Washington, D.C. · Public charity
R Street Institute
The R STREET INSTITUTE is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public-policy research organization ("think tank"). Our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government. (continued on schedule o)
- $285k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $255,240
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations R Street Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $285k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $162k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $238k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $236k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $227k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $187k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $166k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $367k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | $303,240 | 2 | 0% |
| American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research | $290,000 | 5 | 12% |
| The James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc | $243,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | $217,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Center for Democracy and Technology | $103,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The John Locke Foundation Inc | $97,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Floor64 Inc | $78,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Conservation Coalition Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Florida Taxwatch Research Institute Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Prison Fellowship Ministries | $65,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget R Street Institute supplied at peak.
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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: The Seminar Network Inc · Donors Trust Inc · Charles Koch Institute · Charles Koch Foundation · Atlas Economic Research Foundation · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · NetChoice · The Roe Foundation · State Policy Network · Adolph Coors Foundation · The Chase Foundation of Virginia · The Pew Charitable Trusts
How this is measured
About R Street Institute
- How much does R Street Institute give?
- R Street Institute reported 3 grants totaling $285,240 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does R Street Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (57%), Education (16%), Environment (9%).
- Who are R Street Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Johns Hopkins University ($303k), American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research ($290k), The James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc ($243k).
- Does R Street Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as R Street Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Seminar Network Inc, Donors Trust Inc, Charles Koch Institute.
- Where is R Street Institute based?
- R Street Institute is based in DC.
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