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THE GEORGE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,398 to it, the largest being THE ARTHUR LOEB FOUNDATION INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $430k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $59k
- Net assets
- $52k
What The George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom does
Mission
See schedule othe institute is committed to promoting freedom of religious belief and observance, the equality of all law-abiding religions, and separation of church and state in the united states and around the world.the goal of the institute is to help students, teachers and public leaders worldwide to go beyond "mere" toleration of our religious differences to sincere respect for each other's beliefs and observances. Our position reflects george washington's aspiration, expressed to the hebrew congregation in newport: each of us must give "to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance." we must show respect for each other's religious beliefs, even those most different from our own so long as those ideas are lawful and contribute to a peaceful society.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Program
Operated and maintained the loeb visitor's center and patriot's park and maintained the www.gwirf.org website, which is a comprehensive source of information about george washington's letter to the hebrew congregation in newport and religious freedom in american history.
$372,505 spent
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $266k to $128k (−52%).
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.
70% of THE GEORGE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
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.
Board chair
John L Loeb Jr
Founder and chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $9k → $50k.
From the IRS filings of THE GEORGE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM’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
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2018 100% · 2019 100% — broadly stable.
“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
84% of THE GEORGE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM's grant income comes from New York funders.
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.
Against its field
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM has grown faster than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE GEORGE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: 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 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM?
- THE GEORGE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,398 to it, the largest being THE ARTHUR LOEB FOUNDATION INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GEORGE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $59,398 in grants to THE GEORGE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GEORGE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM?
- THE ARTHUR LOEB FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GEORGE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 2 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