The Jack Roth Charitable Foundation concentrates its giving on conservative civic education and advocacy, funding organizations that produce right-leaning public policy scholarship, youth political engagement, and digital conservative content. Most grants are sizable and directed to a small set of repeat recipients, indicating a strategic, ideologically focused portfolio rather than broad community philanthropy. The foundation favors organizations that shape public opinion and train or mobilize conservative students and audiences.
Concentrated, high-dollar giving to a small number of repeat grantees; three organizations received multiple multi-hundred-thousand to multi-million dollar awards, signaling targeted investment in ideological influence and outreach rather than many small community grants.
Three organizations account for some of the foundation’s largest recent support: Turning Point USA received $2,000,000 in 2023, $2,000,000 in 2024, and $1,250,000 in 2025; the Claremont Institute received $400,000 in 2023, $450,000 in 2024, and $450,000 in 2025; and Prager University Foundation received $400,000 in 2023, $400,000 in 2024, and $400,000 in 2025. That repeat pattern shows a funder that backs a small set of organizations over multiple years rather than making many isolated awards. The Jack Roth Charitable Foundation’s recent grants center on conservative civic education, public-policy ideas, and digital educational content, with giving that reaches student organizing, think-tank work, and media production. The foundation also supports related institutions such as the University of Michigan, Gatestone Institute, Steamboat Institute, and the David Horowitz Freedom Center, but its most distinctive feature is the concentration of major grants to a few recurring recipients. The resulting portfolio is highly targeted: large awards, repeated commitments, and a clear preference for organizations that produce ideas and programming for conservative audiences.
In student organizing and leadership, the foundation backed Turning Point USA with three very large grants across 2023 to 2025, including a $1,250,000 award in 2025. In public-policy scholarship, it supported the Claremont Institute with $400,000 in 2023 and $450,000 in both 2024 and 2025. For conservative educational media, Prager University Foundation received $400,000 in each of those same three years. The Jack Roth Charitable Foundation also funded research and commentary organizations such as Gatestone Institute, which received $150,000 in 2023, $75,000 in 2024, and $70,000 in 2025. Its portfolio reaches beyond one channel: it includes a university award, a think tank, a media foundation, and advocacy-oriented institutions, all tied together by conservative civic and educational aims.
Grant sizes cluster at the high end of the distribution, with a p25 of $14,575, a median of $27,500, and a p75 of $100,000. The recent record also shows repeated awards to the same organizations across 2023, 2024, and 2025, indicating ongoing relationships rather than one-time gifts. The foundation is a private charitable foundation; it does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The grants shown are all to organizations in the United States. The pattern combines a small number of very large awards with many mid-sized grants.
$2.6M
$10.8M
$1.1M
$2.8M
Most grants fall between $15K and $100K, with a median of $28K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$28K
75th Percentile
$100K
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Notable grantees: Turning Point USA, Claremont Institute, Prager University Foundation, University of Michigan
Giving is concentrated in California, which accounts for 54% of grants and is the top state by grant count. Recipient cities in the recent record include Sherman Oaks, Upland, Marina del Rey, Malibu, Sacramento, Long Beach, and Encinitas. Outside California, grants also went to Phoenix, Ann Arbor, New York, Steamboat Springs, Washington, and Mamaroneck. All recent grants in the dataset were made to U.S. recipients.
It supports conservative civic education and advocacy groups, including student political organizing, public-policy scholarship, digital educational content, and related institutions. Recent grants went to organizations such as Turning Point USA, the Claremont Institute, and Prager University Foundation, showing a consistent focus on ideas, youth engagement, and media.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years. Turning Point USA received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025; the Claremont Institute and Prager University Foundation also received three consecutive years of support; and Steamboat Institute, Gatestone Institute, David Horowitz Freedom Center, and Association of Threat Assessment Professionals each show repeat funding.
The grant-size distribution is high relative to the median, with p25 at $14,575, median at $27,500, and p75 at $100,000. The recent list also includes several multimillion-dollar and six-figure awards, which suggests a portfolio that combines very large anchor gifts with smaller support grants.
