Conservative Philanthropy

Strategic Grantmaking: Foundations and the School Privatization Movement

Published: November 2007

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This report by Rick Cohen asks: What have conservative foundations done with their grant dollards to promote concepts of privatizing public education through "school choice," primarily linked to school vouchers and tax credits? What were their strategies in providing resources to an array of conservative education think tanks, public policy advocates and organizers?

The Waltons and Wal-Mart: Self-Interested Philanthropy

Published: September 2005

This new NCRP report reveals more than just charitable intentions in Wal-Mart's seemingly generous, but systematically self-interested philanthropy. The Waltons and Wal-Mart: Self-Interested Philanthropy chronicles the philanthropic and political activities of the Walton family through their family foundation and through their Wal-Mart corporate empire, painting a picture of a family and corporation with increasing financial and political prowess. Profiled are two Walton-affiliated foundations: the Walton Family Foundation and the Wal-Mart Foundation, with the latter's scattershot giving analyzed in a recent issue of Responsive Philanthropy, NCRP's quarterly.

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Funding the Culture Wars: Philanthropy, Church and State

Published: February 2005

This new report on the connections between conservative foundation grantmaking and the politically influential evangelical movement. Funding the Culture Wars: Philanthropy, Church and State clearly shows how strategic grantmaking is being used to promote "traditional family values"and stances on issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, stem cell research, school prayer, and public displays of the Ten Commandments.

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Axis of Ideology: Conservative Foundations and Public Policy

Published: March 2004

NCRP's Axis of Ideology details the effective philanthropic strategies that 79 conservative foundations have used to support the activities of 350 public policy-oriented right-wing think tanks at the federal, state, and local levels.

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On the Path to Philanthropic Reform: Concrete Steps Toward Public and Private Accountability and Oversight

Published: July 2004

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This report contains NCRP’s written statement for the Senate Finance Committee's roundtable discussion meeting on July 2004 about issues such as foundation board composition, charitable giving return, and oversight.

$1 Billion for Ideas: Conservative Think Tanks in the 1990s

Published: March 1999

The rising influence of conservative think tanks has been a notable development during the 1990s. Today, the conservative policy establishment is perhaps the key generator and purveyor of public ideas. This report focuses attention on the top 20 right-of-center think tanks, the ways in which they operate, where they get their funding, how they are governed and the links that exist in the "conservative labyrinth."

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Moving a Public Policy Agenda: the Strategic Philanthropy of Conservative Foundations

Published: July 1997

For more than three decades, conservative strategists have mounted an extraordinary effort to reshape politics and public policy priorities. NCRP's report documents the substantial role that 12 conservative foundations have played in developing and sustaining key institutions in the movement. It also outlines lessons learned from grantmakers interested in influencing public policies.

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