Funding search · EIN 270858715 · Wilmington, DE

Stiefel Freethought Foundation

Name: Stiefel Freethought Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

85
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

8 grants matching “atheist” · $27,000

$20,000
Atheists United · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
To support the Freethought Fellowship Foundation
$1,000
American Atheists · Cranford, NJ · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Atheists · Cranford, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Atheists · Cranford, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Atheists · Cranford, NJ · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Public Concern Foundation2 grants · $285,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and Stat3 grants · $237,000
Religion News Foundation2 grants · $200,000
Religion News Llc2 grants · $200,000
American Values Project4 grants · $186,000
Center for Inquiry4 grants · $130,250
Thomas Paine Memorial Association2 grants · $105,000
Public Religion Research Institute4 grants · $103,000
People for the American Way Foundation4 grants · $102,000
Common Cause Education Fund - North Carolina1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$623,000

2022

$283,000

2023

$694,000

2024

$411,250

2025

Grant history

All 85 reported grants, largest first.

$225,000
Public Concern Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$107,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and Stat · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Fiscal Sponsorship Allies · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
To support the Get Real News LLC
$100,000
Religion News Llc · Columbia, MO · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Religion News Llc · Columbia, MO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Project: "SHOT IN THE ARM"
$100,000
Religion News Foundation · Columbia, MO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Thomas Paine Memorial Association · Madison, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
American Values Project · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and Stat · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Common Cause Education Fund - North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Public Religion Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Religion News Foundation · Columbia, MO · 2022
to fund reporting on the dangers of white Christian nationalism in America
$75,000
American Values Project · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$70,000
Center for Inquiry · Amherst, NY · 2022
ScienceSaves
$60,000
Public Concern Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
People for the American Way Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
People for the American Way Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Right Wing Watch
$35,000
Disarming Leviathan Ministries · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$30,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and Stat · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Secular Student Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,250
Center for Inquiry · Amherst, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Atheists United · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
To support the Freethought Fellowship Foundation
$20,000
Center for Inquiry · Amherst, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Center for Inquiry · Amherst, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Disarming Leviathan Ministries · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
American Values Project · Sacramento, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Americans United for Separation of Church & State · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
School for Conversion · Durham, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Thomas Paine Memorial Association · Madison, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Secular Student Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Thomas Paine National Historical Association · New Rochelle, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Assoc for the Advancement of Science · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Atheists · Cranford, NJ · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief
$1,000
Black Nonbelievers · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Camp Quest · Pickens, SC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Freedom From Religion Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Military Religious Freedom Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Public Religion Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Secular Student Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Triangle Freethought Society · Durham, NC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Atheists · Cranford, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief
$1,000
Black Nonbelievers · Fayetteville, GA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Camp Quest · Staunton, VA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Freedom From Religion Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Military Religious Freedom Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Public Religion Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Atheists · Cranford, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief
$1,000
American Values Project · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Black Nonbelievers · Fayetteville, GA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Camp Quest · Staunton, VA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Ex-Muslims of North America · Falls Church, VA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Freedom From Religion Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Military Religious Freedom Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
People for the American Way Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Public Religion Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Secular Student Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Association for the Advancement of Scienc · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Atheists · Cranford, NJ · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief
$1,000
American Geophysical Union · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Black Nonbelievers · Fayetteville, GA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Camp Quest · Staunton, VA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Campaign To End Religious Abuse of Children · Cranford, NJ · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Ex-Muslims of North America · Falls Church, VA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Foundation Beyond Belief · Houston, TX · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Freedom From Religion Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Military Religious Freedom Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
National Science Teaching Association · Arlington, VA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
People for the American Way Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Represent US Education Fund · Florence, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
The National Center for Science Education · Oakland, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
The Planetary Society · Pasadena, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Triangle Freethought Society · Durham, NC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted

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