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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “libertarian”
Where the money went
Largest: $36,000 to INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE — libertarian public interest
Largest: $200,000 to THE SOHO FORUM — to enhance social and professional ties within the nyc libertarian community.
Offerdahl Family FoundationIncline Village, NV
4 matching grants · $202,000 · through 2025Largest: $67,000 to COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE — the competitive enterprise institute (cei) is a non-profit libertarian think tank that advocates for limited government and free markets. cei's mission is to promote economic freed…
The Martino Family Foundation Co Michael E MartinoNew Canaan, CT
2 matching grants · $300,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to CATO INSTITUTE — to support the libertarian think tank that conducts research and public policy analysis to promote policies consistent with individual liberty, limited government, free markets, an…
Largest: $10,000 to LIBERTARIAN CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE — the contribution was made to assist the organization in its mission to promote libertarianism from a christian point of view
The Story Garschina Foundation Co Kenneth GarschinaNew York, NY
2 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to CITIZENS ALLIANCE INC — to support a group that focuses on policy and political advocacy, with a conservative or libertarian viewpoint.
Largest: $200,000 to THE LIBERTARIAN RESEARCH & EDUCATION TRUST — to provide general support
Largest: $100,000 to ASOCIACION CIVIL CRONOS PARA EL FOMENTO Y EL DESAR — to support grantee's work in fostering intellectual debate on libertarian governments and implications in democratic societies
Largest: $100,000 to CATO INSTITUTE — create free, open, and civil societies founded on libertarian principles.
Largest: $60,000 to CATO INSTITUTE — the vision of the cato institute is to create free, open, and civil societies founded on libertarian principles.
Largest: $20,000 to PATRICK JOHN DESUTTER — desutter, patrick (berkeley, u of california) "islands of futurity: engineering humanitarian and libertarian terrestriality"
Largest: $50,000 to CATO INSTITUTE — supporting the creation of free, open, and civil societies founded on libertarian principles.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →