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| Funder : Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|
 Armstrong Foundation, The |
$75,000 | |
| public policy research and education | $10,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| Public policy research and education | $10,000 | 12/30/2007 |
| Public policy research and education | $10,000 | 12/31/2006 |
| Public policy research & education | $10,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| Public policy research & education | $5,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| Research & education | $5,000 | 12/31/2004 |
| Research & education | $5,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| Public policy educational programs | $5,000 | 12/31/2001 |
| Public policy educational programs | $5,000 | 12/31/2000 |
| Public policy educational programs | $5,000 | 12/31/1999 |
| Public policy educational programs | $5,000 | 8/12/1998 |
|
Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation |
$427,618 | |
| General support | $5,000 | 4/4/2005 |
| General support | $25,000 | 12/9/2003 |
| General support | $25,000 | 12/2/2002 |
| General support | $50,000 | 12/13/2001 |
| General support | $123,332 | 7/11/2000 |
| General support | $95,000 | 4/20/1999 |
| General support | $104,286 | 9/21/1998 |
|
CIGNA Foundation |
$10,000 | |
| $10,000 | 1/1/2006 | |
|
Carthage Foundation |
$245,000 | |
| Project support | $65,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| Conference support | $65,000 | 12/31/2004 |
| No purpose available | $15,000 | 9/27/1989 |
| Support of Domestic Studies Program | $100,000 | 1/1/1985 |
|
Castle Rock Foundation |
$450,000 | |
| $150,000 | 1/1/2008 | |
| General operating | $75,000 | 12/31/2007 |
| General operating support | $75,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| General operating support | $50,000 | 1/1/2004 |
| General operating support | $50,000 | 1/1/2003 |
| General Operating Support | $50,000 | 1/1/2001 |
|
Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation |
$34,400 | |
| General Operating Support | $10,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| General Operating Support | $10,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| General operating support | $8,400 | 12/31/2006 |
| Health Care Project | $6,000 | 1/1/1986 |
|
Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation |
$9,560,000 | |
| General Operating Support | $260,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| General operating support | $250,000 | 12/31/2007 |
| General operating support | $250,000 | 12/31/2006 |
| General Operating Support | $250,000 | 1/1/2005 |
| General Operating Support | $250,000 | 1/1/2004 |
| General Operating Support | $250,000 | 1/1/2003 |
| General Operating Support | $250,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| General Operating Support | $250,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| General Operating Support. | $250,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| Program Operating Support. | $250,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| General Operating Support | $250,000 | 1/1/1998 |
| General Operating Support | $250,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| General Operating Support | $250,000 | 1/1/1996 |
| General Program | $400,000 | 1/1/1993 |
| Environmental Studies Program | $200,000 | 1/1/1993 |
| Health Care Project | $100,000 | 1/1/1993 |
| General Program | $400,000 | 1/1/1992 |
| General Program | $200,000 | 1/1/1992 |
| General | $150,000 | 8/1/1991 |
| General | $250,000 | 7/1/1991 |
| General | $400,000 | 1/1/1991 |
| Building Fund | $500,000 | 11/1/1990 |
| General | $400,000 | 3/1/1990 |
| General | $400,000 | 1/1/1990 |
| General | $400,000 | 7/1/1988 |
| General | $400,000 | 1/1/1988 |
| Building Fund | $500,000 | 12/1/1987 |
| General | $400,000 | 7/1/1987 |
| General | $400,000 | 1/1/1987 |
| General | $800,000 | 1/1/1986 |
|
David H. Koch Charitable Foundation |
$4,043,240 | |
| General Operating Support | $500,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| General Operating Support. | $750,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| General Operating Support | $500,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| General Operating Support | $500,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| General Operating Support | $507,500 | 1/1/1996 |
| General Operating Support | $500,000 | 1/1/1995 |
| Reception | $1,740 | 6/1/1989 |
| General | $250,000 | 3/1/1989 |
| General | $250,000 | 3/1/1988 |
| General | $250,000 | 4/1/1987 |
| Byline | $28,000 | 1/1/1986 |
| Health Care Project | $6,000 | 1/1/1986 |
|
Dick and Betsy Devos Foundation |
$5,000 | |
| $5,000 | 1/1/2008 | |
|
Earhart Foundation |
$493,900 | |
| General support - Agencia Interamericana de Prensa Economica | $36,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| Support Senior Fellow | $35,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| Support for the work of Peter Van Doren, Cato Scholar | $15,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| Visiting fellowship | $7,500 | 1/1/2008 |