California is the top state by grant count, with 54% of grants going to recipients there. Recent California recipients include organizations in Sherman Oaks, Upland, Marina del Rey, Malibu, Sacramento, Long Beach, and Encinitas.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TURNING POINT USA | PHOENIX, AZ | $1,250,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| CLAREMONT INSTITUTE | UPLAND, CA | $450,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | SHERMAN OAKS, CA | $400,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| UNREPORTED STORY SOCIETY | MARINA DEL REY, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| STEAMBOAT INSTITUTE | STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO | $100,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| GATESTONE INSTITUTE | NEW YORK, NY | $70,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER | SHERMAN OAKS, CA | $36,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| ASSOCIATION OF THREAT ASSESSMENT PROFESSIONALS | SACRAMENTO, CA | $30,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| MOVING PICTURE INSTITUTE | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| LEX REX INSTITUTE | LONG BEACH, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| FOR PURPOSE FOUNDATION | ENCINITAS, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| CREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION | MALIBU, CA | $13,300 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| SAVE THE PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS | MONUMENT, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| PROCLAIMING JUSTICE TO THE NATIONS | FRANKLIN, TN | $10,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| THE CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY | WASHINGTON, DC | $10,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| GIVING KITCHEN INC | DENVER, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| BEAR'S FOUNDATION | WINDSOR LOCKS, CT | $10,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| RICHSTONE FAMILY CENTER | HAWTHORNE, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| PHD PRODUCTIONS LLC | STUDIO CITY, CA | $4,500 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| TURNING POINT USA | PHOENIX, AZ | $2,000,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| CLAREMONT INSTITUTE | UPLAND, CA | $450,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | SHERMAN OAKS, CA | $400,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| STEAMBOAT INSTITUTE | STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO | $100,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| GATESTONE INSTITUTE | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER | SHERMAN OAKS, CA | $40,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| ASSOCIATION OF THREAT ASSESSMENT PROFESSIONALS | SACRAMENTO, CA | $30,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| UNREPORTED STORY SOCIETY | MARINA DEL REY, CA | $25,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY | WASHINGTON, DC | $17,500 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $15,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| FOR PURPOSE FOUNDATION | ENCINITAS, CA | $15,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| PROCLAIMING JUSTICE TO THE NATIONS | FRANKLIN, TN | $10,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| MOVING PICTURE INSTITUTE | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| NEWFILMMAKERS LOS ANGELES | HOLLYWOOD, CA | $8,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| TURNING POINT USA | PHOENIX, AZ | $2,000,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | ANN ARBOR, MI | $500,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | SHERMAN OAKS, CA | $400,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| CLAREMONT INSTITUTE | UPLAND, CA | $400,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| GATESTONE INSTITUTE | NEW YORK, NY | $150,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| STEAMBOAT INSTITUTE | STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO | $100,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| UNREPORTED STORY SOCIETY | MARINA DEL REY, CA | $58,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| CREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION | MALIBU, CA | $47,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER | SHERMAN OAKS, CA | $45,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $15,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| PROJECT VERITAS | MAMARONECK, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| ASSOCIATION OF THREAT ASSESSMENT PROFESSIONALS | SACRAMENTO, CA | $15,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| THE LEGACY GLOBAL FOUNDATION | MESA, AZ | $15,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
| PROCLAIMING JUSTICE TO THE NATIONS | FRANKLIN, TN | $10,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT |
TURNING POINT USA
$1,250,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
CLAREMONT INSTITUTE
$450,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER
$36,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
ASSOCIATION OF THREAT ASSESSMENT PROFESSIONALS
$30,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
LEX REX INSTITUTE
$20,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
FOR PURPOSE FOUNDATION
$15,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
SAVE THE PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS
$10,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
GIVING KITCHEN INC
$10,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
BEAR'S FOUNDATION
$10,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
PHD PRODUCTIONS LLC
$4,500COMMUNITY SUPPORT
DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER
$40,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
ASSOCIATION OF THREAT ASSESSMENT PROFESSIONALS
$30,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
FOR PURPOSE FOUNDATION
$15,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$500,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER
$45,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
PROJECT VERITAS
$15,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
ASSOCIATION OF THREAT ASSESSMENT PROFESSIONALS
$15,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT