The Freeman Foundation focuses its giving narrowly on LGBTQ civil rights and leadership development, funding a single advocacy organization through recurring grants. Its support is aimed at grassroots organizing and enabling attendance at national organizing conferences via scholarship support. The foundation appears purposefully concentrated rather than broadly diversified across causes or geographies.
Highly concentrated: repeat grants to one core grantee (two grants totaling $160,000), focused rather than distributed across many organizations.
The Freeman Foundation’s grantmaking is tightly centered on LGBTQ civil rights and leadership development, with recurring support that ties grassroots organizing to national convenings. Across 2023 and 2024, the foundation repeatedly backed Alliance for Full Acceptance in North Charleston, South Carolina, including support for its Small Grants and Creating Change Scholarships Program and its LGBT Health Equity Summit. It also funded the National LGBTQ Task Force’s Creating Change Conference, showing a consistent interest in conference participation and movement-building. The foundation’s recent grants also reach into adjacent advocacy and community infrastructure. Campaign for Southern Equality received multiple awards for the Southern Equality Fund and for the Trans Emergency Care Program, while We Are Family in North Charleston received general support in both years. The pattern suggests a narrow, sustained portfolio rather than a broad set of unrelated priorities. Grants are typically sized in the tens of thousands of dollars, with several awards repeated across years to the same organizations.
One clear thread is conference and scholarship support. The Freeman Foundation gave $80,000 in both 2023 and 2024 to Alliance for Full Acceptance for its Small Grants and Creating Change Scholarships Program, and it gave $30,000 in 2024 to the National LGBTQ Task Force for the Creating Change Conference. Another theme is Southern LGBTQ organizing. Campaign for Southern Equality received $40,000 in both 2023 and 2024 for the Southern Equality Fund, plus $25,000 in 2024 for the Trans Emergency Care Program. The foundation also supports local community organizations. We Are Family received $35,000 in both years for general support, and Youth OUTright received $25,000 in 2024 after a $20,000 grant in 2023. Leadership development appears in grants to Rockwood Leadership Institute, including $14,000 for the Fighting for Our Desires at the End of the World Project and $12,500 for the Sexual Liberation is Transformative Justice Project.
Typical grant size clusters in a relatively narrow band: p25 is $10,000, median is $14,500, and p75 is $25,000. The recent record also shows repeated awards to the same recipients across 2023 and 2024, indicating ongoing relationships rather than one-off support. The foundation funds individuals, and the grant list includes scholarships and conference participation support alongside general support and project grants. Its portfolio appears trustee-directed and programmatic, with no program-related investments reported.
$702K
$21.1M
$2.8M
$821K
Most grants fall between $10K and $25K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$25K
About 6% of grants go to recipients in SC.
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Notable grantees: Alliance for Full Acceptance
Grantmaking is regional and concentrated in the United States. California is the top state by grant count, while the District of Columbia accounts for 6% of grants. Recipient locations in the recent list cluster in the Southeast, especially North Charleston, Asheville, Atlanta, Charlotte, Durham, Columbia, and Spartanburg. Outside the Southeast, grants also went to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Amherst, and Philadelphia.
The foundation funds LGBTQ civil rights advocacy, leadership development, and scholarship or conference support. Recent grants include support for grassroots organizing, the Creating Change Conference, the Southern Equality Fund, and programs tied to trans emergency care and sexual liberation.
Yes. Several recipients appear in both 2023 and 2024, including Alliance for Full Acceptance, Campaign for Southern Equality, We Are Family, Freedom Center for Social Justice, and Youth OUTright. That pattern points to recurring support rather than isolated awards.
The grant-size distribution is fairly compact: p25 is $10,000, median grant size is $14,500, and p75 is $25,000. Recent awards include both smaller program grants and larger $80,000 scholarship-and-small-grants commitments.
Its giving is regional within the United States, with California as the top state by grant count. The recent grants also show a strong concentration in Southeastern cities such as North Charleston, Asheville, Atlanta, Charlotte, Durham, Columbia, and Spartanburg.