| Visiting fellowship for Dr Yu Zhisen of East China Normal Univ | $5,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| Oxford University Hayek Society Program in the United Kingdom | $2,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| General support for the Agencia Interamericana de Prensa Econmica | $36,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| Provide support for the work of Peter Van Doren, Cato Scholar | $15,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| Support for publication & distribution of a book on Peter Bauer | $2,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| Calendar yr 2006, to provide support for the work of Peter Van Doren | $50,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| Calendar yr 2006, to provide general operating support | $30,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| Nov 2006 to provide support for the publication and distribution of a book | $2,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| During calendar year 2005 to provide general operating support for the Agencia Interamericana de Prensa Economica (AIPE), Carlos Bell, Director. | $30,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| During academic year 2003-2004 to support preparation of a book, THE WEALTH EXPLOSION: THE ORIGINS AND NATURE OF MODERNITY, Steve Davies, Research Principal. | $10,000 | 12/31/2004 |
| During a six month period beginning January 2004 to support the Oxford University Hayek Society program in the United Kingdom. | $800 | 12/31/2004 |
| During calendar year 2004 for general operating support for the Agencia Interamericana de Prensa Economica (AIPE). Carlos Ball, Director. | $18,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| During calendar year 2003 to prepare for publication in Spanish up to 12 essays on free market economics and public policy for distribution in Latin America. Constantino Diaz-Duran, Research Principal. | $12,500 | 12/31/2003 |
| During academic year 2003-2004 to support preparation of a book, THE WEALTH EXPLOSION: THE ORIGINS AND NATURE OF MODERNITY. Steve Davies, Research Principal. | $10,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| During the first semester of academic year 2003-2004 to support the St. Andrew's Liberty Club, United Kingdom, lecture series. | $800 | 12/31/2003 |
| During calendar year 2002 to prepare for publication in Spanish up to 12 essays on free market economics and public policy for distribution in Latin America, Constantino Diaz-Duran, Research Principal | $12,500 | 1/1/2002 |
| To provide support during the summer of 2002 for travel and registration for ten students to attend the Cato University summer seminars | $10,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| To assist in the preparation for publication of a manuscript entitled, "Peter Bauer's Legacy of Liberty," James Dorn, Research Principal | $2,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| To provide support during 2001 for the Institute's internship program | $18,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| To provide support for participation by up to six scholars in the 2000 Cato University seminars. | $15,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| To provide travel from London to New York to enable Professor Peter Bauer to deliver a lecture related to his forthcoming book, FROM SUBSISTENCE AND EXCHANGE AND OTHER ESSAYS, in March 2000. | $2,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| To prepare a book, THE PRESUMPTION OF LIBERTY: RESTORING THE CONSTITUTION, Randy Barnett, Research Principal. | $25,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| To support preparation of a book, FROM SUBSISTENCE TO EXCHANGE AND OTHER ESSAYS, Peter T. Bauer, Research Principal. | $10,300 | 1/1/1999 |
| To provide support for a translation into Czech of David Boaz, LIBERTARIANISM: A PRIMER, by the Liberalni Institut of Prague | $1,500 | 1/1/1999 |
| To support a lecture by Professor Peter T. Bauer on the topic, "The Revolution in Development Economics." | $5,000 | 1/1/1998 |
| For preparation for publication of a book by the late Jan Tumlir, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA, Hugh Corbet, Research Principal. | $13,500 | 1/1/1997 |
| To support preparation of a book, THE REVOLUTION IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, James A. Dorn, Steven Hanke, and Alan Walters, Co-Editors. | $7,500 | 1/1/1997 |
| To provide general support for the Agencia Interamerican de Prensa Economica (AIDE), Carlos A. Ball, Founder and Director. | $21,000 | 1/1/1996 |
| To provide support during 1997 for a student internship program. | $10,000 | 1/1/1996 |
| Fellowship Research Grant Cathy Young During 1996 to continue preparation of a book, GENDER WARS. |
$6,000 | 1/1/1996 |
| Fellowship Research Grant Cathy Young During 1996 to continue preparation of a book, GENDER WARS. |
$1,000 | 1/1/1996 |
| Fellowship Research Grant Cathy Young During a 12 month period beginning November 1994 to continue preparation of a book, GENDER WARS. |
$10,000 | 1/1/1995 |
| Fellowship Research Grant Cathy Young During a 12 month period beginning November 1994 to continue preparation of a book, GENDER WARS. |
$6,000 | 1/1/1995 |
|
Exxon Mobil |
$110,000 | |
| $20,000 | 1/1/2006 | |
| $15,000 | 1/1/2004 | |
| $25,000 | 1/1/2003 | |
| $30,000 | 1/1/2002 | |
| $20,000 | 1/1/2001 | |
|
F.M. Kirby Foundation |
$265,000 | |
| $30,000 | 1/1/2009 | |
| $27,500 | 1/1/2008 | |
| $27,500 | 1/1/2007 | |
| $25,000 | 1/1/2006 | |
| General support | $25,000 | 1/1/2005 |
| General support | $22,500 | 1/1/2004 |
| General support | $22,500 | 1/1/2003 |
