Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty

| Funder : Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|
Armstrong Foundation, The |
$5,000 | |
| Educational programs | $5,000 | 12/31/2004 |
Brady Education Foundation |
$1,090,000 | |
| Project support | $1,000,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| Project support | $10,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| Project support | $30,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| Project support | $25,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| Project support | $25,000 | 1/1/1998 |
Castle Rock Foundation |
$25,000 | |
| General Support. | $25,000 | 1/1/2000 |
Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation |
$147,500 | |
| General operating support | $25,000 | 12/31/2006 |
| General Operating Support | $25,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| General operating support | $60,000 | 1/1/2004 |
| General Operating Support | $25,000 | 1/1/2003 |
| General Program | $1,500 | 6/1/1993 |
| General | $10,000 | 12/1/1991 |
| General | $1,000 | 6/1/1991 |
Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust |
$50,000 | |
| General operating support | $50,000 | 1/1/1999 |
Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation |
$115,000 | |
| General Operating Support | $10,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| General Operating Support. | $10,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| Educational Programs | $40,000 | 1/1/1998 |
| Educational Programs | $30,000 | 1/1/1996 |
| General Program | $25,000 | 1/1/1992 |
Dick and Betsy Devos Foundation |
$414,750 | |
| Unrestricted Grant for General Fund | $52,850 | 12/31/2007 |
| Unrestricted Grant for General Fund | $50,000 | 12/31/2006 |
| Unrestricted Grant to General Fund | $102,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| Unrestricted Grant to General Fund | $2,400 | 12/31/2004 |
| Unrestricted Grant to General Fund | $50,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| Unrestricted Grant to General Fund | $55,000 | 12/31/2002 |
| Unrestricted Grant to General Fund | $50,000 | 12/31/2001 |
| Unrestricted Grant to General Fund | $52,500 | 12/31/2000 |
Earhart Foundation |
$396,000 | |
| General Operating Support | $40,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| For general operating support during calendar year 2007 | $50,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| Purchase copies of a book by Francois Michelin, And Why Not? | $10,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| For general operating support during calendar year 2006 | $35,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| Oct 2005 to appoint a Research fellow, Jay Wesley Richards | $25,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| During a twelve month period beginning October 2005 to appoint a Research Fellow, Jay Wesley Richards. | $25,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| During a six month period beginning January 2006 to support the translation into Hungarian of John Kekes's book, THE ROOTS OF EVIL, Zoltan Balazs, Research Principal. | $6,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| For general operating support during calendar year 2004. | $35,000 | 12/31/2004 |
| During the summer of 2004 for a project on religious liberty in modern day Russia, Alexey Knndatch, Recipient. | $3,500 | 12/31/2004 |
| For general operating support during calendar year 2003. | $20,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| To provide support in 2004 for the Institute's Tracy Fellows Program. | $15,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| To provide support in 2002 for the Institute's Tracy Fellows Program | $15,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| For general operating support during calendar year 2001 | $20,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| To provide support in 2001 for the Institute's Tracy Fellows Program | $15,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| To provide general operating support during calendar 2000. | $20,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| To provide general operating support during 1999. | $20,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| To provide support in 1999 for the Institute's Tracy Fellows Progam. | $11,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| To provide support for publication of the inaugural issue of a new journal, Markets and Morality, Gregory Gronbacher, Editor. | $10,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| Steven Yates The Waters Building During a 12 month period beginning July 1996 to continue preparation of a book, THE PARADOX OF LIBERTY. (Amended 13 October 1997, time period through 1998.) |
$6,250 | 1/1/1997 |
| Fellowship Research Grant Gregory M.A. Gronbacher A 12 month period beginning March 1996 to revise for publication as a book a doctoral dissertation, THE MEANING OF VALUE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS. |
$7,800 | 1/1/1996 |
| Fellowship Research Grant Steven Yates During a 12 month period beginning July 1996 to continue preparation of a book, THE PARADOX OF LIBERTY. |
$6,250 | 1/1/1996 |
| Fellowship Research Grant Gregory M.A. Gronbacher A 12 month period beginning March 1996 to revise for publication as a book a doctoral dissertation, THE MEANING OF VALUE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS. |
