Ethics and Public Policy Center

| Funder : Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|
Armstrong Foundation, The |
$2,500 | |
| Public policy education | $2,500 | 12/31/1999 |
Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation |
$15,000 | |
| General support | $15,000 | 5/23/2005 |
Brady Education Foundation |
$45,000 | |
| Project support | $35,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| Project support | $10,000 | 1/1/1997 |
Carthage Foundation |
$80,000 | |
| Support for books on international terrorism and the politics of the adversary culture | $40,000 | 1/1/1987 |
| Purpose not available | $40,000 | 12/1/1986 |
Castle Rock Foundation |
$295,000 | |
| $75,000 | 1/1/2009 | |
| $50,000 | 1/1/2008 | |
| General operating support | $50,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| General operating support | $50,000 | 1/1/2005 |
| General operating support | $20,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| Research and education to provide a moral slant on public policy issues | $50,000 | 1/1/1997 |
Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation |
$190,000 | |
| General Operating Support. | $50,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| General Operating Support | $70,000 | 1/1/1998 |
| General Operating Support | $70,000 | 1/1/1997 |
Earhart Foundation |
$829,500 | |
| The New Atlantic, a quarterly journal | $200,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| Support for "Tertio Millennio Seminar on the Free Society" | $20,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| Book VIRTUAL LIVES HOW EVERYDAY TECHNOLOGIES ARE CHANGING US | $17,500 | 1/1/2008 |
| Provide support for The New Atlantis, a quarterly journal | $50,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| Continue preparation of a book, Virtual Lives | $17,500 | 1/1/2007 |
| Calendar yr 2006 to provide support for The New Atlantis | $100,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| Feb 2006 to continue prep of a book | $35,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| For support during 2006 for the Tertio Millennio Seminar on the Free Society | $20,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| During a twelve month period beginning February 2005 to support preparation of a book, VIRTUAL LIVES: HOW EVERYDAY TECHNOLOGIES ARE CHANGING US, Christine Rosen, Research Principal. | $50,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| During calendar year 2005 to support James Bowman for a visiting fellowship at the Center. | $35,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| For support during July 2005 for the "Tertio Millennio Seminar on the Free Society," to be held in Krakow, Poland. | $25,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| During calendar year 2005 to provide support for the research and writing on American foreign policy and public affairs, Ernest W. Lefever, Research Principal. | $10,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| During calendar year 2004 to support James Bowman for a visiting fellowship at the Center. | $25,000 | 12/31/2004 |
| For support during July 2004 for the "Tertio Millennio Seminar on the Free Society," to be held in Poland, Bratislava and Spiss Kapitula, Slovakia. | $15,000 | 12/31/2004 |
| During calendar year 2004 to provide support for the research and writing on American foreign policy and public affairs, Ernest W. Lefever, Research Principal. | $10,000 | 12/31/2004 |
| During calendar year 2003 to support James Bowman for a visiting fellowship at the Center. | $12,500 | 12/31/2003 |
| For support during July 2003 for the "Tertio Millennio Seminar on the Free Society," to be held in Poland, Bratislava and Spiss Kapitula, Slovakia. | $12,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| During calendar year 2003 for preparation of a book on Biotechnology and American Democracy, Christine Stolba, Research Principal | $20,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| For support during the summer of 2002 for "The Free Society in the Third Millennium," seminars on the topics of economics, religion and liberty in Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine | $15,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| During calendar year 2003 to provide support for the research and writing on American foreign policy and public affairs, Ernest W. Lefever, Research Principal | $10,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| To provide support for a seminar in Poland during the summer of 2001 on the topic, "The Free Society in the