Media Transparency

EIN: 13-1656647

Freedom House, Inc.

Washington, DC 20036

Web address: www.freedomhouse.org

Total Grants to Freedom House, Inc.
Total $ Granted: $ 11,016,132
For Years: 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984
# Grants: 154

Grants to Freedom House, Inc.

Date Amount Purpose Funder
12-30-2005 140,000 Center for Religious Freedom Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-9-2005 70,000 To support the Center for Religious Freedom's Saudi study and conference The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
6-14-2005 250,000 To support general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-2004 20,000 General support F.M. Kirby Foundation
12-30-2004 70,000 General operating support Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-9-2004 55,000 To support research and publications; the Center for Religious Freedom; and activities that promote democratic values and civic activity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
11-9-2004 56,250 To support the launching of the Trans-Atlantic Democracy Network The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
11-9-2004 55,000 To support research and publications; the Center for Religious Freedom; and activities that promote democratic values and civic activity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
10-7-2004 55,000 To support research and publications; the Center for Religious Freedom; and activities that promote democratic values and civic activity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
9-9-2004 56,250 To support the launching of the Trans-Atlantic Democracy Network The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
9-9-2004 55,000 To support research and publications; the Center for Religious Freedom; and activities that promote democratic values and civic activity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
8-9-2004 55,000 To support research and publications; the Center for Religious Freedom; and activities that promote democratic values and civic activity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
7-8-2004 56,250 To support the launching of the Trans-Atlantic Democracy Network The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
5-9-2004 56,250 To support the launching of the Trans-Atlantic Democracy Network The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
4-12-2004 50,000 To support a research project on Wahhabism The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-2003 20,000 General support F.M. Kirby Foundation
12-31-2003 25,000 For research on radical Islam JM Foundation
12-31-2003 5,000 Charitable Walton Family Foundation
12-30-2003 70,000 Center for Religious Freedom Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-9-2003 50,000 To support publication and research projects, activities promoting civic life, free markets and democratic values in new democracies, and the Center for Religious Freedom's Sharia project The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
11-9-2003 50,000 To support publication and research projects, activities promoting civic life, free markets and democratic values in new democracies, and the Center for Religious Freedom's Sharia project The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
10-9-2003 50,000 To support publication and research projects, activities promoting civic life, free markets and democratic values in new democracies, and the Center for Religious Freedom's Sharia project The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
9-9-2003 50,000 To support publication and research projects, activities promoting civic life, free markets and democratic values in new democracies, and the Center for Religious Freedom's Sharia project The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
8-10-2003 50,000 To support publication and research projects, activities promoting civic life, free markets and democratic values in new democracies, and the Center for Religious Freedom's Sharia project The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-2002 15,000 General support F.M. Kirby Foundation
12-31-2002 5,000 Charitable Walton Family Foundation
12-15-2002 130,000 To support the international component of the "Toward a New Unionism Network" project The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-2001 70,000 No comment provided Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-2001 15,000 General support F.M. Kirby Foundation
12-31-2001 5,000 Charitable Walton Family Foundation
12-12-2001 78,000 To support research and publications ($190,000); Promoting Civic Life, Free Markets, and Democratic Values in New Democracies ($75,000); and the Center for Religious Freedom ($125,000) The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-12-2001 251,000 To support the "New Thinking on Democracy, Prosperity, and Labor" project's international component The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
11-7-2001 78,000 To support research and publications ($190,000); Promoting Civic Life, Free Markets, and Democratic Values in New Democracies ($75,000); and the Center for Religious Freedom ($125,000) The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
10-11-2001 78,000 To support research and publications ($190,000); Promoting Civic Life, Free Markets, and Democratic Values in New Democracies ($75,000); and the Center for Religious Freedom ($125,000) The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
9-9-2001 78,000 To support research and publications ($190,000); Promoting Civic Life, Free Markets, and Democratic Values in New Democracies ($75,000); and the Center for Religious Freedom ($125,000) The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
8-13-2001 78,000 To support research and publications ($190,000); Promoting Civic Life, Free Markets, and Democratic Values in New Democracies ($75,000); and the Center for Religious Freedom ($125,000) The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-2000 70,000 No purpose given. Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-2000 135,500 Survey of Freedom in the World
Adrian Karatnycky will lead an effort to research and write Freedom in the World, an annual survey of political freedom and civil rights around the world.
Smith Richardson Foundation
12-31-2000 100,000 American Committe for Peach in Chechnya
Glen Howard will lead an effort to improve the quality and scope of information available to the policy community on the war in Chechnya.
Smith Richardson Foundation
12-31-2000 49,000 Task Force on the United States and the United Nations
Adrian Karatnycky will organize a bi-partisan task force to develop a strategy to reverse recent decisions to exclude the United States from the U.N. commissions on human rights and drug control and to develop a coalition of democracies in the United Nations. The project will result in a final report, summaries of two research studies, and a monograph.
