Private foundation · Washington, DC

Freeman Foundation

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Typical grant size
$10K – $17K – $30K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
18

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Weston F Milliken
Trustee
Rea Carey
Trustee
Rye Young
Trustee
Ryan Li Dahlstrom
Trustee

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
3.8%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
125
Total grants awarded
$2.8M
Total amount
$23K
Average grant
$130K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$720K
23 grants
2023
$574K
26 grants
2022
$494K
28 grants
2021
$502K
21 grants
2020
$530K
27 grants

Top recipients

99 grants · SC
$2.1M
1 grant · NC · ✓ Exact match
$130K
2 grants · SC · ✓ Exact match
$130K
1 grant · NC · ✓ Exact match
$100K
Proteus Fund
1 grant · PA
$50K
ACLU of South Carolina
1 grant · SC
$40K
1 grant · SC · ✓ Exact match
$35K
Planned Parenthood of the Southeast
1 grant · GA
$30K
1 grant · DC · ✓ Exact match
$30K
Youth Outright
1 grant · NC
$25K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Southern Vision Alliance
Queer Mobilization Fund
NC · TY 2024
$130K
Campaign for Southern Equality
Southern Equality Fund and the Trans Youth Emergency Project
NC · TY 2024
$100K
Alliance for Full Acceptance
Small Grants & Creating Change
SC · TY 2024
$90K
Proteus Fund
Sex Worker Giving Circle of the Third Wave Fund
PA · TY 2024
$50K
Alliance for Full Acceptance
LGBT Health Equity Summit
SC · TY 2024
$40K
ACLU of South Carolina
Trans Justice South Carolina Project
SC · TY 2024
$40K
We Are Family
General support
SC · TY 2024
$35K
Planned Parenthood of the Southeast
Sex Down South Conference
GA · TY 2024
$30K
National Lgbtq Task Force
Creating Change Conference
DC · TY 2024
$30K
Freedom Center for Social Justice
General support
NC · TY 2024
$25K
Equality North Carolina Foundation
General support
NC · TY 2024
$25K
Youth Outright
General support
NC · TY 2024
$25K
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs
HEAL Project
CA · TY 2024
$18K
Transgender Awareness Alliance
Transgender Awareness Alliance
SC · TY 2024
$15K
Rockwood Leadership Institute
Sexual Liberation Is Transformative Justice Project
CA · TY 2024
$15K
Trans Housing Atlanta Program
Sexual Liberation Collective
GA · TY 2024
$12K
Harriet Hancock Center
General support
SC · TY 2024
$10K
Southerners on New Ground
General support
GA · TY 2024
$10K
South Carolina Black Pride
General support
SC · TY 2024
$10K
Funders Concerned About Aids
FCAA Global Philanthropy Summit
DC · TY 2024
$3K
Fund for the City of New York
American LGBTQ+ Museum
NY · TY 2024
$3K
The Lighthouse Black Girl Projects
general support
MS · TY 2024
$3K
Mannahatta Fund
general support
NY · TY 2024
$3K
Small Grants and Creating Change Scholarships Program
SC · TY 2023
$80K
Sex Worker Giving Circle of the Third Wave Fund
PA · TY 2023
$50K
Southern Equality Fund
NC · TY 2023
$40K
LGBT Health Equity Summit
SC · TY 2023
$40K
General support
SC · TY 2023
$35K
Creating Change Conference
DC · TY 2023
$30K
Trans Emergency Care Program
NC · TY 2023
$25K
Upton Sinclair Celebration
CA · TY 2023
$25K
General support
NC · TY 2023
$25K
General support
NC · TY 2023
$25K
General support
NC · TY 2023
$25K
Sex Down South Conference
GA · TY 2023
$25K
HEAL Project
GA · TY 2023
$20K
Trans Justice South Carolina Project
SC · TY 2023
$20K
University of South Carolina Upstate
Updated LGBT community assessment for the Spartanburg region
SC · TY 2023
$17K
Fighting for Our Desires at the End of the World Project
CA · TY 2023
$14K
Sexual Liberation Working Group
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Sexual Liberation Collective
GA · TY 2023
$10K
General support
GA · TY 2023
$10K
LGBTQ+ Health Summit
SC · TY 2023
$10K
General support
SC · TY 2023
$10K
General support
SC · TY 2023
$10K
General support
SC · TY 2023
$10K
American LGBTQ+ Museum
NY · TY 2023
$3K
General support
CA · TY 2023
$3K
General support
CO · TY 2023
$3K
Small grants and Creating Change Scholarships Program
SC · TY 2022
$80K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.