· Private foundation
John and Cree Marshall 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| National Legal & Policy Center | $8,000 |
| Young America's Foundation | $8,000 |
| EdChoice | $8,000 |
| Turning Point USA | $8,000 |
| Fund for American Studies | $5,000 |
| Foundation for Economic Education | $5,000 |
| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation | $4,000 |
| The Leadership Institute | $4,000 |
| Opportunity International | $2,000 |
| Heritage Foundation | $2,000 |
| Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women | $2,000 |
| Intercollegiate Studies Institute | $2,000 |
| Citizens Against Government Waste | $2,000 |
| Institute for Humane Studies | $2,000 |
| George Mason University Foundation | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 45% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YAYoung America's Foundation5× · 2017–2023 · $32k · revenue +67%
- TFTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES5× · 2017–2023 · $21k · revenue +3%
NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER5× · 2017–2023 · $20k · revenue +48%
Funded once
- FFFRIEDMAN FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $6k
- NRNAT'L RIGHT TO WORK LEGAL DEF FDone grant, 2018 · $6k
- CBClare Boothe Luce Policyone grant, 2019 · $4k
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.
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.
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…
Competitive enterprise institute (cei) is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. we believe that consumers are best helped not by government regulation but by being…
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,…
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.
The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.
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.
The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…
The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…
The institute of world politics is a graduate school of national security and international affairs, dedicated to developing leaders with a sound understanding of international realities and the ethical conduct of statecraft, based on…
Iri advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, democratic governance and the rule of law.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.
How this is measured
19 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. 19 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Young America's Foundation ↗
- Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
- Who funds THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER ↗
- Who funds Institute for Humane Studies ↗
- Who funds INTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US ↗
- Who funds GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds EdChoice Inc ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds CLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN ↗
- Who funds DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER ↗
- Who funds CATO INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John and Cree Marshall Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Cree Marshall Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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