Third Millennium" | $15,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| During a twelve-month period beginning January 2001 to provide support for the research and writing on American foreign policy and public affairs, Ernest W. Lefever, Research (sic) | $10,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| To provide support for a seminar in Poland during the summer of 2000 on the topic, "The Free Society in the Third Millennium." | $15,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| To provide support for the continuation of research and writing on American foreign policy and public affairs. Ernest W. Lefever, Research Principal. (Amended 4/10/00, time period nine months beginning 6/1/00.) | $7,500 | 1/1/2000 |
| Senior Associate Sally L. Satel During a 12 month period beginning April 1999 to prepare one or more journal article(s) and/or a book on the topic, "Postmodern Medicine: How Victim Politics Can Make You Sick." |
$13,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| During 1999 for continuation of research and writing on American foreign policy and public affairs, Ernest W. Lefever, Research Principal. | $7,500 | 1/1/1999 |
| Senior Associate Sally L. Satel During a 12 month period beginning April 1999 to prepare one or more journal article(s) and/or a book on the topic, "Postmodern Medicine: How Victim Politics Can Make You Sick." |
$7,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| To provide support during 1998 for research and publication on American foreign policy and public affairs, Ernest W. Lefever, Research Principal. | $7,500 | 1/1/1998 |
| To provide general operating support during 1997. | $15,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| During 1997 to provide support for research and publication on American foreign policy and public affairs, Ernest W. Lefever, Research Principal. | $7,500 | 1/1/1997 |
| To support preparation of a book, THE VIRGIN AND THE DYNAMO: REFLECTIONS ON THEOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, Robert Royal, Research Principal. | $10,000 | 1/1/1996 |
| Continuation of research and writing on American foreign policy and public affairs, Ernest Lefever, Research Principal. | $7,500 | 1/1/1996 |
| To complete a book now entitled THE IRONY OF VIRTUE, Ernest W. Lefever, Research Principal. | $7,500 | 1/1/1995 |
Hickory Foundation |
$10,000 | |
| General Fund | $10,000 | 1/1/2001 |
John M. Olin Foundation |
$2,183,500 | |
| General support | $75,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| General support | $50,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| The John M. Olin Chair in Religion and American Democracy | $100,000 | 1/15/2004 |
| The John M. Olin Chair in Religion and American Democracy | $150,000 | 1/28/2003 |
| the John M. Olin Chair in Religion and American Democracy | $150,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| the Center's research, conference, and publication programs | $75,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| a trustee grant, designated by Jim Piereson, to support Naomi Shaefer's book on religious higher education | $2,500 | 1/1/2002 |
| The John M. Olin Chair in Religion and American Democracy | $150,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| The Tertio Millennio Seminar on the Free Society. | $5,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| Production of a documentary film on Pope John Paul II | $100,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| The Center's judicial and "Regulation Watch" projects | $50,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| The Center's research, publication, and conference programs | $100,000 | 1/1/1998 |
| The Center's research and publications and the special Unum Project | $100,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| Research and education programs; and the Unum Program | $150,000 | 1/1/1996 |
| Projects on civic life in America | $125,000 | 1/1/1995 |
| The programs and publications of the Center | $100,000 | 1/1/1994 |
| To support research, publications and conferences | $80,000 | 1/1/1993 |
| To support research, publications and conferences | $80,000 | 1/1/1992 |
| To support research, publications and conferences | $80,000 | 1/1/1991 |
| To support research, publications and conferences | $100,000 | 1/1/1990 |
| To support research, publications and conferences | $100,000 | 1/1/1989 |
| To support educational programs in religion and society | $50,000 | 1/1/1987 |
| To support a John M. Oiln Fellowship in Religion and Society | $111,000 | 1/1/1986 |
