Colorado · Private foundation
Liberty Ears Inc
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.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2023
- 13
- Grants FY2023
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 92%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
50% of Liberty Ears Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Denver Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Liberty Ears Inc named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 7
- Total assets, FY2023
- $48M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 92% of the organizations Liberty Ears Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 13 | $2.3M | 92% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $329k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 2 | 1% |
| American Brownstone Institute | $354,188 | 2 | 8% |
| Center for Independent Thought | $300,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Foundation for Economic Education Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Reason Foundation | $124,356 | 1 | 1% |
| Advocates for Self-Government Inc | $104,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Hearing Health Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| American Federation for Children Growth Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mikeroweworks Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 2 | 1% |
| American Brownstone Institute | $354,188 | 2 | 8% |
| Center for Independent Thought | $300,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Foundation for Economic Education Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Reason Foundation | $124,356 | 1 | 1% |
| Advocates for Self-Government Inc | $104,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Hearing Health Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| American Federation for Children Growth Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mikeroweworks Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Colorado Japanese School | $55,000 | 2 | 17% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Liberty Ears Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Liberty Ears Inc
- How much does Liberty Ears Inc give?
- Liberty Ears Inc reported 13 grants totaling $2,324,356 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Liberty Ears Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (22%), Philanthropy (22%), Social Science (19%).
- Who are Liberty Ears Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc ($500k), Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc ($400k), American Brownstone Institute ($354k).
- Does Liberty Ears Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 92% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Liberty Ears Inc 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 Liberty Ears Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Liberty Ears Inc based?
- Liberty Ears Inc is based in CO.
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