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Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression INC

Public charity
DBA: EXPRESSION INC
Civil Rights & Advocacy · PHILADELPHIA, PA · EIN 04-3467254

Money Out (latest fiscal year)

990 · FY ending 2025-06-30
Very large (approx.)
Total spending
$29.7M
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Grants paid
$62K
Lobbying
$91K
Program services
$6.3M

Top contractors (990 Part VII §B)

ContractorServiceStateCompensation
Nodehaus Media LLCAdvertising services—$146K

Lobbying — 501(h) Election (Sch C Part II-A)

Total lobbying expenditures$91K
Direct lobbying$83K
Grassroots lobbying$7K
501(h) lobbying ceiling$6.0M
Lobbying nontaxable amount$1.0M
Grassroots ceiling$1.5M
Total exempt-purpose expenditures$23.7M

Grants Made (Top 50 by amount)

1,936 grants · $68.4M total
RecipientStateIRC sectionCash grantPurpose
COSMOS INSTITUTE INC
EIN 933752918
TX501(C)(3)$250KFIRE AND COSMOS INSTITUTE ARE COLLABORATING ON A FAST GRANTS PROJECT TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRUTH-SEEKING AI.
ARTHUR L CARTER JOURNALISM INSTITUTE AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
EIN 135562308
NY501(C)(3)$75KFUNDS FOR COLLABORATING ON AND PROMOTING A CURRICULUM EDUCATING COLLEGE STUDENTS ABOUT FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
EIN 042103580
MA501(C)(3)$50KTHIS 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.