Ohio · Private foundation
Richard A Busemeyer Atheist Foundation
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.
- $560k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $266,825
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Richard A Busemeyer Atheist Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $585k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $275k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $225k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $435k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $315k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $500k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $400k | 10% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $300k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region | $260,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Unlocking Communities Inc | $260,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Futures Without Violence | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $170,000 | 4 | 0% |
| All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc | $155,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $155,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Compassion & Choices | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Medshare International Inc | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region | $260,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Unlocking Communities Inc | $260,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Futures Without Violence | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $170,000 | 4 | 0% |
| All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc | $155,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $155,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Compassion & Choices | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Medshare International Inc | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 1% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Safe Alliance Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Children International | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| STTE Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Passage Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Enactus | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kkis Inc | $8,450 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($977k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard A Busemeyer Atheist Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About Richard A Busemeyer Atheist Foundation
- How much does Richard A Busemeyer Atheist Foundation give?
- Richard A Busemeyer Atheist Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $560,275 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Richard A Busemeyer Atheist Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (20%), International (20%), Community Improvement (10%).
- Who are Richard A Busemeyer Atheist Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region ($260k), Unlocking Communities Inc ($260k), Futures Without Violence ($200k).
- Does Richard A Busemeyer Atheist Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard A Busemeyer Atheist Foundation 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 Richard A Busemeyer Atheist Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Richard A Busemeyer Atheist Foundation based?
- Richard A Busemeyer Atheist Foundation is based in OH.
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