| General support | $20,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| General support | $20,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| General support | $15,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| General support | $15,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| General support | $15,000 | 1/1/1998 |
|
Gilder Foundation |
$375,000 | |
| $15,000 | 1/1/2006 | |
| General support | $50,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| General support | $50,000 | 12/31/2004 |
| General support | $50,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| General support | $5,000 | 12/31/2002 |
| General support | $5,000 | 12/31/2001 |
| General support | $100,000 | 12/31/2000 |
| General support | $100,000 | 12/31/1999 |
|
Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation |
$400,000 | |
| General Funds | $100,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| General Funds | $100,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| Building Fund | $175,000 | 1/1/1998 |
| General Funds | $25,000 | 1/1/1998 |
|
JM Foundation |
$125,000 | |
| $25,000 | 1/1/2006 | |
| $25,000 | 1/1/2005 | |
| No purpose given. | $25,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| Toward the Project on Tax Choice | $25,000 | 1/1/1998 |
| For the Project on Social Security Privatization | $25,000 | 1/1/1995 |
|
Jaquelin Hume Foundation |
$150,000 | |
| No purpose given. | $50,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| No purpose given. | $100,000 | 1/1/1999 |
|
John M. Olin Foundation |
$832,500 | |
| The program in health policy studies. | $75,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| Carlos Ball's translation of free market articles in Spanish-language newspapers. | $10,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| The project on global economic liberty | $75,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| The dissemination of research on economics in Spanish-language newspapers in the U.S. and Latin America | $20,000 | 1/1/1998 |
| Projects on Social Security and fiscal policy | $75,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| The dissemination of articles on economics in Spanish-language newspapers in the U.S. and Latin America | $25,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| Projects on restoring economic liberty and Social Security privatization | $75,000 | 1/1/1996 |
| The program in fiscal policy and constitutional studies | $50,000 | 1/1/1995 |
| The Fiscal Policy Studies Program | $25,000 | 1/1/1994 |
| To support a John M. Olin Fellowship for Peter J. Ferrara at the Center for Entitlement Alternatives | $50,000 | 1/1/1990 |
| To support a John M. Olin Fellowship for William A. Niskanen | $75,000 | 1/1/1989 |
| To support a John M. Olin Fellowsip for Peter J. Ferrara at the Center for Entitlement Alternatives | $50,000 | 1/1/1989 |
| To support a John M. Olin Fellowship for William A. Niskanen | $75,000 | 1/1/1988 |
| To support the conference program | $25,000 | 1/1/1988 |
| To support a John M. Olin Research Fellowship for William A. Niskanen | $75,000 | 1/1/1987 |
| To support a 1987 monetary conference on financial deregulation | $27,500 | 1/1/1986 |
| To support a book by William A. Niskanen, Jr., on economic policy-making in the Reagan Administration. | $25,000 | 1/1/1985 |
|
John Templeton Foundation |
$294,800 | |
| $54,780 | 1/1/2008 | |
| Liberty on the Web Expansion | $44,820 | 1/1/2007 |
| General Donation | $5,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| Freedom, Commerce, and Peace. A Regional Agenda | $45,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| Russian Website on the Benefits of Free Enterprise | $44,100 | 1/1/2006 |
| General Donation | $5,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| The Liberty Club 2005-2006 Lecture Series | $2,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| Russian website on the Benefits of Free Enterprise | $44,100 | 1/1/2005 |
| Conference Liberal Agenda for the New Century A Global Perspective | $5,000 | 1/1/2005 |
| Conference: Liberal Agenda for the New Century - A Global Perspective | $45,000 | 12/31/2004 |
|
Leadership Institute |
$21,218 | |
| $9,300 | 1/1/2009 | |
| $11,918 | 1/1/2007 | |
|
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation |
$1,282,500 | |
| To support a Bradley Fellow at the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity | $200,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| To support general operations | $25,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| To support general operations\ | $100,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| To support a Bradley Fellow at the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity | $50,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| To support the Center for Human Rights' project to build network of entrepreneurs in Russia | $45,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| To support general operations | $100,000 | 12/16/2005 |
| To support program activities to improve education, revitalize civil society, and promote economic growth | $25,000 | 5/10/2005 |
| To support general operations | $75,000 | 12/3/2004 |
| To support general operations | $100,000 | 12/12/2003 |
| To support general operations | $100,000 | 12/13/2002 |
| To support the Project on Social Security Privatization | $100,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| To support the Project on Social Security Privatization | $50,000 | 12/10/1998 |
| To support the Project on Social Security Privatization | $50,000 | 10/9/1998 |
