Grantmaking public charityEIN 237432162

CATO INSTITUTE

WASHINGTON, DC 20001

Total Assets

$190.5M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$227K

FY 2024

Grants Made

8

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$28K

FY 2024

Grant Range

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$9.1M

Educational program - cato hosts public events and conferences in order to engage diverse audiences on our research and policy prescriptions. Cato also proactively invests in the next generation through its student programs. These include our cato internship program and john russell paslaqua intern seminar series, our student briefing program, and cato university, which teaches college students from around the country about america's founding principles of individual liberty, limited government, and free enterprise. Our sphere program supports middle and high school educators with the knowledge and tools to overcome polarization and advance civil discourse on contentious issues in the classroom.

Program 2

$4.3M

Communications & external affairs - cato scholars engage and educate broad audiences on our policy prescriptions by disseminating our research through speaking engagements, social media, briefings, op-eds and blogs, podcasts, television and radio appearances, and our websites, which receive over 11 million visits annually. We have invested significantly in building a cato digital program to showcase this content in a dynamic, engaging, and accessible way through all these channels. Cato scholars and government affairs personnel meet with and educate government officials and their staff on a variety of public policy issues, advancing solutions based on the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Cato hosts a quarterly congressional fellowship program geared to share our research and foster greater engagement on major public policy issues. Scholars regularly offer congressional testimony related to their fields of research.

Focus Areas

Public & Societal Benefit

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$62.8M

Total Expenses

$47.4M

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $320K in 2021. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

27 grants

Grant Size Distribution

27 grants

<$10K
3
grants
$10–50K
20
grants
$50–250K
4
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

10 states

New York
$333K
30% of total
Florida
$250K
22% of total
District of Columbia
$217K
20% of total
Virginia
$97K
9% of total
Pennsylvania
$83K
7% of total
Oregon
$50K
4% of total
Michigan
$25K
2% of total
Texas
$25K
2% of total
Massachusetts
$20K
2% of total
Maryland
$13K
1% of total

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