| To support the School and Society Program | $100,000 | 1/1/1985 |
John Templeton Foundation |
$265,620 | |
| $49,000 | 1/1/2008 | |
| Terbo Millennio Seminar on the Free Society | $36,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| Book Tour and Publicity God on the Quad | $15,000 | 1/1/2005 |
| Inquiry: Tertio Millennio Seminar on Free Society | $40,000 | 12/31/2004 |
| Role of Religious Higher Education in Forming a Healthy Vibrant Nation | $5,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| Role of Religious Higher Education in Forming a Healthy, Vibrant Nation | $10,000 | 12/31/2002 |
| Role of Religious Higher Education in Forming a Healthy and Vibrant Nation: Book Publication | $15,000 | 12/31/2001 |
| 1998 Neuroscience and the Human Spirit Conference Volume | $4,120 | 12/31/2000 |
| 1998 Neuroscience and the Human Spirit Conference Volume | $20,000 | 12/31/1999 |
| Conference on Neuroscience and the Human Spirit | $10,000 | 12/31/1999 |
| Conference on Neuroscience and the Human Spirit | $61,500 | 12/31/1998 |
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation |
$6,451,320 | |
| To support general operations | $100,000 | 11/10/2008 |
| To support general operations | $100,000 | 9/15/2008 |
| To support general operations | $75,000 | 3/10/2008 |
| To support general operations | $75,000 | 1/10/2008 |
| To support general operations | $50,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| To support general operations | $75,000 | 10/10/2005 |
| To support general operations | $75,000 | 7/10/2005 |
| To support general operations | $75,000 | 3/10/2005 |
| To support general operations | $75,000 | 1/10/2005 |
| To support general operations, the Islam and Democracy project, and the Tertio Millenio project | $106,250 | 10/19/2004 |
| To support general operations, the Islam and Democracy project, and the Tertio Millenio project | $106,250 | 7/15/2004 |
| To support general operations, the Islam and Democracy project, and the Tertio Millenio project | $106,250 | 3/22/2004 |
| To support general operations, the Islam and Democracy project, and the Tertio Millenio project | $106,250 | 1/15/2004 |
| To support general operations | $75,000 | 10/20/2003 |
| To support general operations | $75,000 | 7/21/2003 |
| To support general operations | $75,000 | 4/21/2003 |
| To support general operations | $75,000 | 1/17/2003 |
| To support general operations and a book project | $93,750 | 10/10/2002 |
| To support general operations and a book project | $93,750 | 7/10/2002 |
| To support "The Future of Islam" project | $85,000 | 7/10/2002 |
| To support general operations and a book project | $93,750 | 4/10/2002 |
| To support "The Future of Islam" project | $85,000 | 4/10/2002 |
| To support Seminar on the Free Society | $40,000 | 4/10/2002 |
| To support general operations ($325,000) and a book project by James Bowman ($50,000) | $93,750 | 12/28/2001 |
| To support general operations | $94,375 | 10/12/2001 |
| To support general operations | $94,375 | 7/10/2001 |
| To support the Tertio Millennio Seminar on the Free Society | $82,000 | 5/10/2001 |
| To support general operations | $94,375 | 4/10/2001 |
| To support general operations | $94,375 | 12/14/2000 |
| To support general operations | $81,250 | 10/10/2000 |
| To support general operations | $81,250 | 7/10/2000 |
| To support the Summer Institute on the Free Society | $60,000 | 5/30/2000 |
| To support general operations | $81,250 | 4/10/2000 |
| To support general operations | $81,250 | 1/6/2000 |
| To support general operations and a senior fellow | $350,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| To support a reunion of the Summer Institute on the Free Society | $75,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| To support general operations and a Senior Fellow | $81,250 | 10/9/1998 |
| To support general operations and a Senior Fellow | $81,250 | 7/10/1998 |
| To support general operations and a Senior Fellow | $81,250 | 4/9/1998 |
| To support general operations and a Senior Fellow | $81,250 | 12/18/1997 |
| To support general operations and a Senior Fellow | $81,250 | 10/20/1997 |
| To support general operations and a Senior Fellow | $81,250 | 7/21/1997 |
| To support general operations and a Senior Fellow | $81,250 | 4/21/1997 |
| To support general operations and a Senior Fellow | $81,250 | 1/20/1997 |
| To support general operations and a Senior Fellowship | $152,500 | 7/18/1996 |
| To support general operations and a Senior Fellowship | $152,500 | 1/23/1996 |
| To support general operations | $75,000 | 12/11/1995 |
