Funders › PA › Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc › 2025
Grants paid by Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc, tax year 2025
EIN 04-3467254 · Philadelphia, PA · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE R630
In tax year 2025, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc (EIN 04-3467254) reported 16 grants paid totaling $566,744. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2025
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cosmos Institute Inc Austin, TX | A | $250,000 | paid | FIRE AND COSMOS INSTITUTE ARE COLLABORATING ON A FAST GRANTS PROJECT TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRUTH-SEEKING AI. | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA | A | $50,000 | paid | THIS IS AN INTERVENTION STUDY THAT WILL TEST THE HKS PRACTICE OF TRAINING STUDENTS IN CIVIL DISAGREEMENT BY HAVING THEM INTERACT WITH AI CHATBOTS TO DEBATE HOT-BUTTON SOCIAL ISSUES AS PART OF ORIENTATION. ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS RELATING TO CIVIL DISAGREEMENT WILL BE MEASURED BEFORE AND AFTER EXPOSURE TO THE INTERVENTION. | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | The Future of Free Speech Nashville, TN | A | $35,144 | paid | THIS WILL BE AN INTERNATIONAL REPLICATION OF THE CFSR SURVEY LOOKING AT BRAZILIAN CAMPUSES RUN BY JACOB MCHANGAMA'S FUTURE OF FREE SPEECH AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY. | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | A | $35,000 | paid | JOHN HASNAS WILL RECRUIT PAPER WRITERS AND SPEAKERS TO HOST A SYMPOSIUM ON THE ETHICS OF FREE SPEECH ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES AT GEORGETOWN, WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | National Constitution Center Philadelphia, PA | A | $25,000 | paid | PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER TO HOST A FIRST AMENDMENT SUMMIT ON CONSTITUTION DAY. | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | University of South Florida Board of Trustees Tampa, FL | A | $24,279 | paid | MARK PEZZO WILL DO 5 PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS TO SEE HOW DIFFERENT FACTORS INFLUENCE DESIRE TO CENSOR IN THE EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT, INCLUDING PERCEIVED OFFENSIVENESS, FALSITY, AND HARM, AS WELL AS PRAGMATIC CONCERNS (LOSS OF INCOME, HARM TO REPUTATION). | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | A | $22,000 | paid | SURVEYS WILL BE UTILIZED TO FIND DIFFERENCES IN SUPPORT AMONG THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FOR THE LEGALITY OF DISAGREEABLE SPEECH AND PROTEST FOR CITIZENS AND NONCITIZENS AND STUDENTS AND NON-STUDENTS. | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University Arlington, VA | A | $18,500 | paid | CO-HOSTED HIGHER EDUCATION SUMMIT IN NASHVILLE, TN WITH THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES FOR FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS. | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | 2way Interactive Inc Brooklyn, NY | A | $17,500 | paid | FIRE SPONSORED THE MOYNIHAN REPORT, A CURRENT EVENTS NEWS SHOW HOSTED BY MICHAEL MOYNIHAN ON THE 2WAY PLATFORM. THE SPONSORSHIP FEATURED FIRE STAFF IN SEGMENTS, HOST-LED ADVOCACY, AND DIRECT FUNDRAISING APPEALS THAT INVITED VIEWERS TO SUPPORT FIRE'S FREE SPEECH MISSION. | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | Moviegoer Inc Billings, MT | A | $15,000 | paid | INCREASE FIRE'S NETWORK OF ALLIES AND BUILD GENUINE, SELF-SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS TO ADVANCE FIRE'S MISSION. | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | Elena Velez Industry Inc Colgate, WI | A | $15,000 | paid | PARTNERSHIP WITH ELENA VELEZ TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF FREE EXPRESSION AT HER FASHION SHOW IN NYC. | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX | A | $13,846 | paid | CHIP STEWART WILL RUN AN EXPERIMENT EXPOSING PEOPLE TO LABELED AND UNLABELED AI-GENERATED CONTENT AND AUTHENTIC CONTENT TO SEE WHETHER AND HOW LABELING IMPACTS PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS OF THAT CONTENT, TO HELP UNDERSTAND IMPLICATIONS OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION MANDATING LABELING ON AI-GENERATION CONTENT. | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | Balaker Media Foundation Fallbrook, CA | A | $12,425 | paid | PROJECT TO CREATE A FREE EXPRESSION COUNTERBALANCE IN THE FILM INDUSTRY. | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | The Ohio State University Columbus, OH | A | $12,050 | paid | EDWARD HOHE WILL USE A SURVEY INSTRUMENT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW STUDENTS WHO SELF-CENSOR CONCEPTUALIZE THAT SELF-CENSORSHIP, BY OFFERING HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS AND SEEING WHAT VARIABLES CAUSE THEM TO INDICATE THAT THEY WOULDN'T SELF-CENSOR. | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | A | $11,000 | paid | RUNNING A SURVEY ON ACADEMICS TO SEE WHETHER AND HOW SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND MAY RELATE TO VIEWS ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND FREE SPEECH, TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THOSE FROM DIVERSE, BLUE COLLAR, OR LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS MAY SHOW GREATER TOLERANCE FOR DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AND HETERODOX VIEWS THAN ACADEMICS THAT COME FROM HOMOGENEOUS, ELITE, OR HIGH SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. | 202513029349302776 |
| 2025 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | A | $10,000 | paid | JACOB BRUGGERMAN WILL CREATE AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DEBATES OF THE CLIPPER CHIP, AN EARLY ENCRYPTION DEVICE THAT CAUSED MASSIVE DEBATES ABOUT PRIVACY AS A CIVIL LIBERTY, AND PRESAGED THE MANY DEBATES OVER PRIVACY AND TECH OF THE COMING DECADES. | 202513029349302776 |
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