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THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (California) receives grants from 180 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,619,989 to it, the largest being THOMAS D KLINGENSTEIN FUND ($21,476,932). 119 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 180
- Grants received
- $38M
- Net assets
- $17M
What The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy does
Mission
The mission of the claremont institute is to restore the principles of the american founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Claremont review of books - our flagship quarterly publication aims to reawaken in american politics a statesmanship and citizenship worthy of its noblest political traditions.
$1,904,947 spent$228,002 earned by the program26% of program spendingEducational fellowships - several different educational fellowships engage the next generation of young professionals in a life-long study of the principles of government and their application to today's public policies. These include the lincoln, john marshall, speechwriters, and sheriff's fellowships. The publius fellowships are part of the henry salvatori program for the american founding and expenses for that fellowship is accounted for there.
$1,502,734 spentof which $33,500 as grants21% of program spendingCenter for the american way of life - the institute's office in washington, d.c. Is charged with educating policy makers, young professionals, and intellectuals, and formulating a new policy for the emerging new right.
$866,735 spent12% of program spendingThe henry salvatori program for the american founding and salvatori prize in the american founding are endowed by the late henry salvatori. The activities of the the henry salvatori program for the american founding include the work of our salvatori research fellow in the american founding and our publius fellowship for recent college graduates. The salvatori prize is given annually to a man or woman who has distinguished himself or herself by an understanding of, and actions taken to preserve and foster, the principles upon which the united states was built.
$814,133 spentof which $65,000 as grants$139,500 earned by the program11% of program spendingThe american mind is our online publication dedicated applying the principles of the american founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life.
$444,280 spent6% of program spendingThe center for constitutional jurisprudence supports the filing of legal briefs advancing the jurisprudence of the constitution and the founding. It supports constitutional litigation. It also educates the public on key matters of constitutional law
$272,699 spent$22,500 earned by the program4% of program spendingStrategic communications
$190,731 spent3% of program spendingOther educational programs include conferences, events, publications, and more
$1,275,843 spentof which $35,000 as grants$280,797 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,272,102.
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 2024 to 2025, from $14M to $18M (+29%).
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: 2019 0% · 2021 4% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Arthur Milikh
Executive director
Board chair
Thomas D Klingenstein
Director, chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 28 funders to 88 funders, grant income rose $3.1M → $6.2M.
15 of 180 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 180 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
THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 67%; 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 90% · 2018 90% · 2019 87% · 2020 45% · 2021 53% · 2022 29% · 2023 54% — 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 THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 35 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
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
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 31 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY?
- THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (California) receives grants from 180 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,619,989 to it, the largest being THOMAS D KLINGENSTEIN FUND ($21,476,932). 119 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY have?
- IRS filings report 180 organizations giving $37,619,989 in grants to THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, 119 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY?
- THOMAS D KLINGENSTEIN FUND is the largest funder on record, with $21,476,932 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 180 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