California · Nonprofit
DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER
DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER (California) receives grants from 197 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,845,131 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,611,047). 107 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.5M
- Funders on record
- 197
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $623k
What David Horowitz Freedom Center does
Mission
The defense of free societies whose moral, cultural and economic foundations are under attack by enemies both secular and religious, at home and abroad.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The freedom center conducts a variety of different programs and events during the year including the distribution of books, pamphlets, mailings, and e-campaigns that are designed to educate the public and further the mission of the organization as well as such programs as defense of israel, change the game, truth revolt, the individual rights foundation, terrorism awareness project, various legal matters, and programs related to immigration issues.
$2,556,435 spent$47,561 earned by the program48% of program spendingThe weekend is an annual get together for freedom center supporters featuring some of the top policymakers and opinion leaders in america.
$942,551 spent$516,664 earned by the program18% of program spendingJihad watch is run by noted author robert spencer. It is a daily news site with news and opinion on the war with radical islam, the study and dissemination of information regarding the jihadist worldview, sharia law, and the threats to western civilization. Jihad watch is read by over 500,000 unique visitors every month. Robert spencer is a ny times bestselling author and his articles are read by millions worldwide.
$699,444 spent13% of program spendingFrontpagemag.com (fpm) is the center's main daily news website. With up to 10 original articles featured daily, the center brings news and commentary to millions of people worldwide. The mission of frontpage is to deliver the news on the war at home and abroad. Fpm has over 1.7 million visitors each month.
$468,895 spent9% of program spendingDiscoverthenetworks.com is an online encyclopedia of the political left and its intricate interconnections. Dtn is a model for understanding how the left operates in our society, and how the networks it has created have penetrated our philanthropic, educational, and religious institutions. The site receives over 5 million visits per year.
$367,017 spent7% of program spendingStudents for academic freedom (saf) is a national coalition of student organizations with chapters on over 150 campuses whose goal is to end the political abuse of the university and to restore its academic integrity. The motto of saf is "education, not indoctrination."
$206,942 spent4% of program spendingThe freedom center's wednesday morning club has established a conservative presence in hollywood. It provides a stimulating environment where authors, intellectuals, and political figures meet members of the entertainment industry. The freedom center puts on about 5-10 of these events a year.
$104,635 spent$43,941 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,345,919.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.1M to $3.6M (+70%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 3% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
David Horowitz
CEO/founder
Board chair
Wally Nunn
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 53 funders to 59 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $1.9M.
26 of 197 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 197 funders by total. 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
DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
60% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 26% · 2019 29% · 2020 21% · 2021 21% · 2022 16% · 2023 17% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
39% of DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
56% of DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $7.5M that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from funders outside California, across 34 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER?
- DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER (California) receives grants from 197 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,845,131 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,611,047). 107 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 197 organizations giving $16,845,131 in grants to DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER, 107 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,611,047 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 197 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing