California · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC
INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC (California) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,266,400 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($2,260,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $785k
What Institute for Freedoms Inc does
Mission
The organization seeks to reimagine franklin delano roosevelt's four freedoms in the 21st century, using art as a tool to engage in critical and complex ideas, enabling citizens to have a greater understanding of the american political system, and engender deeper civic participation. Institute for freedoms works with artists to present new and existing work in the public sphere, including museums, universities,and outdoor environments.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The organization seeks to reimagine franklin delano roosevelt's four freedoms in the 21st century, using art as a tool to engage in critical and complex ideas, enabling citizens to have a greater understanding of the american political system, and engender deeper civic participation. Institute for freedoms works with artists to present new and existing work in the public sphere, including museums, universities, and outdoor environments. The institute intends to present exhibitions of visual art, curate public programs, and collaborate with museums, arts nonprofits, and corporations on artistic programming. Presently, the institute is collaborating on a nationwide public art project with contemporary artists, civic leaders, students, and arts professionals.
$2,587,423 spentof which $311,428 as grants$403,902 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,587,423.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $1.3M to $2.4M (+93%).
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.
82% of INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 11 funders, grant income rose $30k → $2.9M.
8 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS 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.
How concentrated its funding is
INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
40% 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 INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 54% · 2022 30% · 2023 34% — 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
60% of INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 39% 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
INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,003 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC: 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 INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC?
- INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC (California) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,266,400 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($2,260,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $10,266,400 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,260,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 23 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