US Justice Charitable Foundation Inc

Quick Stats

• Annual Giving: $927,953 (2023)
• Total Assets: $22.8 million (2024)
• Grant Range: $53,000 - $260,000
• Number of Grants: 5 grants awarded (2023)
• Median Grant: $200,000
• Geographic Focus: National (US)
• Application Method: Invitation only - no public application process

Contact Details

Address: 1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW Ste 400, Washington, DC 20004-1017

Note: The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for funds and only makes contributions to preselected charitable organisations.

Overview

The US Justice Charitable Foundation Inc is a Washington DC-based private independent foundation established as a 501(c)(3) organisation. With total assets of $22.8 million as of 2024, the foundation awarded $927,953 in grants during 2023 across five recipients. The foundation's mission centres on supporting educational initiatives that promote free enterprise, free market economics, limited government principles, and economic freedom. Their grantmaking focuses exclusively on educational institutions, particularly university programmes and centres dedicated to teaching and advancing free market economic principles. The foundation operates on an invitation-only basis, selecting recipients at the discretion of its trustees rather than through a public application process.

Funding Priorities

Grant Programmes

The foundation does not operate formal grant programmes with published guidelines. Instead, grants are awarded at trustee discretion to preselected educational institutions.

Recent Grant Range: $53,000 - $260,000 (2022 data) Median Grant Size: $200,000

Priority Areas

The foundation exclusively funds educational initiatives in the following areas:

• Free enterprise and free market economics education - University programmes, centres, and curricula focused on teaching free market economic principles
• Economic freedom and limited government programmes - Educational initiatives that promote understanding of limited government and economic liberty
• Academic centres for public choice and market process - Support for specialised research and teaching centres
• Economics, law, and small business education - Programmes that integrate these disciplines from a free market perspective
• Scholarship programmes - Student scholarships focused on free enterprise and free market programmes
• Visiting scholars programmes - Support for economics and political science speaker series and visiting faculty
• Archive preservation - Digitisation of historical economics archives (e.g., Ludwig von Mises materials)

Geographic Focus

National (United States) - grants awarded to institutions across multiple states.

What They Don't Fund

• Organisations outside the educational sector
• Programmes not aligned with free market economics or limited government principles
• Unsolicited applications from organisations not previously identified by trustees
• General operating support unrelated to their core educational mission
• International organisations
• Individual researchers (outside of institutional programmes)

Governance and Leadership

Officers and Trustees

• John Popeo - President and Treasurer
• Helen Popeo - Vice President and Secretary
• Asad P. Shah - Vice President

The foundation operates with a small board structure, with leadership concentrated among three officers who direct the foundation's grantmaking strategy and recipient selection.

Application Process & Timeline

How to Apply

This funder does not have a public application process.

The US Justice Charitable Foundation explicitly states that it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds." Grants are awarded at the discretion of the foundation's trustees, who identify and select recipient organisations based on alignment with the foundation's mission and priorities.

Organisations cannot apply for funding through any public application portal, proposal submission, or letter of inquiry process.

How Grants Are Awarded

The foundation's trustees identify educational institutions and programmes that align with their focus on free enterprise, free market economics, and limited government education. Recipients are selected based on trustee knowledge of programmes and institutions working in these areas. Grant decisions are made entirely at trustee discretion without a competitive application process.

Recent Grant Recipients

The following institutions received grants from the foundation in 2022:

• Chapman University ($260,000) - Support of programmes in the areas of economics, law, free enterprise, and small business
• Ashbrook Center at Ashland University ($200,000) - Scholarships for students focused on free enterprise and free market programmes
• College of the Ozarks ($200,000) - Educational initiatives that promote limited government, free enterprise and economic freedom, including support for Visiting Scholars in Economics, Political Science Speakers Fund, and Digitising Ludwig von Mises Archive
• College of Charleston ($160,000) - Support of programmes including educational initiatives at the center for public choice and market process

Key Takeaways for Grant Writers

• No public application process exists - This foundation cannot be approached through traditional grant application methods; they exclusively fund preselected organisations
• Highly focused mission - The foundation has a very specific ideological focus on free market economics, free enterprise, and limited government education
• Educational institutions only - All documented grants go to colleges and universities, specifically to programmes, centres, and initiatives within those institutions
• Substantial grant sizes - With a median grant of $200,000 and a small number of annual grants (5 in 2023), the foundation makes significant awards to selected recipients
• Long-term institutional relationships appear key - Recipients include well-established academic centres and programmes with demonstrated track records in free market economics education
• Not accessible for most organisations - Unless your organisation is an educational institution with established programmes in free market economics or limited government studies, and has existing connections to the foundation's trustees, this funder is not a viable prospect

References

• Cause IQ Profile - US Justice Charitable Foundation. https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/us-justice-charitable-foundation,262588270/ (Accessed January 7, 2026)
• GrantExec Profile - US Justice Charitable Foundation Inc. https://grantexec.com/foundations/262588270 (Accessed January 7, 2026)
• ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer - US Justice Charitable Foundatin Inc (EIN 26-2588270). https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/262588270 (Accessed January 7, 2026)
• Candid Foundation Directory - US Justice Charitable Foundation Inc. https://fconline.foundationcenter.org/fdo-grantmaker-profile?key=USJU002 (Accessed January 7, 2026)
• GuideStar Profile - US Justice Charitable Foundation Inc (EIN 26-2588270). https://www.guidestar.org/profile/26-2588270 (Accessed January 7, 2026)