Yes. The foundation funds individuals, and its recent grant pattern includes scholarship support tied to conference participation, including awards connected to Creating Change and other convenings.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campaign for Southern Equality | Asheville, NC | $100,000 | 2026 | Southern Equality Fund and the Trans Youth Emergency Project |
| Alliance for Full Acceptance | North Charleston, SC | $90,000 | 2026 | Small Grants & Creating Change Scholarship Program |
| We Are Family | North Charleston, SC | $60,000 | 2026 | General support |
| Proteus Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 2026 | Sex Worker Giving Circle of the Third Wave Fund |
| ACLU of South Carolina | Columbia, SC | $40,000 | 2026 | Trans Justice South Carolina Project |
| Alliance for Full Acceptance | North Charleston, SC | $40,000 | 2026 | LBGT Health Equity Summit |
| Youth OUTright | Asheville, NC | $35,000 | 2026 | General support |
| Equality North Carolina Foundation | Durham, NC | $32,500 | 2026 | General support |
| Planned Parenthood of the Southeast | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 2026 | Sex Down South Conference |
| Freedom Center for Social Justice | Charlotte, NC | $30,000 | 2026 | General support |
| National LGBTQ Task Force | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 2026 | Sexual Liberation Track of Creating Change |
| Harriet Hancock Center | Columbia, SC | $25,000 | 2026 | General support |
| Woodhull Freedom Foundation | Jenkintown, PA | $20,000 | 2026 | New Moon Network - General Support |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $17,500 | 2026 | HEAL Project |
| Rockwood Leadership Institute | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2026 | Still Here Still Queer Project |
| Transgender Awareness Alliance | Lexington, SC | $15,000 | 2026 | General support |
| Southerners on New Ground | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 2026 | General support |
| Woodhull Freedom Foundation | Jenkintown, PA | $15,000 | 2026 | New Moon Network - Warchest Coalition Campaign Project |
| Trans Housing Atlanta Program | Atlanta, GA | $12,000 | 2026 | Sexual Liberation Collective |
| South Carolina Black Pride | Columbia, SC | $10,000 | 2026 | General support |
| Dancers Group | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 2026 | Sins Invalid in Memory of Patty Berne |
| Point of Pride | Eugene, OR | $5,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| American LGBTQ Museum | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Hope Community Center Inc | Apopka, FL | $5,000 | 2026 | General Support |
| Southern Vision Alliance | Durham, NC | $130,000 | 2025 | Queer Mobilization Fund |
| Campaign for Southern Equality | Asheville, NC | $100,000 | 2025 | Southern Equality Fund and the Trans Youth Emergency Project |
| Alliance for Full Acceptance | North Charleston, SC | $90,000 | 2025 | Small Grants & Creating Change |
| Proteus Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | Sex Worker Giving Circle of the Third Wave Fund |
| Alliance for Full Acceptance | North Charleston, SC | $40,000 | 2025 | LGBT Health Equity Summit |
| ACLU of South Carolina | Columbia, SC | $40,000 | 2025 | Trans Justice South Carolina Project |
| We Are Family | North Charleston, SC | $35,000 | 2025 | General support |
| Planned Parenthood of the Southeast | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 2025 | Sex Down South Conference |
| National LGBTQ Task Force | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 2025 | Creating Change Conference |
| Freedom Center for Social Justice | Charlotte, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | General support |
| Equality North Carolina Foundation | Durham, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | General support |
| Youth OUTright | Asheville, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | General support |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $17,500 | 2025 | HEAL Project |
| Transgender Awareness Alliance | Lexington, SC | $15,000 | 2025 | Transgender Awareness Alliance |
| Rockwood Leadership Institute | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | Sexual Liberation Is Transformative Justice Project |
| Trans Housing Atlanta Program | Atlanta, GA | $12,000 | 2025 | Sexual Liberation Collective |
| South Carolina Black Pride | Columbia, SC | $10,000 | 2025 | General support |
| Harriet Hancock Center | Columbia, SC | $10,000 | 2025 | General support |
| Southerners on New Ground | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 2025 | General support |
| Fund for the City of New York | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | American LGBTQ+ Museum |
| The Lighthouse Black Girl Projects | Jackson, MS | $2,500 | 2025 | general support |
| Mannahatta Fund | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | general support |
| Funders Concerned About AIDS | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 2025 | FCAA Global Philanthropy Summit |
| Alliance for Full Acceptance | North Charleston, SC | $80,000 | 2024 | Small Grants and Creating Change Scholarships Program |
| Proteus Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 2024 | Sex Worker Giving Circle of the Third Wave Fund |
| Campaign for Southern Equality | Asheville, NC | $40,000 | 2024 | Southern Equality Fund |
Campaign for Southern Equality
$100,000Southern Equality Fund and the Trans Youth Emergency Project
Small Grants & Creating Change Scholarship Program
ACLU of South Carolina
$40,000Trans Justice South Carolina Project
Youth OUTright
$35,000General support
Planned Parenthood of the Southeast
$30,000Sex Down South Conference
Harriet Hancock Center
$25,000General support
Woodhull Freedom Foundation
$20,000New Moon Network - General Support
Transgender Awareness Alliance
$15,000General support
Woodhull Freedom Foundation
$15,000New Moon Network - Warchest Coalition Campaign Project
Trans Housing Atlanta Program
$12,000Sexual Liberation Collective
South Carolina Black Pride
$10,000General support
Point of Pride
$5,000General Support
American LGBTQ Museum
$5,000General Support
Campaign for Southern Equality
$100,000Southern Equality Fund and the Trans Youth Emergency Project
Proteus Fund
$50,000Sex Worker Giving Circle of the Third Wave Fund
ACLU of South Carolina
$40,000Trans Justice South Carolina Project
Planned Parenthood of the Southeast
$30,000Sex Down South Conference
Youth OUTright
$25,000General support
Transgender Awareness Alliance
$15,000Transgender Awareness Alliance
Sexual Liberation Is Transformative Justice Project
Trans Housing Atlanta Program
$12,000Sexual Liberation Collective
South Carolina Black Pride
$10,000General support
Harriet Hancock Center
$10,000General support
The Lighthouse Black Girl Projects
$2,500general support
Mannahatta Fund
$2,500general support
Small Grants and Creating Change Scholarships Program