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John William Pope Foundation

Name: John William Pope Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

960
grants reported: $56.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

9 grants matching “april” · $1.2M

$329,000
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - april 2024
$41,667
James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - april 2024
$21,250
North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - april 2024
$330,500
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - april 2023
$37,500
James G Martin Center · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - april 2023
$21,250
North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - april 2023
$327,250
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - april 2022
$37,500
James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - april 2022
$21,250
Nc Institute for Constitutional Law · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - april 2022

Top recipients

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

John Locke Foundation43 grants · $12.4M
Asheville School8 grants · $2.2M
Unc Health Foundation3 grants · $2.0M
Institute for Humane Studies13 grants · $1.9M
Unc Ch Philosophy Politics & Economics4 grants · $1.3M
Mercatus Center11 grants · $1.2M
Economic Policy Innovation Center2 grants · $1.0M
James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal25 grants · $991,671
The Fund for American Studies8 grants · $855,000
State Policy Network8 grants · $850,000

Giving over time

$14.7M

2021

$15.4M

2022

$15.3M

2023

$10.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 960 grants.

$666,667
Unc Health Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Restricted - lineberger tomorrow's best hope
$666,667
Unc Health Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2021
Restricted - unc lineberger
$666,665
Unc Health Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Restricted - lineberger tomorrow's best hope
$500,000
Asheville School · Asheville, NC · 2024
Restricted - humanities & economics program
$500,000
Economic Policy Innovation Center · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$500,000
Nc Zoological Society · Asheboro, NC · 2024
Restricted - 50th anniversary campaign
$500,000
Raleigh Rescue Mission · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Restricted - women's facility capital campaign
$500,000
Asheville School · Asheville, NC · 2023
Restricted - humanities & economics program
$500,000
Economic Policy Innovation Center · Arlington, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$500,000
Unc Ch · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Restricted - philosophy, politics, & economics
$500,000
Asheville School · Asheville, NC · 2022
Restricted - humanities and economics program
$500,000
Unc Ch Philosophy Politics & Economics · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Restricted - philosophy, politics & economics
$500,000
Asheville School · Asheville, NC · 2021
Restricted - western civilization program
$500,000
Unc Ch Philosophy Politics & Economics · Chapel Hill, NC · 2021
Restricted - philosophy, politics & economics
$425,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2021
$285k unrestr., $40k restricted-se summer seminar, $100k restricted - pope carolina fund
$330,500
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - april 2023
$330,500
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - oct 2022
$330,500
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - july 2022
$330,500
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - jan 2023
$330,500
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - sept 2022
$330,500
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - nov 2022
$330,500
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - june 2023
$330,500
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - february 2023
$330,500
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - may 2023
$330,500
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - dec 2022
$330,500
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - august 2022
$330,500
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Unrestricted - march 2023
$329,000
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - april 2024
$329,000
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - march 2024
$329,000
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - dec 2023
$329,000
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - nov 2023
$329,000
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - june 2024
$329,000
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - july 2023
$329,000
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - jan 2024
$329,000
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - feb 2024
$329,000
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - sept 2023
$329,000
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - aug 2023
$329,000
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - oct 2023
$329,000
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Unrestricted - may 2024
$328,250
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$327,250
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - jan 2022
$327,250
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - may 2022
$327,250
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - april 2022
$327,250
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - nov 2021
$327,250
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - dec 2021
$327,250
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - july 2021
$327,250
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - august 2021
$327,250
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - june 2022
$327,250
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - sept 2021
$327,250
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - oct 2021
$327,250
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - march 2022
$327,250
John Locke Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Unrestricted - feb 2022
$250,000
Advancing American Freedom Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$250,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$250,000
Unc Ch Philosophy Politics & Economics · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Restricted - philosophy, politics, and economics program
$250,000
Advancing American Freedom Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$250,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2023
Unrestricted
$250,000
Unc Ch · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Restricted - philosophy, politics, and economics program
$250,000
Advancing American Freedom Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$250,000
Fair Lines America Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$250,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$250,000
Donors Trust · Alexandria, VA · 2021
Restricted - advancing american freedom foundation
$250,000
Fair Lines America Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2021
Unrestricted grant
$220,000
Ncsu · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Restricted - philosophy, politics, and economics program
$200,000
Freopp - Foundation for Research On Equal Opportunity · Austin, TX · 2024
Restricted - future of freedom initiative
$200,000
Freopp - Foundation for Research On Equal Opportunity · Austin, TX · 2023
Restricted - future of freedom initiative
$185,000
The Village Church of St George · St George, SC · 2023
Unrestricted
$185,000
North Carolina Family Policy Council · Raleigh, NC · 2021
$110,000 unrestricted grant; $75,000 restricted - civic education outreach
$175,000
Duke University Center for History of Political Economy (Hope) · Durham, NC · 2024
Restricted - center for history of political economy
$175,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2024
Restricted - academic talent development program
$175,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Restricted - center for the history of political economy
$150,000
Charlotte Museum of History · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Restricted - revolutionary war america 250 exhibit
$150,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Restricted - future of freedom initiative
$150,000
Duke University Center for History of Political Economy · Durham, NC · 2022
Restricted - center for the history of political economy
$150,000
Reason Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Restricted - future of freedom initiative
$150,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2022
Restricted - future of freedom initiative
$150,000
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2022
Restricted - future of freedom initiative
$150,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
Restricted - future of freedom program
$150,000
Duke University Center for History of Political Economy (Hope) · Durham, NC · 2021
Restricted - center for the history of political economy
$150,000
Heritage Foundation the · Washington, DC · 2021
Restricted - future of freedom program
$150,000
Reason Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
Restricted - future of freedom program
$150,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2021
Restricted - future of freedom program
$150,000
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2021
Restricted - future of freedom program
$149,836
Ncsu (North Carolina State Foundation) · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Restricted - theories of representation study
$135,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
Restricted - future of freedom initiative
$135,000
Reason Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Restricted - future of freedom initiative
$135,000
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
Restricted - future of freedom initiative
$135,000
Reason Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Restricted - future of freedom initiative
$135,000
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2023
Restricted - future of freedom initiative
$135,000
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$135,000
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2021
Unrestricted grant
$133,335
The Educational Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Restricted - track & field scholarships
$133,333
The Educational Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Restricted - pope track & field scholarships
$133,333
The Educational Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2021
Restricted - track & field scholarships
$125,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Restricted - future of freedom initiative
$125,000
Nc Family Policy Council · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$125,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2024
Restricted - future of freedom initiative
$125,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Restricted - future of freedom initiative
$125,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2023
Restricted - academic talent development program
$125,000
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2023
Restricted - brickell group for the brickell conference and activities

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