Who funds Alliance Defending Freedom?
Scottsdale, Arizona · EIN 54-1660459 · NTEE R600 · 501(c)(3)
276 private foundations paid Alliance Defending Freedom 548 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $17.1M in all.
All years on file, including returns before 2022.
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Foundations that funded it
The 200 largest by total, of 277 on file.
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Largest grants since 2022
Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.
- George Jenkins Foundation Inc · 2023 - For alliance defending freedom operations$2,700,000
- The Dunn Foundation · 2024 - Corporate Freedom Program and general support$540,000
- Jon L and Beverly a Thompson Foundation · 2025 - Directed to highest need$500,000
- Jon L and Beverly a Thompson Foundation · 2024 - Unrestricted general$500,000
- Jon L and Beverly a Thompson Foundation · 2023 - Unrestricted general$500,000
- The Dunn Foundation · 2025 - General support$400,000
- Co Tua John F Cuneo Jr Fnd · 2024 - Unrestricted general$350,000
- Reinemund Family Foundation · 2025 - General fund$250,000
- Reinemund Family Foundation · 2024 - General fund$250,000
- Rowling Foundation · 2024 - Committed to saving lives of unborn and ensuring that their mothers flourish$250,000
- Rowling Foundation · 2023 - Committed to saving lives of unborn and ensuring that their mothers flourish$250,000
- Co Tua John F Cuneo Jr Fnd · 2023 - Unrestricted general$250,000
- Richard and Barbara Gaby Foundation · 2023 - Public policy$250,000
- The Dunn Foundation · 2023 - General & Unrestricted$226,000
- The Psalms Foundation · 2025 - General fund$200,000
- Whispering Fox Foundation · 2024 - Aid to community$200,000
- George Jenkins Foundation Inc · 2024 - Legal defense of religious freedom$200,000
- Whispering Fox Foundation · 2023 - Aid to community$200,000
- Guglielmo Family Foundation · 2023 - Support Programs$200,000
- Stover Foundation · 2025 - General evangelical outreach$150,000
- Shepherd Sower Sentinel and Scholar Foundation · 2025 - Advocate and defend religious freedom for families$150,000
- Stover Foundation · 2024 - General evangelical outreach$150,000
- Overstreet Foundation · 2024 - Supporting charitable activities and programs$150,000
- The Harold C Smith Foundation to Promote Christianity · 2024 - Persecuted church: support legal advocacy in nigeria and to develop a sub-saharan africa lawyers network.$150,000
- The Lloyd and Vivian Noble Foundation · 2024 - Operating fund$150,000
Organizations the same foundations fund
Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.
- Focus on the FamilyColorado Spgs, CO · 47 shared funders
- Leadership InstituteArlington, VA · 56 shared funders
- Judicial Watch IncWashington, DC · 56 shared funders
- Prager University FoundationSherman Oaks, CA · 38 shared funders
- Heritage FoundationWashington, DC · 51 shared funders
- Young Americas FoundationReston, VA · 26 shared funders
- Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, MI · 65 shared funders
- Media Research Center IncHerndon, VA · 20 shared funders
By tax year of the funder's return
| Year | Grants | Foundations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 107 | 106 | $3M |
| 2024 | 199 | 196 | $6M |
| 2023 | 223 | 209 | $7.8M |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | $276K |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 | $47K |
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How this page is made
Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 54-1660459
- IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)
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