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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY (Texas) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $361,180 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($88,570). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$707k
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$361k
Net assets
$1.9M
9/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 21%
01What it does

What International Society for Individual Liberty does

Mission

To bring liberty to every corner of the world by sharing the philosophy and benefits of freedom, emphasizing educating newcomers. We spread liberty and foster a global network of freedom champions, empowering them to become change agents in their own countries.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The liberty international world conference (liwc) argentina 2025: in august 2025, liberty international hosted the 39th liberty international world conference (liwc) in buenos aires, argentina. The event featured policy discussions offering participants an opportunity to learn about education, economics, and training the next generation of leaders. The conference brought together more than 200 participants from 21 countries, featuring 47 speakers and 16 local partners who helped make the event a truly global and collaborative experience. Over 100 scholarships were awarded, enabling students from 11 countries to attend and participate in this inspiring gathering.

    $105,941 spent
    34% of program spending
  2. Liberty international animated educational projects: recognizing the importance of storytelling, liberty international expanded into animation and digital storytelling through the series the adventures of jonathan gullible, which attracted over 325,000 views. A spanish-dubbed version was produced in partnership with universidad del desarrollo in chile, further increasing accessibility. The initiative also expanded into colombia, chile, kenya, uganda, and tanzania, significantly broadening liberty internationals global educational reach among young audiences.

    $94,670 spent
    30% of program spending
  3. Project arizona: liberty international proudly welcomed its 9th cohort of emerging leaders from uganda, nicaragua, india, argentina, bolivia, and the czech republic. Over six transformative weeks in phoenix, fellows immersed themselves in the principles of u.s. Governance, entrepreneurship, and free-market innovation, gaining the inspiration to become powerful advocates for liberty in their home countries.

    $28,139 spent
    9% of program spending
  4. Technology & freedom: san francisco event: liberty international hosted a donor-exclusive "technology & freedom" event in san francisco, bringing together thought leaders to explore the relationship between innovation, regulation, and individual liberty in the digital age. The program featured lawrence w. Reeds engaging I, smartphone presentation on spontaneous order, insights from terry easton on protecting personal privacy, and john chisholms discussion on the role of ai and common law in modern governance. The evening concluded with a fireside chat with scott banister on the future of digital freedom. Together, these conversations reinforced lis commitment to addressing todays most pressing challenges to liberty through education and open dialogue. Phoenix from the ashes: business mission, argentina 2025: liberty international launched the inaugural "phoenix from the ashes" argentina business mission in august 2025. The mission brought together entrepreneurs and investors from the u.s., poland, brazil, and canada for a four-day exploration of argentinas economic transformation. Participants met with the chamber of commerce, visited the buenos aires stock exchange, explored the…

    $85,899 spentof which $21,088 as grants
    27% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $314,649.

02The organization over time

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($144k) Expenses 100 ($169k) Net assets 100 ($53k)2018 Revenue 117 ($168k) Expenses 111 ($188k) Net assets 63 ($33k)2019 Revenue 149 ($214k) Expenses 99 ($167k) Net assets 144 ($76k)2020 Revenue 162 ($233k) Expenses 106 ($179k) Net assets 235 ($124k)2021 Revenue 128 ($185k) Expenses 154 ($259k) Net assets 93 ($49k)2023 Revenue 1420 ($2.0M) Expenses 299 ($505k) Net assets 3164 ($1.7M)2024 Revenue 455 ($656k) Expenses 308 ($520k) Net assets 3421 ($1.8M)2025 Revenue 491 ($707k) Expenses 335 ($566k) Net assets 3688 ($1.9M)
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Revenue (491)Expenses (335)Net assets (3688)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.8M to $1.9M (+8%).

$53k
$33k
$76k
$124k
$49k
$1.7M
$1.8M
$1.9M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

72% of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,945 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$25k
’17
−$20k
’18
$47k
’19
$54k
’20
−$75k
’21
$1.5M
’23
$136k
’24
$141k
’25
38
months of
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.

Board chair

Mary Ruwart

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20192020202320242025
Listed99889
Joined·+0·+0+1
No longer listed·0·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $14k → $68k.

6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY’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

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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

82% 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 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.

25%
largest funder
51%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 59% · 2019 97% · 2020 100% · 2021 52% · 2022 53% · 2023 48% — 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

0% of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 6 states in all.

WA
OR
NV
CA
VA
MS

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $178k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,468 international nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · top quartile
Months of reserve37.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)22% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

56% of spending goes to programs.

Program 56%Management 31%Fundraising 13%

Governance

9
board members
89%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VA

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY?
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY (Texas) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $361,180 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($88,570). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $361,180 in grants to INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $88,570 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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