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The Heritage Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

55
grants reported
$11.8M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • The Daily Signal Institute1 grant · $3.5M
  • Heritage Action for America3 grants · $1.1M
  • Trump Vance Inaugural Committee1 grant · $1.0M
  • 170 Freedom Milwaukee 2024 Host Committee1 grant · $1.0M
  • Vote for America1 grant · $500,000
  • Forge Leadership Network3 grants · $500,000
  • Personnel Policy Operations1 grant · $500,000
  • American Movement Foundation1 grant · $305,000
  • Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs2 grants · $250,000
  • Edmund Burke Foundation1 grant · $250,000

Giving over time

$1.6M
2022
$1.5M
2023
$8.7M
2024

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

  • $3.5M

    The Daily Signal Institute · Washngton, DC · 2024

    General operations

  • $1.0M

    170 Freedom Milwaukee 2024 Host Committee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Republican national convention

  • $1.0M

    Trump Vance Inaugural Committee · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General support for trump inauguration

  • $500,000

    Personnel Policy Operations · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operations

  • $500,000

    Vote for America · Englewood, CO · 2024

    General operations

  • $500,000

    Heritage Action for America · Washington, DC · 2023

    Public policy education

  • $400,000

    Heritage Action for America · Washington, DC · 2022

    Public policy education

  • $305,000

    American Movement Foundation · Herndon, VA · 2024

    General operations

  • $300,000

    Forge Leadership Network · Dayton, OH · 2023

    Innovation prize

  • $250,000

    Edmund Burke Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operations

  • $200,000

    Heritage Action for America · Washington, DC · 2024

    Public policy education

  • $150,000

    Concerned Women for America · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General operations

  • $150,000

    Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023

    Innovation prize

  • $150,000

    Thomas Jefferson Institute · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    Innovation prize

  • $150,000

    Victims of Communism Memorial · Washington, DC · 2022

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    American Accountability Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    American Assoc of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists · Ft Wayne, IN · 2024

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    Center for Christian Virtue · Columbus, OH · 2024

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    Claremont Institute · Upland, CA · 2024

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    Feds for Freedom · Reno, NV · 2024

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    Forge Leadership Network · Dayton, OH · 2024

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    Immigration Accountability Project · Washington, DC · 2024

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    John Locke Foundation · Raliegh, NC · 2024

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    Student Free Press Association · Hillsdale, MI · 2024

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    Communio Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    National Association of Scholars · New York, NY · 2023

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    Speech First · Washington, DC · 2023

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    Defense of Freedom Institute · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    Forge Leadership Network · Dayton, OH · 2022

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    Independent Women'S Forum · Winchester, VA · 2022

    Innovation prize

  • $100,000

    State Financial Officers Foundation · Shawnee, KS · 2022

    Innovation prize

  • $75,000

    Georgia Center for Opportunity · Peachtree Corners, GA · 2022

    Innovation prize

  • $75,000

    Pelican Institute for Public Policy · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Innovation prize

  • $75,000

    Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022

    Innovation prize

  • $65,000

    Susan B Anthony List · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Innovation prize

  • $60,000

    Americans United for Life · Washington, DC · 2022

    Innovation prize

  • $50,000

    Ethics and Public Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    Innovation prize

  • $50,000

    Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024

    Hurricane relief

  • $50,000

    Save Our Allies · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024

    Hurricane relief

  • $50,000

    State Government Leadership Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Public policy education

  • $50,000

    The Institute for Family Studies · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Innovation prize

  • $50,000

    American Reformer · Dallas, TX · 2023

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Cardinal Institute for West Virginia · Charleston, WV · 2023

    General operations

  • $41,000

    Ready Willing & Working · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operations

  • $40,000

    Ready Willing & Working · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operations

  • $40,000

    Ready Willing & Working · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operations

  • $30,000

    State Government Leadership Foundation · Washignton, DC · 2023

    Public policy education

  • $25,000

    Nevada Policy Research Institute · Las Vegas, NV · 2024

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Students for Fair Admissions · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Salvatori prize for citizenship

  • $25,000

    Moms for Liberty · Melbourne, FL · 2022

    Salvatori prize for citizenship

  • $25,000

    State Government Leadership Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Public policy education

  • $10,000

    American College of Pediatricians · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Capitol Hill Christian Academy · Washignton, DC · 2023

    General operations

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.