Washington, D.C. · Public charity
The Fund for American Studies
THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES (tfas) seeks to create a brighter, more prosperous future by preparing young people for leadership and teaching them the ideas of freedom and a free-market economy. Founded in 1967, tfas organizes programs for college and university students from the united states, europe, the middle east, and latin america…
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $200k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,427
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $21,152
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $28M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Fund for American Studies funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $200k | 53% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $124k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $65k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Teaching Economics | $65,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Jefferson Independent at the University of Virginia | $28,793 | 2 | n/a |
| Irish Rover Incorporated | $28,343 | 2 | 31% |
| Stanford Review | $25,895 | 2 | n/a |
| The Spectator | $25,841 | 2 | n/a |
| Salient Publications | $24,032 | 2 | 7% |
| Friends of the Claremont Independent | $21,457 | 2 | n/a |
| Sundial Publishing Company | $21,152 | 1 | n/a |
| The Michigan Review | $16,627 | 2 | n/a |
| Georgetown University | $13,212 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Teaching Economics | $65,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Jefferson Independent at the University of Virginia | $28,793 | 2 | n/a |
| Irish Rover Incorporated | $28,343 | 2 | 31% |
| Stanford Review | $25,895 | 2 | n/a |
| The Spectator | $25,841 | 2 | n/a |
| Salient Publications | $24,032 | 2 | 7% |
| Friends of the Claremont Independent | $21,457 | 2 | n/a |
| Sundial Publishing Company | $21,152 | 1 | n/a |
| The Michigan Review | $16,627 | 2 | n/a |
| Georgetown University | $13,212 | 2 | 0% |
| Princeton Tory Inc | $12,884 | 2 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $10,913 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Finibus Inc | $10,656 | 1 | n/a |
| Carolina Liberty Foundation | $10,064 | 1 | n/a |
| Tufts Tribune | $9,427 | 1 | 52% |
| Buckley Institute Inc | $8,783 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pennsylvania Post | $8,756 | 1 | n/a |
| The Texas Horn | $7,994 | 1 | n/a |
| Wake Report | $7,156 | 1 | n/a |
| Hanover Review Inc | $6,790 | 1 | 11% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Fund for American Studies supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About The Fund for American Studies
- How much does The Fund for American Studies give?
- The Fund for American Studies reported 19 itemized grants totaling $200,320, out of $2,213,966 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Fund for American Studies fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (68%), Education (23%), Religion (7%).
- Who are The Fund for American Studies's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Foundation for Teaching Economics ($65k), Jefferson Independent at the University of Virginia ($29k), Irish Rover Incorporated ($28k).
- Does The Fund for American Studies fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Fund for American Studies?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Fund for American Studies based?
- The Fund for American Studies is based in DC.
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