The US Justice Charitable Foundation concentrates its giving on higher-education programs and think tanks that advance free-market economics, limited government, and civil liberties. Grants are directed mainly to college-based centers and scholarship programs as well as ideological research organizations that promote classical liberal / libertarian ideas and public policy education. Recipients are typically institutions that integrate curricula, scholarships, or public programs around economic freedom and related civil liberties topics.
US Justice Charitable Foundation Inc directs large grants to colleges, institutes, and policy groups tied to free-enterprise economics, limited government, and civil liberties. The 2025 grant to the Mises Institute stands out at $375,000, with support for economic freedom, business civil liberties, and sharing the economic works of F. A. Hayek. Other sizable awards show the same orientation: Chapman University received $260,000 for economics, law, free enterprise, and small business, while Ashbrook Center at Ashland University received $250,000 for students focused on free-enterprise and free-market programs. The foundation also backs campus-based centers and scholarship initiatives that connect classroom work with public policy education. Grants have reached institutions in Alabama, California, Ohio, Missouri, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota, showing a broad national spread rather than a narrow local one. Its giving pattern also includes support for archival and scholarly work, public choice research, and programs that frame civil liberties alongside economic freedom.
Higher education is a central theme in the foundation’s grantmaking. It gave $200,000 to College of the Ozarks for educational initiatives promoting limited government, free enterprise, and economic freedom, and $160,000 to College of Charleston for programs at the center for public choice and market process. Scholarship support is another recurring lane: Ashbrook Center at Ashland University received $250,000 for students focused on free enterprise and free-market programs. The foundation also funds campus research and discussion around rights and policy, including $108,600 to College of Charleston for civil liberties, economic rights, and free-enterprise principles. Another thread is preservation and academic support, shown by $53,290 to Grove City College for its Visiting Scholars in Economics, Political Science Speakers Fund, and digitizing the Ludwig von Mises archive.
Typical grants cluster tightly around the mid-six-figure range: p25 is $160,000, median is $200,000, and p75 is $200,000. The recent list shows repeated support to the same recipients across years, including Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, College of Charleston, Grove City College, and College of Charleston, which suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-time awards. The foundation is structured as a charitable foundation and makes grants nationally. It also funds individuals, and the record shows no program-related investments.
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$22.8M
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$1.2M
Most grants fall between $160K and $200K, with a median of $200K.
25th Percentile
$160K
Median
$200K
75th Percentile
$200K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in OH.
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Concentrated, large grants to a small number of repeat grantees and campus-based programs; funding is program-specific (scholarships, curriculum, research) with a clear ideological focus rather than broad community-service giving.
Notable grantees: Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, Mises Institute, College of Charleston, Chapman University, College of the Ozarks
Grant recipients are spread across the United States, with 100% of recent grants going to U.S. organizations. The most frequent recipient state is South Carolina, supported by multiple awards to College of Charleston in Charleston. Other recipient cities appearing in the recent grants include Auburn, Orange, Ashland, Point Lookout, Grove City, and Box Elder. The giving pattern is national rather than centered on Washington, DC, where the foundation is headquartered.
It funds colleges, campus centers, think tanks, and related programs focused on free-enterprise economics, limited government, civil liberties, public policy education, and scholarship support. Recent awards include support for economics and law programs, public choice research, and academic archive digitization.
Recent grants are typically in the mid-six-figure range. The p25 grant size is $160,000, the median is $200,000, and the p75 is also $200,000.
Yes. The recent grants list shows repeat support to several recipients across different years, including Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, College of Charleston, Grove City College, and College of Charleston again in a different 2025 grant.
The top state by grant count is South Carolina. Recent awards include multiple grants to College of Charleston in Charleston, which helps explain that concentration.
Yes. The foundation’s profile indicates that it funds individuals, alongside grants to institutions and organizations.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mises Institute | Auburn, AL | $375,000 | 2025 | Program development focused on economic freedom, limited government and business civil liberties, and sharing economic works of F.A. Hayek. |
| Ashbrook Center at Ashland University | Ashland, OH | $250,000 | 2025 | Scholarship for students focused on free enterprise and free market programs |
| College of Charleston | Charleston, SC | $108,600 | 2025 | Support for civil liberties, economic rights and free-enterprise principals through education, research and discussion. |
| Grove City College | Grove City, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | Support for programs furthering public policy advocacy initiatives that promote limited government, U.S national security, civil liberties and economic freedom. |
| Vanscend Inc | Box Elder, SD | $56,000 | 2025 | Program development, education, outreach to assist individuals recovering from addiction to learn entrepreneurship and work toward becoming productive citizens to benefit the USA |
| Ashbrook Center at Ashland University | Ashland, OH | $350,000 | 2024 | Scholarship for students focused on free enterprise and free market programs |
| College of the Ozarks | Point Lookout, MO | $252,500 | 2024 | Support for educational intiatives that promote limited gov't, free enterprise and econ freedom. |
| College of Charleston | Charleston, SC | $199,660 | 2024 | Support for programs including educational initiatives at the center for public choice and market process. |
| Grove City College | Grove CIty, PA | $125,793 | 2024 | To support the Visiting Scholars in Economics, Political Science Speakers Fund, and Digitizing Ludwig von Mises Archive. |
| Chapman University | Orange, CA | $260,000 | 2023 | Support for programs in the areas of economics, law, free enterprise, and small business |
| College of the Ozarks | Point Lookout, MO | $200,000 | 2023 | Support for educational intiatives that promote limited gov't, free enterprise and econ freedom. |
| Ashbrook Center at Ashland University | Ashland, OH | $200,000 | 2023 | Scholarship for students focused on free enterprise and free market programs |
| College of Charleston | Charleston, SC | $160,000 | 2023 | Support for programs including educational initiatives at the center for public choice and market process. |
| Grove City College | Grove CIty, PA | $53,290 | 2023 | To support the Visiting Scholars in Economics, Political Science Speakers Fund, and Digitizing Ludwig von Mises Archive. |
Program development focused on economic freedom, limited government and business civil liberties, and sharing economic works of F.A. Hayek.
Ashbrook Center at Ashland University
$250,000Scholarship for students focused on free enterprise and free market programs
College of Charleston
$108,600Support for civil liberties, economic rights and free-enterprise principals through education, research and discussion.
Support for programs furthering public policy advocacy initiatives that promote limited government, U.S national security, civil liberties and economic freedom.
Vanscend Inc
$56,000Program development, education, outreach to assist individuals recovering from addiction to learn entrepreneurship and work toward becoming productive citizens to benefit the USA
Ashbrook Center at Ashland University
$350,000Scholarship for students focused on free enterprise and free market programs
College of the Ozarks
$252,500Support for educational intiatives that promote limited gov't, free enterprise and econ freedom.
Support for programs including educational initiatives at the center for public choice and market process.
To support the Visiting Scholars in Economics, Political Science Speakers Fund, and Digitizing Ludwig von Mises Archive.
Support for programs in the areas of economics, law, free enterprise, and small business
College of the Ozarks
$200,000Support for educational intiatives that promote limited gov't, free enterprise and econ freedom.
Ashbrook Center at Ashland University
$200,000Scholarship for students focused on free enterprise and free market programs
Support for programs including educational initiatives at the center for public choice and market process.
To support the Visiting Scholars in Economics, Political Science Speakers Fund, and Digitizing Ludwig von Mises Archive.