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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 52-1667228

Freeman Foundation

A private foundation in Washington, DC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 24 grants and $702,000 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.

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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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $702,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $21,078,991

  • Tax year 2024

    $719,500

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $19,098,405

  • Tax year 2023

    $573,500

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $15,810,681

  • Tax year 2022

    $494,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $13,198,644

  • Tax year 2021

    $501,500

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $12,170,207

  • Tax year 2020

    $530,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $11,694,269

Grants paid in 2025

24 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Campaign for Southern EqualityAsheville, NC

    Southern Equality Fund and the Trans Youth Emergency Project

    $100,000
  2. Alliance for Full AcceptanceN Charleston, SC

    Small Grants & Creating Change Scholarship Program

    $90,000
  3. We Are FamilyNorth Charleston, SC

    General support

    $60,000
  4. Proteus FundWaltham, MA

    Sex Worker Giving Circle of the Third Wave Fund

    $50,000
  5. Alliance for Full AcceptanceN Charleston, SC

    LBGT Health Equity Summit

    $40,000
  6. ACLU of South CarolinaColumbia, SC

    Trans Justice South Carolina Project

    $40,000
  7. Youth OUTrightAsheville, NC

    General support

    $35,000
  8. Equality North Carolina FoundationDurham, NC

    General support

    $32,500
  9. National LGBTQ Task ForceWashington, DC

    Sexual Liberation Track of Creating Change

    $30,000
  10. Planned Parenthood of the SoutheastAtlanta, GA

    Sex Down South Conference

    $30,000
  11. Freedom Center for Social JusticeCharlotte, NC

    General support

    $30,000
  12. Harriet Hancock CenterColumbia, SC

    General support

    $25,000
  13. Woodhull Freedom FoundationJenkintown, PA

    New Moon Network - General Support

    $20,000
  14. Social and Environmental EntrepreneursCalabasas, CA

    HEAL Project

    $17,500
  15. Woodhull Freedom FoundationJenkintown, PA

    New Moon Network - Warchest Coalition Campaign Project

    $15,000
  16. Southerners on New GroundAtlanta, GA

    General support

    $15,000
  17. Rockwood Leadership InstituteSan Francisco, CA

    Still Here Still Queer Project

    $15,000
  18. Transgender Awareness AllianceLexington, SC

    General support

    $15,000
  19. Trans Housing Atlanta ProgramAtlanta, GA

    Sexual Liberation Collective

    $12,000
  20. South Carolina Black PrideColumbia, SC

    General support

    $10,000
  21. Hope Community Center IncApopka, FL

    General Support

    $5,000
  22. American LGBTQ MuseumNew York, NY

    General Support

    $5,000
  23. Point of PrideEugene, OR

    General Support

    $5,000
  24. Dancers GroupSan Francisco, CA

    Sins Invalid in Memory of Patty Berne

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Civil rights6 grants $310,00070% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $50,00011% of the total
  3. Human services3 grants $45,00010% of the total
  4. Environment1 grant $17,5004% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $15,0003% of the total
  6. Arts and culture1 grant $5,0001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Carolina7 grants $280,000
  2. North Carolina4 grants $197,500
  3. Pennsylvania3 grants $85,000
  4. Georgia3 grants $57,000
  5. California3 grants $37,500
  6. District of Columbia1 grant $30,000
  7. Florida1 grant $5,000
  8. New York1 grant $5,000
  9. Oregon1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Weston F MillikenTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Rea CareyTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Rye YoungTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Ryan Li DahlstromTrustee Hours 2Pay $0

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