JP Humphreys Foundation

• The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and gives by invitation only, so a small charity should not send it a cold proposal, and groups without an introduction should not apply this way.
• If your work fits its themes of free exercise, individual rights, job training, or civic and community development, it is worth seeking an introduction, though no geographic focus is stated, so your location should not be treated as a rule either way.
• Its grants are mostly modest: half of its 87 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $5,000 and $150,000, so a request in that band is realistic, although its largest grant was $1,750,000 to Donors Trust.
• In its latest filing, 99% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in an earlier filing, so the relationship matters, and a first approach should be patient and make a clear case for fit; the filing gives no timing, so do not assume a deadline.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Donors Trust · Worker Freedom Fund
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Foundation for Economic Education · Designated for l. reed general administration
  $160,0002024 tax year
• Moving Picture Institute · General Administration
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Atlas Network · General Administration
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Mercatus Center · General Administration
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Competitive Enterprise Institute · General Administration
  $100,0002024 tax year
• State Policy Network · General Administration
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Federalist Society · General Administration
  $100,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.