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CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED (Indiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $318,158 to it, the largest being JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION ($234,758). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $78k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $318k
- Net assets
- $0
What Center for the Study of Liberty Inc D/B/A Civil Squared does
Mission
The mission of the center for the study of liberty is to enrich individual lives and strengthen communities through further education and discourse on, and exploration of, human liberty, as well as preserving, restoring, and developing individual liberty through investigation and research.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The center for the study of liberty d/b/a civil squared organized collaborative events and curated thought-provoking content to facilitate exploration of the big questions about human freedom that lie at the heart of complex social issues.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $455k to $1.1M (+139%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $14k → $29k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.0M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Liberty Fund Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED raised.
From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED’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.
How concentrated its funding is
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 99% · 2019 75% · 2020 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 4 states 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.
Organizations like CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
12%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED?
- CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED (Indiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $318,158 to it, the largest being JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION ($234,758). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $318,158 in grants to CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED?
- JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $234,758 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERTY INC D/B/A CIVIL SQUARED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 5 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