South Carolina · Nonprofit
ASHBURN INSTITUTE INC
ASHBURN INSTITUTE INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $72,465 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATION TO UNITE THE DEMOCRACIES INC ($72,465). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $137
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $-14
What Ashburn Institute Inc does
Mission
Promotion of study in democracy and federalism
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Provide scholarships to promote the study of democracy and federalism as it relates to world peace.
$0 spentPromotion of education in federalism at the secondary and university levels and to hold conferences to encourage the development and expansion of the study on democracy and federalism.
$0 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $83k to $3k (−96%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
15% of ASHBURN INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Dr Robert Frantz
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $18k.
From the IRS filings of ASHBURN INSTITUTE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ASHBURN INSTITUTE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ASHBURN INSTITUTE INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,015 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like ASHBURN INSTITUTE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASHBURN INSTITUTE INC?
- ASHBURN INSTITUTE INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $72,465 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATION TO UNITE THE DEMOCRACIES INC ($72,465). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASHBURN INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $72,465 in grants to ASHBURN INSTITUTE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASHBURN INSTITUTE INC?
- ASSOCIATION TO UNITE THE DEMOCRACIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $72,465 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASHBURN INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing