Nonprofits›The 85 Fund

Crime & Legal-Related

The 85 Fund

FORT WORTH, TX

View as a funder

Total revenue

$168.5M

Total expenses

$169.7M

Net assets

$2.8M

Grants received

$567.8M

55 grants

EIN

202466871

Tax year

2024

Mission

To educate the public and support activities that highlight the relationship between structural limits on government power and the protection of our dignity and our freedoms.

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$168.5M
Program service revenue—
Investment income—
Other revenue—
Total revenue$168.5M

Expenses

Grants paid$118.2M
Salaries & benefits$1.6M
Fundraising—
Other expenses$49.9M
Total expenses$169.7M
Total assets$2.8M
Net assets$2.8M

People

8 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Carrie Severino

Director, Secretary

Board

$216K

30 hrs/wk

Gary Marx

Director, Treasurer

Board

—

5 hrs/wk

Todd Graves

Director, Chairman

Board

—

0.25 hrs/wk

Ormal Skinner

Counsel

Staff

$308K

40 hrs/wk

Jason Snead

Counsel

Staff

$265K

40 hrs/wk

Chad Ennis

Counsel

Staff

$223K

40 hrs/wk

Ann Corkery

Counsel

Staff

$212K

20 hrs/wk

Jacqueline Doyer

Counsel

Staff

$173K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

CRC Advisors

Management Support/Administration/Operations/ Public Affairs Consulting/Advertising

$25.9M

Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC

Legal Services

$5.0M

Invictus Charitable Advisors LLC

Strategic Consulting

$3.2M

Argus Insight LLC

Research

$1.8M

Jones Day

Legal Services

$1.7M

Grants received

Showing 55 of 55

FromAmountPurposeYear
Donors Trust Inc
$1.6M
for general operations
2024
Donors Trust Inc
$550K
for the Honest Elections Project
2024
NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC
$450K
EDUCATION
2024
Maye Family Foundation
$50K
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
2024
HENRY E HALLER JR FOUNDATION
$50K
GENERAL
2024
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$160M
HUMAN SERVICES
2023
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST
$4.3M
EDUCATION
2023
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$140K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$141.3M
HUMAN SERVICES
2022
REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS PUBLIC POLICY
$4.5M
SUPPORT MISSION OF ENTITY
2022
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST
$3.6M
HUMAN SERVICES
2022
THE STORY GARSCHINA FOUNDATION CO KENNETH GARSCHINA
$250K
CHARITABLE
2022
Donors Trust Inc
$50K
for the Honest Elections Project
2022
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
$25K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$141.5M
HUMAN SERVICES
2021
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST
$2.7M
HUMAN SERVICES
2021
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$39.8M
HUMAN SERVICES
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$20.0M
for general operations
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$10M
for the LBH Project
2020
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$9.0M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$5M
for the Court Education Project
2020
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST
$2.7M
HUMAN SERVICES
2020
NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC
$2M
CULTURE
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$2M
for the Government Accountability Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$1.5M
for Federalist Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$1M
for the Passages Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$1M
for judicial education projects
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$1M
for the Accountability and Civics Trust Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$1M
for the Civil Liberties project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$750K
for the Project with Mercatus Center
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$600K
for the PEKDU project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$500K
for the Speech First Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$500K
for the Journalist Investigations Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$450K
for the DF Project.
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$400K
for the Public Interest Legal Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$350K
for the Milloy E & ELI Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$325K
for the Anti New Green Deal Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$300K
in support of the Individual Rights in Education Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$300K
for voter education program
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$250K
for the Free Speech Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$250K
for Free Speech Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$225K
for the FLGW Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$200K
for the TP Campus Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$200K
for CEI Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$160K
for the Electoral College Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$125K
for Ethics and Public Policy Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$100K
for the Honest Election Project
2020
THE STORY GARSCHINA FOUNDATION CO KENNETH GARSCHINA
$100K
CHARITABLE
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$100K
for the Independent Woman Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$50K
for Honest Elections Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$25K
for the ESG Project
2020
Donors Trust Inc
$20K
for Honest Election Project
2020
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$1.9M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST
$1.8M
HUMAN SERVICES
2019
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST
$800K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2017

Funded by

$567.8M from 10 funders · 55 grants · 2017–2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$482.6M · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Donors Trust Inc

$50.9M · 34 grants · 2020–2024

National Philanthropic Trust

$15.9M · 6 grants · 2017–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$11.0M · 3 grants · 2019–2023

Republican Governors Public Policy

$4.5M · 1 grant · 2022

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

$2.5M · 2 grants · 2020–2024

Henry E Haller Jr Foundation

$50K · 1 grant · 2024

Details

EIN202466871
NTEE codeI01
Subsection03
Ruling date2011-11
Formed2004
Employees7
Volunteers0
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