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Private foundation (trust)EIN 814712449Est. 2019-03

DEFENSE AGAINST THOUGHT CONTROL

CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139

Total Assets

$718K

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$2.2M

FY 2024

Grants Made

41

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$54K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$1.5M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$295K

Total Expenses

$2.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$2.2M

Distributable Amount

$71K

Min. Investment Return

$83K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

41 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $10K to maximum $1.5M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $2.2M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

175 grants

FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE
$1.5M
1 grant
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
$300K
4 grants
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD
$300K
4 grants
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER
$200K
4 grants
THE INTERCEPT FIRST LOOK MEDIA WORKS
$160K
4 grants
COUNTER PUNCH
$100K
1 grant
MASSACHUSETTS POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN
$100K
3 grants
THE POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN
$100K
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

175 grants

<$10K
126
grants
$10–50K
39
grants
$50–250K
9
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
1
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

15 states

Texas
$1.5M
36% of total
Massachusetts
$755K
18% of total
New York
$470K
11% of total
California
$447K
11% of total
District of Columbia
$355K
9% of total
Florida
$200K
5% of total
Colorado
$132K
3% of total
North Carolina
$80K
2% of total
New Mexico
$70K
2% of total
Missouri
$40K
1% of total

+5 more states

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