Funding search · EIN 850557522 · Washington, DC

Student Freedom Initiative

Name: Student Freedom Initiative grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

61
grants reported: $3.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $33,073
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

broadband pilot

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Stackwell Capital1 grant · $917,000
Claflin University2 grants · $250,000
Morehouse College3 grants · $116,920
Virginia Union University2 grants · $100,030
Dillard University2 grants · $94,510
Xavier University of Louisiana2 grants · $80,992
Tuskegee University3 grants · $74,449
Alcorn State University1 grant · $70,000
Bluefield State University3 grants · $70,000
Selma University2 grants · $69,996

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$1.4M

2023

$394,523

2024

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$917,000
Stackwell Capital · Boston, MA · 2022
Pilot initiative
$150,000
Claflin University · Orangeburg, SC · 2023
Broadband program
$100,000
Claflin University · Orangeburg, SC · 2024
Broadband program
$80,030
Virginia Union University · Richmond, VA · 2023
Helps program
$70,000
Alcorn State University · Lorman, MS · 2023
Broadband program
$50,100
Texas Southern University · Houston, TX · 2024
Helps program
$50,000
Albany State University · Albany, GA · 2023
Broadband program
$50,000
Central State University · Wilberforce, OH · 2023
Broadband program
$50,000
Denmark Technical College · Denmark, SC · 2023
Broadband program
$50,000
Dillard University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Broadband program
$50,000
Fisk University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Broadband program
$50,000
Hampton University · Hampton, VA · 2023
Broadband program
$50,000
Huston-Tillotson University · Austin, TX · 2023
Broadband program
$50,000
Lawson State Community College · Southwest Birmingham, AL · 2023
Broadband program
$50,000
Mississippi Valley State University · West Itta Bena, MS · 2023
Broadband program
$50,000
Paine College · Augusta, GA · 2023
Broadband program
$50,000
Tougaloo College · Tougaloo, MS · 2023
Broadband program
$50,000
Tuskegee University · Tuskegee, AL · 2023
Broadband program
$50,000
Voorhees University · Denmark, SC · 2023
Broadband program
$50,000
Xavier University of Louisiana · New Olreans, LA · 2023
Broadband program
$50,000
Bluefield State University · Bluefield, WV · 2022
Broadband program
$50,000
Miles College · Fairfield, AL · 2022
Broadband program
$50,000
Selma University · Selma, AL · 2022
Broadband program
$50,000
Stillman College · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2022
Broadband program
$50,000
West Virginia State University Foundation · Institute, WV · 2022
Broadband program
$45,269
Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Helps program
$45,000
Alabama a&M University Foundation · Huntsville, AL · 2023
Helps program
$44,510
Dillard University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Helps program
$39,043
Bowie State University Foundation · Bowie, MD · 2023
Helps program
$38,578
Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Helps program
$33,073
Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Helps program
$31,000
Lincoln University · Lincoln University, PA · 2024
Helps program
$30,992
Xavier University of Louisiana · New Olreans, LA · 2023
Helps program
$25,000
Uc Riverside Foundation · Riverside, CA · 2024
Helps program
$25,000
Uc Riverside Foundation · Riverside, CA · 2023
Helps program
$20,000
Alabama State University · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Helps program
$20,000
Virginia Union University · Richmond, VA · 2024
Helps program
$20,000
Alabama State University · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Helps program
$19,996
Selma University · Selma, AL · 2024
Helps program
$19,000
Bennett College · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Helps program
$18,530
Prairie View a&M University · Prairie View, TX · 2022
Helps program
$15,000
Florida a&M University · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Helps program
$15,000
Hampton University · Hampton, VA · 2023
Helps program
$14,600
Tuskegee University · Tuskegee, AL · 2023
Helps program
$14,000
Clark Atlanta University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Helps program
$13,493
Lincoln University · Lincoln University, PA · 2023
Helps program
$10,000
Bluefield State University · Bluefield, WV · 2024
Helps program
$10,000
Elizabeth City State University Foundation · Elizabeth City, NC · 2024
Helps program
$10,000
Fayetteville State University · Fayetteville, NC · 2024
Helps program
$10,000
Ilisagvik College · Barrow, AK · 2024
Helps program
$10,000
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University · Hayward, WI · 2024
Helps program
$10,000
Red Lake Nation College · Red Lake, MN · 2024
Helps program
$10,000
Voorhees University · Denmark, SC · 2024
Helps program
$10,000
Wilberforce University · Wilberforce, OH · 2024
Helps program
$10,000
Albany State University · Albany, GA · 2023
Helps program
$10,000
Bluefield State University · Bluefield, WV · 2023
Helps program
$10,000
J F Drake State Community & Technical College · Huntsville, AL · 2023
Helps program
$10,000
Texas Southern University · Houston, TX · 2023
Helps program
$9,849
Tuskegee University · Tuskegee, AL · 2024
Helps program
$9,500
Bowie State University Foundation · Bowie, MD · 2022
Helps program
$9,375
Lincoln University · Lincoln University, PA · 2022
Helps program

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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.