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The Freeman Foundation

Name: The Freeman Foundation grants, 2023–2024
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.

257
grants reported: $59.8M
total given: 2023–2024
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. 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.

Top recipients

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

First Nations Development Institute5 grants · $5.1M
Vermont Land Trust3 grants · $4.8M
Mag America3 grants · $3.6M
Hawaii Community Foundation1 grant · $2.8M
Institute of International Education2 grants · $2.7M
National Association of Japan-America Societies Incorporated3 grants · $2.1M
Hawaii Good Food Alliance2 grants · $2.1M
Save the Children Federation3 grants · $2.0M
Preservation Trust of Vermont5 grants · $1.6M
Institute of International Education1 grant · $1.3M

Giving over time

$19.1M

2023

$40.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 257 grants.

$2.8M
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General support
$2.4M
Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2023
General support
$1.6M
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2024
General support
$1.6M
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2024
General support
$1.3M
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1.3M
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1.3M
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1.2M
Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2024
General support
$1.2M
Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2024
General support
$1.2M
Mag America · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1.2M
Mag America · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1.2M
Mag America · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Hawaii Good Food Alliance · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Hawaii Good Food Alliance · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Rhoades College · Memphis, TN · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Save the Children Federation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Save the Children Federation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$711,280
National Association of Japan-America Societies Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$711,280
National Association of Japan-America Societies Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$705,000
National Association of Japan-America Societies Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$650,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2024
General support
$650,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2024
General support
$591,116
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$569,541
Columbia University Weatherhead East Asian Institute · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$569,541
Columbia University Weatherhead East Asian Institute · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$556,182
University of Georgia Foundation · Athens, GA · 2024
General support
$556,182
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$556,182
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$510,785
Columbia Univ Weatherhead East Asian Inst · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$500,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2023
General support
$479,003
Five Colleges Incorporated · Northampton, MA · 2023
General support
$455,700
National Consortium for Teaching About Asia · Boulder, CO · 2024
General support
$455,700
University of Colorado Foundaion - Center for Asian Studies · Boulder, CO · 2024
General support
$455,700
University of Colorado Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023
General support
$433,725
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$433,725
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
$433,725
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
$391,116
University of Kansas · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$391,116
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$372,413
Five Colleges · Northampton, MA · 2024
General support
$372,413
Five Colleges · Northampton, MA · 2024
General support
$363,000
Preservation Trust of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$363,000
Preservation Trust of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$337,400
Center for An Agricultural Economy · Hardwick, VT · 2024
General support
$337,400
The Center for An Agricultural Economy · Hardwick, VT · 2024
General support
$306,100
Preservation Trust of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2023
General support
$300,000
Blakemore Foundation - Expenditure Responsibility Grant · Bellevue, WA · 2024
General support
$300,000
Blakemore Foundation - Expenditure Responsibility Grant · Bellevue, WA · 2024
General support
$300,000
East West Center Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
$300,000
East West Center Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
$300,000
Blakemore Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2023
General support
$300,000
Kupu · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General support
$300,000
The Center for An Agricultural Economy · Hardwick, VT · 2023
General support
$279,000
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$279,000
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$276,150
East-West Center Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General support
$275,000
Preservation Trust of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$275,000
Preservation Trust of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$267,000
Brilliant Pathways · Essex, NY · 2024
General support
$267,000
Cfes Brilliant Pathways · Essex, NY · 2024
General support
$267,000
Cfes Brilliant Pathways · Essex, NY · 2023
General support
$250,000
Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance · Lower Brule, SD · 2024
General support
$250,000
Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance · Lower Brule, SD · 2024
General support
$250,000
Kupu - Hawaii Youth Conserv Corps Summer Program · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
$250,000
Kupu - Hawaii Youth Conserv Corps Summer Program · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
$250,000
Seattle Children'S Museum · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
$250,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2024
General support
$250,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$250,000
Univerity of the South Sewanee · Sewanee, TN · 2024
General support
$250,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2023
General support
$233,100
Historic Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General support
$200,000
Asia Society Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$200,000
Asia Society Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$200,000
Oregon Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2024
General support
$200,000
Pacific and Asian Affairs Council · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
$200,000
Pacific and Asian Affairs Council · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
$200,000
Pacific Gateway Center · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
$200,000
Pacific Gateway Center · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
$200,000
University of Oregon Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2024
General support
$200,000
Weta-Broadcast Bbc News · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
$200,000
Weta-Broadcast Bbc News · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
$200,000
Asia Society Texas · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$200,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$200,000
Pacific and Asian Affairs Council · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General support
$200,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$200,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2023
General support
$180,000
Indiana University · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
$180,000
Trustees of Indiana University · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
$180,000
Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2024
General support
$180,000
Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2024
General support
$180,000
Trustees of Indiana University · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
$180,000
Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2023
General support
$175,000
Tucson Refugee Ministry · Tucson, AZ · 2024
General support
$175,000
Tucson Refugee Ministry · Tucson, AZ · 2024
General support
$175,000
Tucson Refugee Ministry · Tucson, AZ · 2023
General support
$165,000
Champlain College · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$165,000
Champlain College · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$156,403
Children'S Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$156,403
Children'S Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$150,000
University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support

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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.