Texas Freedom Network

Nonprofit · Grant recipient Also a grantmaker → Austin, TX EIN 74-2736849

Funding Overview

From IRS Form 990 filings · 2020–2025

Total received

$6.2M

Foundation funders

29

Grants recorded

60

Years covered

2020–2025

Who funds Texas Freedom Network?

Texas Freedom Network is funded by 29 grantmakers, led by Way to Win Action Fund Inc ($1.4M), Open Society Action Fund Inc ($1.0M), North Fund ($951K). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $6.2M in grants to Texas Freedom Network between 2020–2025.

FunderTotal givenGrantsYears
Way to Win Action Fund Inc$1,378,60052020–2024
Open Society Action Fund Inc$1,000,00032021–2024
North Fund$950,50042021–2024
Voter Registration Project$465,61812024
The Heising-Simons Action Fund$350,00032020–2024
Women Donors Network Action$250,00032020–2023
Energy Action Fund$230,00042021–2024
Sixteen Thirty Fund$225,00032021–2023
Tides Foundation$220,00032020–2022
Democracyfirst$200,00012022
Texas for All$135,00022022–2024
Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation$88,00042021–2024
Tides Advocacy$86,42522020–2022
Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation$85,00022022–2024
Green Advocacy Project$82,00012020
America Votes$80,00012021
Local Jobs & Economic Development Fund Inc$75,00012024
Texas Organizing Project$75,00012021
Future Forward USA Action$55,00012022
Workers Defense Action Fund$50,00012021
The Cooperative Impact Lab$27,00012020
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees$10,00012024
Proteus Action League$10,00012023
American Civil Liberties Union$10,00012021
MFI Foundation$7,50052020–2024
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Funding over time

Grant dollars and counts received per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M8 grants2020 14 grants2021 15 grants2022 9 grants2023 13 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $4K (2025) to $1.5M (2021). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $4K.

What grants has Texas Freedom Network received?

Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first

YearFunderPurposeAmount
2025Jack and Doris Smothers and Bud SmothersUNRESTRICTED$3,500
2024Voter Registration ProjectVOTER REGISTRATION$465,618
2024Open Society Action Fund IncTO SUPPORT THE GRANTEE'S SOCIAL WELFARE ACTIVITIES$400,000
2024Way to Win Action Fund IncGENERAL OPERATING$110,000
2024North FundCIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY$100,000
2024The Heising-Simons Action FundFOR GENERAL SUPPORT$100,000
2024Local Jobs & Economic Development Fund IncSUPPORTING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CLEAN ENERGY DEPLOYMENT$75,000
2024Energy Action FundTO SUPPORT CLEAN ENERGY POLICY ADVANCEMENT IN THE STATES.$50,000
2024Jacob and Terese Hershey FoundationToward message testing$35,000
2024Michael and Alice Kuhn FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION$30,000
2024Texas for AllSUPPORTING COORDINATED INVESTMENTS AND STRATEGIES$25,000
2024American Federation of State County and Municipal Employeesgeneral$10,000
2024Jack and Doris Smothers and Bud SmothersUNRESTRICTED$3,000
2024MFI FoundationTO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE$1,500
2023Open Society Action Fund IncTO SUPPORT THE GRANTEE'S SOCIAL WELFARE ACTIVITIES$400,000
2023North FundCIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY$200,000
2023Energy Action FundTO SUPPORT CLEAN ENERGY POLICY ADVANCEMENT IN THE STATES.$100,000
2023Sixteen Thirty FundCIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY$75,000
2023Way to Win Action Fund IncGENERAL SUPPORT$59,600
2023Women Donors Network ActionPRIMARY-PURPOSE SUPPORT$50,000
2023Michael and Alice Kuhn FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION$20,000
2023Proteus Action LeagueRIGHTS & JUSTICE$10,000
2023MFI FoundationTO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE$1,500
2022Way to Win Action Fund IncGENERAL SUPPORT$572,000
2022DemocracyfirstSupport Election Integrity$200,000
2022The Heising-Simons Action FundFOR GENERAL SUPPORT$150,000
2022Texas for AllSUPPORTING COORDINATED INVESTMENTS AND STRATEGIES$110,000
2022Sixteen Thirty FundCIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY$75,000
2022Future Forward USA ActionPrimary Purpose$55,000
2022North FundCIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY$50,500

Showing 30 most recent of 60 recorded grants.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who funds Texas Freedom Network?

Texas Freedom Network is funded by 29 grantmakers, led by Way to Win Action Fund Inc ($1.4M), Open Society Action Fund Inc ($1.0M), North Fund ($951K). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $6.2M in grants to Texas Freedom Network between 2020–2025.

Who is Texas Freedom Network's largest funder?

Way to Win Action Fund Inc is the largest recorded funder of Texas Freedom Network, with $1.4M across 5 grants (2020–2024).

How much grant funding has Texas Freedom Network received?

IRS 990 filings record $6.2M in grants to Texas Freedom Network across 60 grants from 29 funders between 2020–2025. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.

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