How much does Land of the Free Foundation give?

Land of the Free Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,360,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Land of the Free Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (38%), Education (22%), Human Services (19%).

Who are Land of the Free Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Starfish Donations Inc ($2.5M), Navy Seal Foundation Inc ($300k), Semper Fi & America's Fund ($290k).

Does Land of the Free Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Land of the Free Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mark E Bryant Charitable Trust, Sempra Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation.

Where is Land of the Free Foundation based?

Land of the Free Foundation is based in CA.

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California · Public charity

Land of the Free Foundation

The corporation is committed to celebrating the men and women of the armed forces, past, present, and future. The primary purpose of the corporation is to support programs that help unites states armed services personnel and their families.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 1
Grants FY2024: 3
Organizations funded FY2023: 33%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $1,360,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $1,360,000
Organizations funded a year: 3 to 35; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 1
Total assets, FY2024: $96k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Land of the Free Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationPublic BenefitHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	1	$1.4M	0%
FY2023	3	$1.2M	33%
FY2020	20	$790k	15%
FY2019	35	$1.2M	31%
FY2018	19	$940k	53%
FY2017	29	$1.1M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

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

Animals$2.6MEducation$1.5MHuman Services$1.3MArts & Culture$615kPublic Benefit$305kMembership Benefit$270kRecreation & Sports$90kCrime & Legal$45kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Starfish Donations Inc	$2,485,000	2	n/a
Navy Seal Foundation Inc	$300,000	3	1%
Semper Fi & America's Fund	$290,000	6	0%
Oakland Military Institute College Preparatory Academy	$275,000	3	1%
Marines' Memorial Association	$270,000	6	0%
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc	$240,000	6	1%
The Special Forces Charitable Trust	$225,000	6	3%
US Naval Academy Foundation Inc	$200,000	6	0%
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc	$165,000	6	0%
Canine Companions for Independence Inc	$150,000	4	0%

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All grantees of Land of the Free Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Starfish Donations Inc	$2,485,000	2	n/a
Navy Seal Foundation Inc	$300,000	3	1%
Semper Fi & America's Fund	$290,000	6	0%
Oakland Military Institute College Preparatory Academy	$275,000	3	1%
Marines' Memorial Association	$270,000	6	0%
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc	$240,000	6	1%
The Special Forces Charitable Trust	$225,000	6	3%
US Naval Academy Foundation Inc	$200,000	6	0%
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc	$165,000	6	0%
Canine Companions for Independence Inc	$150,000	4	0%
Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy	$150,000	5	0%
United States Veterans Initiative	$145,000	5	0%
Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America	$130,000	4	2%
Marine Corps University Foundation Inc	$125,000	3	17%
USO - Greater Los Angeles Area Inc Dba Bob Hope USO	$105,000	6	1%
Association of the United States Army	$105,000	4	0%
Uss Missouri Memorial Association Inc	$100,000	1	1%
Association of Graduates of the United States Air Force Academy	$100,000	3	1%
The Disc Foundation	$100,000	1	25%
Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles	$85,000	3	6%
Usc Nrotc Midshipmen Association	$80,000	5	n/a
Ca Ang Chiefs Fund	$50,000	1	n/a
Task Force Dagger Foundation	$50,000	1	3%
Dana Point 5th Marine Regiment Support Group	$50,000	1	16%
Counsel for Justice	$45,000	2	2%
Chief Association US Coast Guard	$45,000	3	n/a
University of Idaho Foundation Inc	$40,000	4	n/a
Green Beret Foundation	$40,000	2	1%
Operation Healing Forces Inc	$35,000	3	1%
Elk Institute for Psychological Health & Performance Inc	$35,000	2	23%
University of California Irvine Foundation	$32,500	3	0%
Pacific Symphony	$30,000	1	0%
California Capital Small Business Financial Development Corporation	$27,500	2	0%
Halo for Freedom Warrior Foundation	$25,000	3	6%
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Condor Squadron Officers & Airmens	$25,000	4	6%
The Army Historical Foundation Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Pepperdine University	$20,000	2	0%
Marine Raider Foundation	$20,000	3	2%
Grand Canyon River Runners Association Inc	$20,000	1	49%
Cec Seabee Historical Foundation	$20,000	2	3%
Spirit of America Worldwide	$20,000	2	1%
Seal-Nsw Family Foundation	$20,000	1	1%
McRd Museum Historical Society	$10,000	1	2%
First Marine Division Association Los Angeles County Chapter Inc	$10,000	1	40%
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Mt San Antonio College Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
Save the Brave	$10,000	1	11%
The Heroes Project	$10,000	1	1%
Physician Advocates for Veter	$10,000	1	n/a
Sealkids	$10,000	1	1%
Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Outdoor Buddies Inc	$10,000	2	7%
Executive Council Charities	$5,000	1	0%

Land of the Free Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 48.

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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.

Mark E Bryant Charitable TrustFL15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mark E Bryant Charitable Trust · Sempra Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · The Northrop Grumman Foundation · California Community Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Land of the Free Foundation

How much does Land of the Free Foundation give?: Land of the Free Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,360,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Land of the Free Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (38%), Education (22%), Human Services (19%).
Who are Land of the Free Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Starfish Donations Inc ($2.5M), Navy Seal Foundation Inc ($300k), Semper Fi & America's Fund ($290k).
Does Land of the Free Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Land of the Free Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mark E Bryant Charitable Trust, Sempra Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation.
Where is Land of the Free Foundation based?: Land of the Free Foundation is based in CA.