Smith Richardson Foundation
12-27-2000 50,000 To support general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-19-2000 251,000 To support the Project on Labor in the Global Era The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-7-2000 73,000 To support general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
11-6-2000 73,000 To support general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
10-9-2000 73,000 To support general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
9-10-2000 73,000 To support general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
8-9-2000 73,000 To support general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
1-5-2000 50,000 To support the research and publication program, the Center for Religious Freedom, and the U.S.-based training program of Promoting Civic Life, Free Markets, and Democractic Values in New Democracies The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1999 70,000 No purpose given. Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1998 70,000 No purpose given Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1998 37,500 To support general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1998 300,000 Continued support of general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1998 175,000 Survey of Freedom in the World and Related Research Reports
Adrian Karatnycky will direct the research, publication, and dissemination of Freedom House’s surveys of political freedom and civil rights around the world.
Smith Richardson Foundation
12-28-1998 42,917 To support program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-9-1998 42,916 To support program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-9-1998 40,000 To support the "Campaign for Conscience to Stop the Genocide in Sudan" by the Center for Religious Freedom The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
10-8-1998 42,917 To support program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
9-9-1998 42,917 To support program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
8-9-1998 42,917 To support program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
7-19-1998 42,916 To support program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1997 50,000 World Forum on Democracy
This grant supports the World Forum on Democracy. Adrian Karatnycky will convene a group of scholars to develop a substantive program for the forum, which will bring together world leaders of government, business, andacademia to discuss methods and means for promoting and consolidating democracy worldwide.
Smith Richardson Foundation
12-31-1997 200,000 Survey of Freedom in the World & Related Research Projects
This grant supports the research, publication, and dissemination of Freedom House's surveys of political freedom and civil rights around the world. Adrian Karatnycky will direct troduction of the annual survey Freedom in the World; the annual assessment of post-communist transformations, Nations in Transit; and the annual survey Survey of Press Freedom.
Smith Richardson Foundation
12-31-1997 55,000 No description available The Carthage Foundation
11-19-1997 50,000 To support Freedom in the World Survey The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
9-9-1997 50,000 To support Freedom in the World Survey The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
6-22-1997 50,000 To support Freedom in the World Survey The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1996 200,000 Research Program on Global Democracy, Political Rights, Civil Liberties, and Economic Freedom
This grant supports the research, publication, and dissemination of Freedom in the World and the Survey of Economic Freedom. Theseannual publications assess the level of civil and political freedom and economic liberties for individual countries and describe regional and global trends.
Smith Richardson Foundation
12-31-1996 30,000 PROGRAM SUPPORT Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1996 50,000 PUEBLA PROGRAM SUPPORT The Carthage Foundation
12-22-1996 25,000 To support the freedom survey and reports The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
11-19-1996 36,500 To support a book on the history of Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
9-19-1996 25,000 To support the freedom survey and reports The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
7-17-1996 36,500 To support a book on the history of Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
7-17-1996 50,000 To support the freedom survey and reports The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
6-19-1996 50,000 To support the freedom survey and reports The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
3-19-1996 37,000 To support a book on the history of Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1995 200,000 Research Program on Global Democracy, Political Rights, Civil Liberties, and Economic Reform
This grant supports the research, publication, and dissemination of Freedom in the World and Survey of Economic Freedom. These annual publications provide quantitative and qualitative analyses of the levels of civil and political rights and economic liberties for individual countries, as well as an assessment of regional and global trends.
Smith Richardson Foundation
12-31-1995 30,000 PROGRAM SUPPORT Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1995 40,000 CONFERENCE SUPPORT The Carthage Foundation
8-29-1995 75,000 To support program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
6-29-1995 75,000 To support program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1994 75,000 PROGRAM SUPPORT Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1994 50,000 CONFERENCE SUPPORT Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1994 20,000 CONFERENCE SUPPORT The Carthage Foundation
6-29-1994 100,000 To support general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
3-29-1994 56,000 To support a book project on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
1-2-1994 100,000 To support general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1993 75,000 PROGRAM SUPPORT Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-29-1993 75,000 Continued support of general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
6-8-1993 150,000 To support general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
1-19-1993 150,000 To support general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1992 12,500 To support the Free Society Project John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1992 150,000 PROGRAM SUPPORT Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-27-1992 15,000 To support collection of the Sakharov archives The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
2-12-1992 13,000 To support a study of Chile's political culture The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
