New Jersey · Public charity
Witherspoon Institute Inc
Research, education, and public awareness of the political, moral and philosophical principles of free and democratic societies
- $132k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $50k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Witherspoon Institute Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $114k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $105k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $95k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $248k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $245k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $1.6M | 70% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture | $397,004 | 4 | 40% |
| The Aquinas Institute for Catholic Life at Princeton University Inc | $383,000 | 7 | 67% |
| Hyde Park Institute | $280,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Zephyr Institute Inc | $275,000 | 2 | 43% |
| The Morningside Institute Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 95% |
| The Catholic University of America | $210,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Center for the Study of Technology and Society | $150,000 | 1 | 20% |
| American Academy of Sciences and Letters Inc | $124,461 | 2 | 5% |
| Scala Foundation A NJ Nonprofit Corporation | $22,500 | 3 | 8% |
| The William J Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture | $397,004 | 4 | 40% |
| The Aquinas Institute for Catholic Life at Princeton University Inc | $383,000 | 7 | 67% |
| Hyde Park Institute | $280,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Zephyr Institute Inc | $275,000 | 2 | 43% |
| The Morningside Institute Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 95% |
| The Catholic University of America | $210,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Center for the Study of Technology and Society | $150,000 | 1 | 20% |
| American Academy of Sciences and Letters Inc | $124,461 | 2 | 5% |
| Scala Foundation A NJ Nonprofit Corporation | $22,500 | 3 | 8% |
| The William J Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Oakland Service Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Archdiocese of Philadelphia | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($486k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Witherspoon Institute Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Witherspoon Institute Inc
- How much does Witherspoon Institute Inc give?
- Witherspoon Institute Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $50,000, out of $131,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Witherspoon Institute Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Science & Tech (24%), Religion (15%).
- Who are Witherspoon Institute Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture ($397k), The Aquinas Institute for Catholic Life at Princeton University Inc ($383k), Hyde Park Institute ($280k).
- Does Witherspoon Institute Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Witherspoon Institute Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education, Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Witherspoon Institute Inc based?
- Witherspoon Institute Inc is based in NJ.
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