$200 | 1/1/1996 |
Exxon Mobil |
$315,000 | |
| $50,000 | 1/1/2007 | |
| $50,000 | 1/1/2006 | |
| $50,000 | 1/1/2005 | |
| $50,000 | 1/1/2004 | |
| $50,000 | 1/1/2003 | |
| $30,000 | 1/1/2002 | |
| $35,000 | 1/1/2001 | |
JM Foundation |
$100,000 | |
| $20,000 | 1/1/2007 | |
| To support the Center for Effective Compassion | $15,000 | 1/1/2004 |
| No purpose given. | $15,000 | 5/3/2002 |
| No purpose given | $15,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| Toward the Samaritan Awards Program | $15,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| To support "A New Vision for Charity" | $20,000 | 1/1/1995 |
John M. Olin Foundation |
$390,500 | |
| the Center for Economic Personalism | $50,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| The Center for Economic Personalism | $50,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| The Center for Economic Personalism. | $50,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| The Center for Economic Personalism | $50,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| The Center for Economic Personalism | $50,000 | 1/1/1998 |
| The Center for Economic Personalism | $50,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| The Discovery Project | $25,000 | 1/1/1996 |
| The Speakers Bureau of the Discovery Project | $15,500 | 1/1/1995 |
| The publications program | $15,000 | 1/1/1994 |
| To support the publications program | $10,000 | 1/1/1993 |
| To support the publications program | $25,000 | 1/1/1991 |
John Templeton Foundation |
$593,850 | |
| $5,000 | 1/1/2008 | |
| 'Centesimus Annus' Promotion for a Free Market Enterprise System | $37,500 | 1/1/2007 |
| General Donation - 2007 | $25,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| Acton Institute 17th Annual Dinner | $5,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| Centesimus Annus' Promotion for a Free Market Enterprise System | $225,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| General Donation-2006 | $25,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| General Donation - Lord Acton Dinner 2006 | $2,500 | 1/1/2006 |
| General Donation | $0 | 1/1/2006 |
| Centesimus Annus: Promotion for a Free Market Enterprise System | $112,500 | 1/1/2005 |
| General Donation | $25,000 | 1/1/2005 |
| Action Institutes 14th Annual Dinner | $2,500 | 1/1/2005 |
| General Donation | $25,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| General Donation | $8,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| General Donation | $8,000 | 12/31/2002 |
| General Contribution | $8,000 | 12/31/2001 |
| Templeton Project for the Study of Theology and Economics | $3,500 | 12/31/2001 |
| General Donation | $2,000 | 12/31/2000 |
| Templeton Project for the Study of Theology and Economics | $66,500 | 12/31/1999 |
| Markets and Morality | $7,850 | 12/31/1998 |
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation |
$1,872,000 | |
| To support general operations | $90,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| To support general program activities | $50,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| To support general operations | $5,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| To support general operations | $5,000 | 12/16/2005 |
| To support general operations | $41,666 | 8/10/2005 |
| To support general operations | $41,667 | 6/10/2005 |
| To support general operations | $41,667 | 4/10/2005 |
| To support general operations | $5,000 | 12/3/2004 |
| To support general operations | $41,666 | 8/10/2004 |
| To support general operations | $41,667 | 6/10/2004 |
| To support general operations | $41,667 | 4/13/2004 |
| To support general operations | $1,000 | 12/12/2003 |
| To support general operations | $25,000 | 10/10/2003 |
| To support general operations | $25,000 | 8/11/2003 |
| To support general operations | $25,000 | 6/10/2003 |
| To support general operations | $25,000 | 4/11/2003 |
| To support general operations | $1,000 | 12/13/2002 |
| To support general operations | $31,250 | 10/10/2002 |
| To support general operations | $31,250 | 8/9/2002 |
| To support general operations | $31,250 | 6/10/2002 |
| To support general operations | $31,250 | 4/10/2002 |
| To support general operations | $45,000 | 12/13/2001 |
| To support general operations | $45,000 | 10/12/2001 |
| To support general operations | $45,000 | 8/14/2001 |
| To support general operations | $45,000 | 6/6/2001 |
| To support general operations | $45,000 | 4/10/2001 |
| To support general operations and outreach to church leadership | $45,000 | 12/8/2000 |
| To support general operations and outreach to church leadership | $45,000 | 10/10/2000 |
| To support general operations and outreach to church leadership | $45,000 | 8/10/2000 |
| To support general operations and outreach to church leadership | $45,000 | 6/7/2000 |
| To support general operations and outreach to church leadership | $45,000 | 4/10/2000 |
| To support general operations and outreach to church leadership. | $225,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| To support general operations | $41,250 | 10/9/1998 |
| To support the purchase of a printing press | $20,000 | 10/9/1998 |
| To support general operations | $41,250 | 8/10/1998 |
| To Support general operations | $41,250 | 6/10/1998 |