2-12-1992 180,000 To support general program activities The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1991 50,000 To support the East European Freedom Fund John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1991 25,000 To support broadcast of television documentaries in Russia John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1991 150,000 PROGRAM SUPPORT Sarah Scaife Foundation
11-14-1991 37,500 To support Robert Leiken's research project on the Nicaraguan conflict. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
11-14-1991 13,000 To support a study of the evolution of Chile's "left and center" political ideology and organizations. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
10-13-1991 180,000 To support the program activities of Freedom House. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
6-5-1991 37,500 To support Robert Leiken's research and manuscript preparation on the Nicaraguan conflict The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
5-26-1991 30,000 To support a book project undertaken by Mel Lasky The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
5-14-1991 13,000 To support Rhoda Rabkin's study of the evolution of Chile's "Left and Center" political ideology and organizations The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
2-14-1991 30,000 To support producer Katherine Robbins' documentary on the Nicaraguan conflict. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
2-14-1991 200,000 To support its program activities. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1990 100,000 To support the Freedom Fund John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1990 10,000 To support the Intern Program John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1990 2,500 To publish a pamphlet commemorating Encounter magazine John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1990 165,000 PROGRAM SUPPORT Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-14-1990 13,500 To support Rhoda Rabkin's study of the evolution of Chile's "Left and Center" political ideology and organizations The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
11-14-1990 100,000 To support the publication of Encounter magazine. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
11-14-1990 200,000 To support its program activities. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
11-14-1990 30,044 To support producer Katherine Robbins' documentary on the Nicaraguan conflict. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
3-4-1990 200,000 No purpose available The Carthage Foundation
12-31-1989 150,000 To support the East European Freedom Fund John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1989 100,000 To support development of "Inside the Volcano," a documentary series on the Third World produced by Stornoway Productions John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1989 20,000 To support Encounter magazine John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
9-29-1989 50,000 No purpose available The Carthage Foundation
7-31-1989 390,000 To support various program activities during 1989-90. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
6-18-1989 100,000 Annual operating costs of Encounter magazine The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1988 66,000 To support the International Human Rights Program and an internship John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1988 32,000 To support Encounter magazine. John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
6-13-1988 305,000 Programs on the human rights. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
6-13-1988 75,000 Annual operating costs of "Encounter" magazine. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
6-13-1988 75,000 Research on the relationship between terrorist networks and the narcotics trade. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1987 100,000 To support programs of international on-site investigations in areas of political crisis John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1987 75,000 To support a documentary film on Cuba John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1987 31,940 To support Encounter magazine John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1987 10,000 To support the research and writing of Leopold Labedz John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1987 3,500 To support a student summer internship John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1987 25,000 General operating for:
Free Congress Center for Law and Democracy
The Carthage Foundation
12-31-1987 25,000 General operating support Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1987 25,000 Publication support Sarah Scaife Foundation
11-5-1987 150,000 Production of Cuba segment of documentary: "The New Liberation Wars". The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
11-3-1987 60,000 Operational support. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
6-17-1987 56,925 Support of "Democracy Workshop II" conference under the exchange program. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
6-17-1987 30,000 Support publication of two historical-biographical almanacs. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
3-29-1987 10,000 Purchase of computer equipment. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1986 30,650 To support Encounter magazine John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1986 30,000 To support the Veritas Historical Handbooks John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1986 5,000 To support publication of a monograph on social and economic rights in Russia John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1986 17,500 To support two book projects on freedom and religion John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1986 50,000 General operating support The Carthage Foundation
10-20-1986 50,000 Encounter magazine. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
7-14-1986 50,000 Support for Libro Libre's educational publication program. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1985 25,000 To support Encounter magazine John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1985 50,000 To support the Libro Libre book publishing program in Central America John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1985 22,573 To support a book on American constitutional democracy by Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1985 25,000 General operating support Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1984 25,000 To support Encounter magazine John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1984 25,000 To support a series of books and monographs, "Perspectives on Freedom" John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1984 50,000 General operating support The Carthage Foundation