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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-0858715

Stiefel Freethought Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 21 grants and $412,250 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $412,250

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $1,158,261

  • Tax year 2024

    $695,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,376,905

  • Tax year 2023

    $284,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $2,034,626

  • Tax year 2022

    $623,000

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $1,827,845

  • Tax year 2021

    $683,000

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $443,958

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,064,000

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $817,211

  • Tax year 2019

    $489,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $704,051

  • Tax year 2018

    $58,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $1,206,465

Grants paid in 2025

21 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fiscal Sponsorship Allies IncIndianapolis, IN

    To support the Get Real News LLC

    $100,000
  2. Religion News LLCColumbia, MO

    General & Unrestricted

    $100,000
  3. Public Concern Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $60,000
  4. People for the American Way FoundationWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  5. Disarming Leviathan Ministries IncPhoenix, AZ

    General & Unrestricted

    $35,000
  6. Center for Inquiry IncAmherst, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,250
  7. Atheists UnitedLos Angeles, CA

    To support the Freethought Fellowship Foundation

    $20,000
  8. American Values ProjectSacramento, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  9. Americans United for Separation of Church & StateWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  10. American Assoc for the Advancement of ScienceWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  11. American Atheists IncCranford, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  12. American Civil Liberties Union Foundation IncNew York, NY

    Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief

    $1,000
  13. Black NonbelieversAtlanta, GA

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  14. Camp Quest IncCincinnati, OH

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  15. Common Cause Education FundWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  16. Common Cause Education FundWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  17. Freedom From Religion Foundation IncMadison, WI

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  18. Military Religious Freedom Foundation IncAlbuquerque, NM

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  19. Public Religion Research InstituteWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  20. Secular Student AllianceLos Angeles, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  21. Triangle Freethought SocietyDurham, NC

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Community development2 grants $160,00046% of the total
  2. Religion4 grants $103,00030% of the total
  3. Civil rights3 grants $56,00016% of the total
  4. Arts and culture1 grant $20,2506% of the total
  5. Public affairs2 grants $2,000<1% of the total
  6. Crime and legal aid1 grant $1,000<1% of the total
  7. 2 other causes2 grants $2,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Indiana1 grant $100,000
  2. Missouri1 grant $100,000
  3. New York3 grants $81,250
  4. District of Columbia5 grants $58,000
  5. Arizona1 grant $35,000
  6. California3 grants $31,000
  7. North Carolina2 grants $2,000
  8. Georgia1 grant $1,000
  9. New Jersey1 grant $1,000
  10. New Mexico1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Todd StiefelPres, Dir, Sec Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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