| To support the economic, regulatory, and tax policy studies | $37,500 | 12/10/1997 |
| To support the economic, regulatory, and tax policy studies | $37,500 | 8/11/1997 |
| To support the Project on Civil Society | $25,000 | 9/11/1996 |
| To support the Project on Civil Society | $25,000 | 3/11/1996 |
| To support publication of Regulation magazine | $25,000 | 4/2/1992 |
| To support the publication of Regulation magazine. | $25,000 | 1/5/1990 |
| Conference on monetary policy. | $50,000 | 4/12/1988 |
| Support William Niskanen's book on policy-making in the Reagan administration. | $37,500 | 7/15/1986 |
|
Rodney Fund |
$865,815 | |
| General funding | $85,000 | 1/1/2009 |
| General funding | $102,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| General funding 501(c)(3) | $75,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| General funding 501(c)(3) | $76,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| General funding | $127,750 | 12/31/2005 |
| General funding | $75,065 | 12/31/2004 |
| General funding | $100,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| General funding | $100,000 | 12/31/2002 |
| General funding | $125,000 | 12/31/1998 |
|
Roe Foundation |
$52,500 | |
| General operating expense | $15,000 | 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 |
| No purpose given. | $5,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| No purpose given. | $5,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| No purpose given. | $2,500 | 3/2/1998 |
|
Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation |
$13,000 | |
| General Funds | $5,000 | 12/5/2002 |
| General Funds | $3,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| General Funds | $3,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| General Funds | $2,000 | 12/14/1998 |
|
Sarah Scaife Foundation |
$2,037,500 | |
| $40,000 | 1/1/2009 | |
| Fiscal Policy Studies Program | $50,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| Fiscal Policies Study Center | $60,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| Program support | $60,000 | 12/31/2005 |
| General operating support | $60,000 | 12/31/2004 |
| Program support | $60,000 | 12/31/2003 |
| No comment provided | $60,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| No purpose given. | $60,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| No purpose given. | $50,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| No purpose given | $125,000 | 1/1/1999 |
| no description given | $125,000 | 1/1/1998 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES AND DOMESTIC POLICY PROGRAM SUPPORT | $100,000 | 1/1/1997 |
| GENERAL OPERATING CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES AND PROJECT SUPPORT | $125,000 | 1/1/1996 |
| GENERAL OPERATING AND CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES SUPPORT | $100,000 | 1/1/1995 |
| GENERAL OPERATING AND CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES SUPPORT | $135,000 | 1/1/1994 |
| CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $90,000 | 1/1/1993 |
| CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES CRITICAL REVIEW AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $137,500 | 1/1/1992 |
| GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $100,000 | 1/1/1991 |
| SUPPORT FOR THE CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES | $25,000 | 1/1/1991 |
| GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $100,000 | 1/1/1990 |
| CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES | $25,000 | 1/1/1990 |
| General operating support | $75,000 | 1/1/1989 |
| Center for Constitutional Studies | $25,000 | 1/1/1989 |
| Domestic Policy Books and Monographs | $75,000 | 1/1/1988 |
| Domestic Policy Series | $75,000 | 1/1/1987 |
| Support of Domestic Studies Program | $100,000 | 1/1/1986 |
|
Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation |
$5,000 | |
| No purpose given. | $5,000 | 1/1/1999 |
|
Smith Richardson Foundation |
$50,000 | |
| The Project on Electoral Competition John Samples and Michael McDonald will commission research and convene a conference that will examine the level of electoral competition in the United States and recommend strategies to increase the degree of competitiveness in American politics. The project, a joint effort between the Cato Institute and the Brookings Institution, will provide estimates on the degree of competitiveness in federal, state, and local elections and identify the forces that are affecting the level of competition, such as the advantages of incumbency, the recruitment of candidates, and campaign finance regulations. The project's findings will appear in an edited volume and a policy brief. |
$50,000 | 12/31/2005 |
|
Walton Family Foundation |
$30,000 | |
| $3,000 | 1/1/2008 | |
| Charitable | $3,000 | 1/1/2007 |
| Charitable | $3,000 | 1/1/2006 |
| Charitable | $3,000 | 1/1/2005 |
| Charitable | $3,000 | 1/1/2004 |
| Charitable | $3,000 | 1/1/2003 |
| Charitable | $3,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| Charitable | $3,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| Charitable | $3,000 | 1/1/2000 |
| Charitable | $3,000 | 1/1/1998 |
|
William H. Donner Foundation |
$155,000 | |
| General | $20,000 | 1/1/2008 |
| General Support | $20,000 | 1/1/2005 |
| General support | $20,000 | 1/1/2004 |
| No purpose given. | $20,000 | 1/1/2003 |
| No purpose given. | $20,000 | 1/1/2002 |
| No purpose given. | $35,000 | 1/1/2001 |
| No purpose given. | $20,000 | 1/1/2001 |
