conduct research on key issues facing society to help both the church and society deal thoughtfully with the major issues they face globally. the institute also sponsors and conducts research and scholarship…

Religion
8
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
9
Institute for New Global Politics Inc

The Institute for New Global Politics is a California-based educational nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes. It is an independent and nonpartisan thinktank dedicated to educating the general…

International
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
12
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turning Point Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jesusonian Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

34 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. 34 of the 38 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
26/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,290,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $720,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $250,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIATHE REASON FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationTHE REASON FOUNDATIONPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $135,000 · EducationUATX: $100,000 · Education+3 more: $120,000 · EducationBELLINGCAT FUND INC: $320,000 · OtherBELLINGCAT FUND INCJESUSONIAN FOUNDATION: $195,000 · OtherJESUSONIAN FOUNDATIONTHE OLD GLOBE: $145,000 · OtherTHE OLD GLOBEHudson Institute Inc: $100,000 · OtherHudson Institute IncCOPENHAGEN CONSENSUS CENTER: $60,000 · OtherCOPENHAGEN CONSENSUS CE…SCRIPPS HEALTH: $40,000 · Other+10 more: $141,000 · Other+10 moreABERCROMBIE & KENT PHILANTHROPY INC: $546,472 · PhilanthropyABERCROMBIE & …CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $75,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID …+1 more: $15,000 · PhilanthropyAHA FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $35,000 · InternationalFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $25,000 · InternationalKAMUKAMA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · InternationalBWINDI UGANDA CHILDREN CHARITIES INC: $4,500 · InternationalPETER G PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS: $75,000 · Social ScienceCATO INSTITUTE: $40,000 · Public BenefitMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $30,000 · Public BenefitTHE ATLAS SOCIETY LTD: $50,000 · Arts & CulturePEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$2,865,000Other$1,001,000Philanthropy$636,472International$129,500Social Science$75,000Public Benefit$70,000Arts & Culture$60,000

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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,290,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $720,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetABERCROMBIE & KENT PHILANTHROPY INC: $546,472 over 2y, 13% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $250,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetJESUSONIAN FOUNDATION: $195,000 over 4y, 87% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $135,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHudson Institute Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUATX: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO: $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPETER G PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAHA FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTHE ATLAS SOCIETY LTD: $50,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSan Diego-Imperial Council Boy Scouts of America: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetB612 Foundation: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetIndependent Women's Forum: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Renew Democracy Initiative Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE FUND - THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONQUISTADORES DEL CIELO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKAMUKAMA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBWINDI UGANDA CHILDREN CHARITIES INC: $4,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetEQUATION COLLABORATIVE CORP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA15.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Jameson Freedom & Education Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jameson Freedom & Education Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 42%
  • Aha Foundation Inc: 42% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 38 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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