| To support general operations | $41,250 | 3/20/1998 |
| To support general program activities | $40,000 | 11/11/1997 |
| To support general program activities | $40,000 | 7/10/1997 |
| To support general program activities | $40,000 | 3/20/1997 |
| To support the Samaritan Awards, the Visiting Scholars program, and a Conference on the Bishops' Economic Pastoral Letter | $40,000 | 7/18/1996 |
| To support the Samaritan Awards, the Visiting Scholars program, and a Conference on the Bishops' Economic Pastoral Letter | $40,000 | 3/20/1996 |
| To support a welfare reform project entitled "A New Vision for Charity" | $40,000 | 8/10/1995 |
| To support a welfare reform project entitled "A New Vision for Charity" | $40,000 | 4/11/1995 |
| To support general program activities | $25,000 | 1/20/1994 |
| To support general program activities | $25,000 | 7/20/1993 |
| To support general program activities | $25,000 | 4/2/1992 |
| To support general program activities | $25,000 | 2/25/1991 |
Orville D. and Ruth A. Merillat Foundation |
$12,000 | |
| General support | $12,000 | 2/28/1999 |
Philip M. McKenna Foundation |
$153,000 | |
| General Operations | $10,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| General Operations | $5,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| Center for Academic Research | $5,000 | 1/1/2004 |
| Center for Economic Personalism | $10,000 | 1/1/2003 |
| Center for Economic Personalism | $10,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| Center for Economic Personalism | $20,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| Center for Economic Personalism | $25,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| Center for Economic Personalism | $25,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| Conference Program | $18,000 | 1/1/1998 |
| Conference Program | $15,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| Conference program - Toward a Free and Virtuous Society | $10,000 | 1/1/1996 |
Randolph Foundation |
$403,000 | |
| $5,000 | 1/1/2008 | |
| $5,000 | 1/1/2006 | |
| No purpose given. | $125,000 | 11/7/2002 |
| No purpose given. | $125,000 | 10/24/2001 |
| No purpose given. | $25,000 | 12/19/2000 |
| No purpose given. | $18,000 | 9/30/1999 |
| No purpose given. | $50,000 | 1/7/1999 |
| No purpose given. | $50,000 | 3/12/1998 |
Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation |
$150,000 | |
| Unrestricted Grant to General Fund | $25,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| Unrestricted Grant to General Fund | $25,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| Unrestricted Grant to General Fund | $25,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| Unrestricted Grant to General Fund | $25,000 | 12/31/2004 |
| Unrestricted Grant to General Fund | $25,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| Unrestricted Grant to General Fund | $25,000 | 1/1/2001 |
Rodney Fund |
$90,500 | |
| General funding | $22,500 | 1/1/2008 |
| General funding 501(c)(3) | $33,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| General funding | $8,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| General funding | $4,000 | 12/31/2004 |
| General funding | $4,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| General funding | $4,000 | 12/31/2002 |
| General funding | $4,000 | 12/31/1999 |
| General funding | $11,000 | 12/31/1998 |
Roe Foundation |
$45,000 | |
| General operating expense | $5,000 | 1/1/2009 |
| General operating expense | $5,000 | 12/31/2006 |
| General operating fund | $5,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| General operating fund | $5,000 | 12/31/2004 |
| General operating fund | $5,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| General operating fund | $5,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| General operating fund | $5,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| No purpose given. | $5,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| No purpose given. | $5,000 | 2/16/1998 |
Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation |
$20,750 | |
| General support | $20,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| General Funds | $250 | 1/1/2000 |
| General Funds | $250 | 1/1/1999 |
| General Funds | $250 | 12/4/1998 |
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation |
$15,000 | |
| Public policy outreach to religious leaders | $15,000 | 1/1/2005 |
Sarah Scaife Foundation |
$240,000 | |
| $40,000 | 1/1/2009 | |
| Project support | $50,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| Project support | $50,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| SUPPORT OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS | $100,000 | 1/1/1991 |
Scaife Family Foundation |
$465,000 | |
| no description given | $150,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| No purpose given | $50,000 | 1/1/1998 |
| No description given | $100,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| WELFARE REFORM PROJECT | $65,000 | 1/1/1996 |
| WELFARE REFORM PROJECT | $100,000 | 1/1/1995 |
William E. Simon Foundation |
$315,000 | |
| $75,000 | 1/1/2008 | |
| Faith | $55,000 | 12/18/2007 |
| Faith | $60,000 | 12/19/2006 |
| Faith | $5,000 | 11/28/2006 |
| General support | $60,000 | 12/19/2005 |
| General support | $60,000 | 12/27/2004 |
William H. Donner Foundation |
$20,000 | |
| General | $20,000 | 1/1/2008 |

![]() |
||