| To support the American Jewish Forum | $3,000 | 11/30/1995 |
| To support Michael Uhlmann as Senior Fellow in Law & Society | $40,000 | 10/30/1995 |
| To support general operations | $50,000 | 9/11/1995 |
| To support Michael Uhlmann as Senior Fellow in Law & Society | $40,000 | 6/30/1995 |
| To support general operations | $50,000 | 6/8/1995 |
| To support general operations | $50,000 | 3/10/1995 |
| To support general operations | $112,500 | 7/20/1994 |
| To support the research activities of the Law and Society Program | $40,000 | 7/12/1994 |
| To support a study of civil society | $22,750 | 6/10/1994 |
| To support the research activities of the Law and Society Program | $40,000 | 3/30/1994 |
| To support general operations | $112,500 | 1/20/1994 |
| To support a study of civil society | $22,750 | 1/14/1994 |
| To support the publication of a collection of essays | $5,390 | 11/10/1993 |
| To support general operations | $105,000 | 5/28/1993 |
| To support general operations | $105,000 | 1/4/1993 |
| To support the Law and Society program | $51,465 | 12/29/1992 |
| To support the Law and Society program | $51,465 | 8/4/1992 |
| To support general program activities | $105,000 | 4/2/1992 |
| To support the Center's 1991-92 program activities. | $105,000 | 12/18/1991 |
| To support the work of Terry Eastland as Resident Fellow of the Law and Society Project during 1991-92. | $50,000 | 11/15/1991 |
| To support the work of Terry Eastland as Resident Fellow of the Law and Society Project during 1991-92. | $50,000 | 8/15/1991 |
| To support the program activities of the Center. | $100,000 | 2/15/1991 |
| To support the program activities of the Center. | $100,000 | 11/15/1990 |
| To support Terry Eastland's research, writing, & work as fellow in Law & Society program. | $105,000 | 7/31/1990 |
| To support its general operating costs. | $200,000 | 10/19/1989 |
| Support Raymond English's work on social science textbook series | $25,000 | 7/14/1989 |
| Support of the Center's Business and Society program. | $200,000 | 7/15/1987 |
| Support of Center's Ethics, Business, and Public Policy Program. | $200,000 | 7/15/1986 |
Philip M. McKenna Foundation |
$25,000 | |
| $12,000 | 1/1/2008 | |
| General Operations | $2,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| General Operations | $1,000 | 1/1/2004 |
| "The Trouble With Civil Society" - Unum Project | $10,000 | 1/1/1996 |
Randolph Foundation |
$465,000 | |
| $200,000 | 1/1/2008 | |
| $175,000 | 1/1/2007 | |
| $65,000 | 1/1/2006 | |
| No purpose given. | $12,500 | 9/13/2002 |
| No purpose given. | $12,500 | 10/5/2001 |
Roe Foundation |
$20,000 | |
| General operating expense | $2,500 | 1/1/2009 |
| General operating expense | $2,500 | 12/31/2006 |
| General operating fund | $2,500 | 12/31/2005 |
| General operating fund | $2,500 | 12/31/2003 |
| General operating fund | $2,500 | 1/1/2002 |
| General operating fund | $2,500 | 1/1/2001 |
| No purpose given. | $2,500 | 1/1/1999 |
| No purpose given. | $2,500 | 12/29/1998 |
Sarah Scaife Foundation |
$3,580,000 | |
| $150,000 | 1/1/2009 | |
| General operating and program support | $175,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| General operating and program support | $75,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| General operating and project support | $175,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| General operating and project support | $175,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| General operating and program support | $175,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| General operating support | $150,000 | 12/31/2004 |
| General operating support | $100,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| No comment provided | $150,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| No purpose given. | $50,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| No purpose given. | $250,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| No purpose given | $100,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| no description given | $205,000 | 1/1/1998 |
| GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $100,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| PROJECT ON THE JUDICIARY | $50,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| GENERAL OPERATING AND PUBLICATION SUPPORT | $90,000 | 1/1/1996 |
| GENERAL OPERATING AND PUBLICATION SUPPORT | $100,000 | 1/1/1995 |
| GENERAL OPERATING AND PUBLICATION SUPPORT | $200,000 | 1/1/1994 |
| GENERAL OPERATING AND PUBLICATION SUPPORT | $100,000 | 1/1/1993 |
