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Neal & Jane Freeman Foundation Inc at a glance

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Neal & Jane Freeman Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$117k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Benefit$370kEducation$168kArts & Culture$149kReligion$65kCivil Rights$41kSocial Science$30kCommunity Improvement$15kHealth$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$4.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Heritage Foundation$25,000
Claremont Institute$25,000
Intercollegiate Studies Inst$16,666
Buckley Institute$10,000
Maine Policy Institute$10,000
James Madison Institute$10,000
National Review Institute$10,000
American Spectator Fdn$10,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%INTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE: $17k → 10%CLAREMONT INSTITUTE: $20k → 14%Reason Foundation: $25k → 14%HUMAN LIFE FOUNDATION: $30k → 17%FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES: $15k → 14%ST PETERS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10k → 7%FOUNDATION OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY: $10k → 10%KIPP SCHOOLS JACKSONVILLE: $5k → 14%James Madison Institute: $10k → 19%THREE SOCITIES FOUNDATION: $50k → 13%Buckley Institute: $10k → 12%Real Clear Foundation: $10k → 14%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%RADIO AMERICA: $10k → 7%AMERICAN SPECTATOR FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%INDEPENDENT WOMEN'S FORUM: $10k → 16%JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $10k → 19%Intercollegiate Studies Inst: $17k → 10%THE CLAREMOUNT REVIEW: $10k → 14%Reason Foundation: $10k → 14%NATIONAL CIVIC ART SOCIETY: $10k → 17%EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $5k → 14%US CONSTITUTION SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INSTITUTE: $5k → 19%Three Societies Foundation: $5k → 13%Buckley Institute: $10k → 12%Real Clear Foundation: $10k → 14%American Spectator Fdn: $10k → 7%CITIZENS FOR THE REPUBLIC: $10k → 9%Intercollegiate Studies Inst: $17k → 10%Claremont Institute: $25k → 14%Human Life Foundation: $10k → 17%Capital Research Center: $10k → 14%US CONSTITION SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%BUCKLEY PROGRAM AT YALE: $10k → 12%Real Clear Foundation: $10k → 14%Claremont Institute: $25k → 14%Heritage Foundation: $50k → 14%RKR FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%ENCOUNTER FOR CULTURE AND EDUCATION: $19k → 17%NASSAU COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD: $10k → 7%Encounter for Education Culture: $17k → 17%Heritage Foundation: $25k → 14%ENCOUNTER FOR CULTURE AND EDUCATION: $17k → 17%America Ideas Institute: $10k → 14%National Review Service: $25k → 17%National Review Institute: $10k → 17%NATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE: $10k → 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

ME
IL
MI
NY
IN
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DE
DC
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$703k · 18 repeat orgs$200k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
21

Total granted

$703k
$190k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+5%

Still filing today

78%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationCivil RightsPublic BenefitArts & CultureHealthInternationalOther
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

  • TM
    THE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER
    8× · 2017–2025 · $75k · revenue +199%
  • TC
    THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
    3× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +112%
  • AS
    American Spectator Foundation Inc
    5× · 2017–2025 · $62k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • NR
    National Review Service
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • TF
    THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +8%
  • IW
    Independent Women's Forum
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +17%
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
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
2
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

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.

Public Benefit
3
The Libertarian Institute

Disseminate information and education about pertinent economic, social and governmental topics, via print, web and other media to educate the public about the principles of LIbertarianism.

Education
4
Frontiers of Freedom Institute

To educate the public on constitutional issues and public policy matters. We are dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, peace through strength, limited government, free enterprise, and the values embodied in the Declaration of…

Public Benefit
5
Institute of Politics Policy and History
Education
6
National Institute for Public Policy Inc

The institute works as a public education organization that focuses on a wide spectrum of rapidly evolving foreign policy and international issues.

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7
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
8
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

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…

Social Science
9
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
10
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
11
International Republican Institute

Iri advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, democratic governance and the rule of law.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy; the most unlike its peers is Three Societies Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 40 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: $70,000 · OtherTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STAT…The Human Life Foundation Inc: $40,500 · OtherThe Human Life Foundation IncNATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE: $30,000 · OtherNATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTEUS CONSTITION SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherUS CONSTITION SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATIONNational Review Service: $25,000 · OtherNational Review ServiceNATIONAL CIVIC ART SOCIETY: $20,000 · OtherNATIONAL CIVIC ART SOCIETYIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES: $15,000 · Other+15 more: $114,800 · Other+15 moreTHE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER: $75,000 · EducationTHE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTERAmerican Spectator Foundation Inc: $62,000 · EducationAmerican Spectator Foundation IncINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $54,999 · EducationINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INCTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $35,000 · EducationTHE REASON FOUNDATIONREAL CLEAR FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationREAL CLEAR FOUNDATIONBUCKLEY INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 · EducationBUCKLEY INSTITUTE INCThe Trustees of Princeton University: $13,000 · EducationTHE US CONSTITUTION SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITA…FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $10,000 · Public BenefitFOUNDATION…ENCOUNTER FOR CULTURE AND EDUCATION: $52,480 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureThree Societies Foundation: $55,000 · ReligionNASSAU COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $15,000 · Civil RightsIndependent Women's Forum: $10,000 · Civil RightsGOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INSTITUTE: $5,000 · Civil RightsCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$360,300Education$299,999Public Benefit$85,000Arts & Culture$62,480Religion$55,000Civil Rights$30,000Philanthropy$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER: $75,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: $70,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Spectator Foundation Inc: $62,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetThree Societies Foundation: $55,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $54,999 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetENCOUNTER FOR CULTURE AND EDUCATION: $52,480 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Human Life Foundation Inc: $40,500 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetREAL CLEAR FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBUCKLEY INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNASSAU COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $15,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIndependent Women's Forum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE US CONSTITUTION SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRepublic Book Publishers: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetEDUCATION & RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetGOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Donors Trust IncThe Lynde and Harry B…Bradley Impact Fund I…Sarah Scaife Foundati…Thomas W Smith Founda…Diana Davis Spencer F…Charles Koch Foundati…The Armstrong Foundat…Thomas D Klingenstein…The Dunn FoundationThe Searle Freedom Tr…Dian Graves Owen Foun…
Donors Trust IncVA25.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated · Thomas W Smith Foundation Inc · Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc · Charles Koch Foundation · The Armstrong Foundation · Thomas D Klingenstein Fund · The Dunn Foundation · The Searle Freedom Trust · Dian Graves Owen 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 Neal & Jane Freeman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Neal & Jane Freeman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Neal & Jane Freeman Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 40 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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