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The Searle Freedom Trust

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$61.7M
in grants paid: 289
grants: 113
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$1.1M
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Research
$1.0M
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Education and outreach
$885,650
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2024
Research
$800,000
Foundation for Government Accountability · Naples, FL · 2024
Research
$500,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Research
$500,000
Center for Individual Rights · Washington, DC · 2024
Journalism
$500,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Litigation
$400,000
Committee To Unleash Prosperity · Potomac, MD · 2024
Research
$400,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
Journalism
$400,000
Philanthropy Roundtable · Washington, DC · 2024
Education and outreach
$400,000
Tax Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Research
$400,000
Georgia Center for Opportunity · Peachtree Corners, GA · 2024
Research
$380,000
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Journalism
$350,000
Defense of Freedom Institute · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Education and outreach
$300,000
Franklin News Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Fellowships
$300,000
Moving Picture Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Fellowships
$300,000
Real Clear Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Film and new media
$300,000
Vmts Education · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Fellowships
$300,000
America First Policy Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Research
$300,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
Journalism
$300,000
National Taxpayers Union Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Journalism
$300,000
Emergent Order Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Fellowships
$300,000
Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Fellowships
$295,000
Federalist Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Education and outreach
$275,000
Property and Environment Research Center · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Journalism
$250,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2024
Research
$250,000
Economic Policy Innovation Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Research
$250,000
American Legislative Exchange Council · Arlington, VA · 2024
Research
$250,000
Parents Defending Education · Arlington, VA · 2024
Education and outreach
$250,000
Napolitan Institute · McKinney, TX · 2024
Education and outreach
$250,000
Independent Center · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Education and outreach
$250,000
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Research
$248,500
Federalist Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Education and outreach
$225,000
Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Journalism
$225,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Research
$225,000
Property and Environment Research Center · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Research
$200,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Education and outreach
$200,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Journalism
$200,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Journalism
$200,000
Manhattan Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Research
$200,000
Sagamore Institute · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Education and outreach
$200,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Film and new media
$185,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
Online education
$150,000
American Transparency · Hinsdale, IL · 2024
Litigation
$150,000
Buckeye Institute · Columbus, OH · 2024
Litigation
$150,000
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Film and new media
$150,000
Daily Caller News Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Fellowships
$125,000
Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2024
Education and outreach
$125,000
Center for Independent Thought · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2024
Fellowships
$125,000
Global Liberty Institute USA · Stanford, CA · 2024
Litigation
$125,000
Institute for the American Worker · Hamilton, VA · 2024
Education and outreach
$125,000
Advancing American Freedom Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Film and new media
$120,000
UCLA School of Law · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Litigation
$104,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education and outreach
$100,000
Do No Harm · Glen Allen, VA · 2024
Litigation
$100,000
Co2 Coalition · Arlington, VA · 2024
Litigation
$100,000
Pacific Research Institute · Pasedena, CA · 2024
Litigation
$100,000
Encounter for Culture and Education · New York, NY · 2024
Education and outreach
$100,000
Institute for Citizen Focused Service · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Education and outreach
$100,000
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute · Simi Valley, CA · 2024
Education and outreach
$100,000
Investor Choice Advocates Network · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Film and new media
$100,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Litigation
$100,000
Liberty Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Film and new media
$100,000
Manhattan Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Litigation
$75,000
American Culture Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Litigation
$75,000
Pepperdine University · Malibu, CA · 2024
Education and outreach
$75,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Film and new media
$75,000
Student Free Press Association · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Fellowships
$67,000
Truth in Accounting · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education and outreach
$65,000
Institute for Energy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
Litigation
$60,000
Kinship Trust Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Education and outreach
$50,000
Heartland Institute · Arlington Heights, IL · 2024
Litigation
$50,000
Work First Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Education and outreach
$50,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
Litigation
$50,000
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Education and outreach
$45,500
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Education and outreach
$35,000
Federalist Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Litigation
$535
Flow Through Contributions From Advisors · Madison, WI · 2024
The unrestricted use of the charity
$1.3M
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2023
Research
$1.0M
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Research
$800,000
Foundation for Government Accountability · Naples, FL · 2023
Research
$700,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Education and outreach
$500,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Litigation
$500,000
Tax Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Research
$500,000
Center for Environmental Accountability · Washington, DC · 2023
Research
$400,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Research
$400,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
Litigation
$350,000
Defense of Freedom Institute · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Education and outreach
$300,000
Franklin News Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Journalism
$300,000
Vmts Education · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Film and new media
$300,000
Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Film and new media
$300,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Litigation
$300,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2023
Research
$300,000
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
Litigation
$300,000
National Taxpayers Union Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Litigation
$300,000
America First Policy Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Research
$275,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Research
$250,000
Freedomworks Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Education and outreach
$250,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Litigation
$250,000
Ricochet Productions · Ojai, CA · 2023
Journalism

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.