| GENERAL OPERATING AND PUBLICATION SUPPORT | $175,000 | 1/1/1992 |
| GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $175,000 | 1/1/1991 |
| GENERAL OPERATING AND PUBLICATION SUPPORT | $150,000 | 1/1/1990 |
| General Operating, Publication and Research Support | $125,000 | 1/1/1989 |
| General operating support | $100,000 | 1/1/1988 |
| Publication support | $10,000 | 1/1/1988 |
| General operating support | $75,000 | 1/1/1987 |
| General operating support | $100,000 | 1/1/1986 |
| GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $100,000 | 1/1/1985 |
Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation |
$29,162 | |
| $24,162 | 1/1/2007 | |
| No purpose given. | $5,000 | 1/1/1999 |
Smith Richardson Foundation |
$894,244 | |
| Biotechnology, Human Nature, and American Democracy Eric Cohen will lead an effort to explore the political consequences of the revolution in biotechnology. He will organize a series of seminars, panel discussions, and conferences examining how developments in biotechnology may impact conceptions of human nature and democracy. The project's findings will appear in a series of papers, a monthly report on developments in biotechnology, and a monograph on the political and philosophical implications of progress in biotechnologies. |
$100,000 | 1/1/2003 |
| The Rise of Extremist Religious Nationalism in South Asia: Towards a Policy-Relevant Analysis Timothy Shah will research and write a book on extremist religious nationalism in South Asia and its implications for the region and for U.S. foreign policy. Using primary and secondary sources and fieldwork, he will prepare a comparative analysis of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. |
$75,000 | 1/1/2003 |
| The Future of Islam | $275,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| Biotechnology, Human Nature, and American Democracy | $100,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| Ethnic Conflict and the Partition of States Elliott Abrams and Erik Goldstein will convene a conference, commission research, and edit a volume of essays on ethnic conflict and the partition of states. The project will also examine historical and contemporary cases to assess the utility of partition as a solution to ethnic conflict. |
$168,594 | 1/1/2000 |
| Reason or Folly? Public Opinion and Direct Democracy Today Elliott Abrams will direct an initiative to examine the role of public opinion in contemporary American politics and policy making. He will commission research and convene a conference of historians, political scientists, public opinion experts, and journalists to discuss the role that public opinion has played in American politics and determine whether changes in society and technology have made a greater role for public opinion in policy making possible or desirable. |
$48,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| Religion and American Foreign Policy This grant supports research on the issue of whether U.S. human rights policy should place greater emphasis on promoting religious freedom. Papers commissioned for the project will be published in an edited volume and presented at two conferences. |
$95,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| Morality and Security After the Cold War This grant supports commissioned research and working group meetings on the implicatons of just war theory on the use of force to support U.S. policy. The project will bring together philosophers and policy experts to discuss how just war theory informs policies on the use of force in humanitarian interventions, counterterrorism actions, and other conflicts that may become more common in the post-cold war period. |
$32,650 | 1/1/1996 |
William E. Simon Foundation |
$793,000 | |
| $165,000 | 1/1/2008 | |
| Faith | $100,000 | 12/10/2006 |
| Faith | $30,000 | 6/2/2006 |
| $163,000 | 1/1/2006 | |
| $30,000 | 1/1/2006 | |
| General support | $100,000 | 12/19/2005 |
| General support | $30,000 | 5/11/2005 |
| General support | $50,000 | 12/17/2004 |
| General support | $25,000 | 4/27/2004 |
| General support | $50,000 | 12/17/2003 |
| General support | $25,000 | 4/21/2003 |
| General support | $25,000 | 5/7/2002 |
William H. Donner Foundation |
$135,000 | |
| Project Support | $15,000 | 1/1/2005 |
| Project support | $15,000 | 1/1/2004 |
| No purpose given. | $15,000 | 1/1/2003 |
| No purpose given. | $25,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| No purpose given. | $30,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| No purpose given. | $35,000 | 1/1/1998 |

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