Funding search · EIN 270858715 · Wilmington, DE

Stiefel Freethought Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

85
grants reported
$2.0M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Public Concern Foundation2 grants · $285,000
  • Americans United for Separation of Church and Stat3 grants · $237,000
  • Religion News Foundation2 grants · $200,000
  • Religion News Llc2 grants · $200,000
  • American Values Project4 grants · $186,000
  • Center for Inquiry4 grants · $130,250
  • Thomas Paine Memorial Association2 grants · $105,000
  • Public Religion Research Institute4 grants · $103,000
  • People for the American Way Foundation4 grants · $102,000
  • Common Cause Education Fund - North Carolina1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$623,000
2022
$283,000
2023
$694,000
2024
$411,250
2025

Grant history

All 85 reported grants, largest first.

  • $225,000

    Public Concern Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $107,000

    Americans United for Separation of Church and Stat · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Fiscal Sponsorship Allies · Indianapolis, IN · 2025

    To support the Get Real News LLC

  • $100,000

    Religion News Llc · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Religion News Llc · Columbia, MO · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Project: "SHOT IN THE ARM"

  • $100,000

    Religion News Foundation · Columbia, MO · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Thomas Paine Memorial Association · Madison, WI · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    American Values Project · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Americans United for Separation of Church and Stat · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Common Cause Education Fund - North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Public Religion Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Religion News Foundation · Columbia, MO · 2022

    to fund reporting on the dangers of white Christian nationalism in America

  • $75,000

    American Values Project · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $70,000

    Center for Inquiry · Amherst, NY · 2022

    ScienceSaves

  • $60,000

    Public Concern Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    People for the American Way Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    People for the American Way Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Right Wing Watch

  • $35,000

    Disarming Leviathan Ministries · Phoenix, AZ · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Americans United for Separation of Church and Stat · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Secular Student Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,250

    Center for Inquiry · Amherst, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Atheists United · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    To support the Freethought Fellowship Foundation

  • $20,000

    Center for Inquiry · Amherst, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Center for Inquiry · Amherst, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Disarming Leviathan Ministries · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    American Values Project · Sacramento, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Americans United for Separation of Church & State · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    School for Conversion · Durham, NC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Thomas Paine Memorial Association · Madison, WI · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Secular Student Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Thomas Paine National Historical Association · New Rochelle, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Assoc for the Advancement of Science · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Atheists · Cranford, NJ · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief

  • $1,000

    Black Nonbelievers · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Camp Quest · Pickens, SC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Common Cause Education Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Freedom From Religion Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Military Religious Freedom Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Public Religion Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Secular Student Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Triangle Freethought Society · Durham, NC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Atheists · Cranford, NJ · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief

  • $1,000

    Black Nonbelievers · Fayetteville, GA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Camp Quest · Staunton, VA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Common Cause Education Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Freedom From Religion Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Military Religious Freedom Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Public Religion Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Atheists · Cranford, NJ · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief

  • $1,000

    American Values Project · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Black Nonbelievers · Fayetteville, GA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Camp Quest · Staunton, VA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Ex-Muslims of North America · Falls Church, VA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Freedom From Religion Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Military Religious Freedom Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    People for the American Way Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Public Religion Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Secular Student Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Association for the Advancement of Scienc · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Atheists · Cranford, NJ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief

  • $1,000

    American Geophysical Union · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Black Nonbelievers · Fayetteville, GA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Camp Quest · Staunton, VA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Campaign To End Religious Abuse of Children · Cranford, NJ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Ex-Muslims of North America · Falls Church, VA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Foundation Beyond Belief · Houston, TX · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Freedom From Religion Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Military Religious Freedom Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    National Science Teaching Association · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    People for the American Way Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Represent US Education Fund · Florence, MA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    The National Center for Science Education · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    The Planetary Society · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Triangle Freethought Society · Durham, NC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

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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.