Funding search · EIN 471965321 · Chicago, IL

The Margulis Foundation for Freedom and

Name: The Margulis Foundation for Freedom and 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.

36
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $45,000
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.

Grant history

All 36 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Stand Together Trust · Arlington, VA · 2025
General operating
$150,000
Illinois Policy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating
$150,000
Stand Together · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating
$125,000
Illinois Policy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$124,600
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$100,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating
$100,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating
$100,000
Illinois Policy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating
$100,000
Stand Together · Arlington, VA · 2023
General operating
$100,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating
$100,000
Stand Together · Arlington, VA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating
$50,000
The Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2025
General operating
$50,000
The Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$50,000
The Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General operating
$50,000
The Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Illinois Policy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating
$50,000
The Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General operating
$40,000
Chicagos Sunshine Enterprises · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating
$30,000
The Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating
$30,000
The Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Skills for Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Chicagos Sunshine Enterprises · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Skills for Chicagoland'S Future · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Chicagos Sunshine Enterprises · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Free the People Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Students for Liberty · McLean, VA · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Free the People Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Students for Liberty · McLean, VA · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Liberty Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Liberty Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Liberty Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating

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