Funding search · EIN 446015127 · Joplin, MO

El Craig Foundation

Name: El Craig 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.

27
grants reported: $8.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $250,000
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.

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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.

3 grants matching “acton” · $1.4M

$500,000
Acton Institute · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
General administration
$500,000
Acton Institute · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General administration
$410,032
Acton Institute · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Lord Acton Circle Sponsorship

Grant history

All 27 reported grants, largest first.

$1.5M
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Host committee-co-chair
$1.0M
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
Host committee-co-chair
$500,000
Acton Institute · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
General administration
$500,000
Donors Trust · Alexandria, VA · 2025
General Administration
$500,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2025
General Administration
$500,000
Acton Institute · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General administration
$500,000
Donors Trust · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Worker Freedom Fund
$500,000
Donors Trust · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Worker Freedom Fund
$410,032
Acton Institute · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Lord Acton Circle Sponsorship
$400,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General Administration
$400,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2022
General Administration
$300,000
Becket Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General Administration
$250,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
David J Theroux Chair
$250,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
General Administration
$250,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
David J Theroux Chair
$250,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2023
General Administration
$250,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2022
General Administration
$100,000
Intercollegiate Studies Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2025
General Administration
$100,000
The Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General Administration
$100,000
The Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General Administration
$100,000
Becket Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General Administration
$100,000
The Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General Administration
$75,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2025
David J Theroux Chair
$50,000
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2025
General Administration
$25,000
Intercollegiate Studies Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2023
General Administration
$500
Christ'S Community Church of Joplin · Joplin, MO · 2024
In memory of allen carpenter
$50
National Park Service · Washington, DC · 2022
General Administration

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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.