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The Heritage Foundation

Conservative think tank

Heritage, founded in February 1973, has a staff of 275 and an annual expense budget of $82.4 million. Our mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

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Leadership & Staff

1 / 10

Ned Rauch-Mannino Government Relations Specialist, Ridge Policy Group

• Visiting Fellow, Douglas & Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy (Mar '23→?)*

Adam Kissel Former deputy under Betsy Devos, Senior fellow for cardinal institute in West Virginia.

• Visiting Fellow, Higher Education Reform

Lindsey Burke

• Director, Center for Education Policy

Bridgett G Wagner The Heritage Foundation

• Vice President, Policy Promotion

Kevin Roberts President, The Heritage Foundation; former Executive Director Texas Public Policy Foundation

• President (Oct '21→?)

Mark A. Kolokotrones California-based financier, Heritage Foundation trustee

• trustee

Dr. Larry Arnn President of Hillsdale College

• Trustee ('02→?)

Hans von Spakovsky Manager, Election Law Reform Initiative and Senior Legal Fellow, the Heritage Foundation

• Manager, Election Law Reform Initiative and Senior Legal Fellow

Sharyl Attkisson former CBS News investigative correspondent

• Senior independent contributor, Daily Signal (Jun 1 '14→?)

Steven Bucci Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign and National Security Policy, Heritage Foundation

• Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign and National Security Policy (Apr 1 '12→?)

Board Members

1 / 3

Douglas F Allison

• Trustee ('98→?)

Marion Wells

• Trustee ('03→?)

Anthony J Saliba CEO. Saliba Venture Management

• Trustee

Meg Allen

• Trustee

Robert P George Princeton University professor

• Board Member

Abby S Moffat CEO, The Diana Davis Spencer Foundation

• Trustee

Robert V Pennington

• Trustee

Barb Van Andel-Gaby Chairman, Heritage Foundation; Amway heir

• Trustee ('96→?)

Brian Tracy

• Trustee ('03→?)

David R Brown MD

• Trustee ('78→?)

Donors

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Richard Mellon Scaife Pittsburgh philanthropist and reclusive heir to the Mellon banking fortune

• Donation · 1,000,000 USD ('09)*

Dick And Betsy Devos Foundation

• Grant · 1,000,000 USD ('09)* [+1]

• Grant

Howard Charitable Foundation

• Grant · 1,000,000 USD ('09)*

ExxonMobil Oil and gas exploration, production, and marketing

• Donation/Grant · 830,000 USD ('98→'12) [+1]

• Donation · 50,000 USD ('13)

Sarah Scaife Foundation Conservative funding juggernaut

• Grant · 800,000 USD ('06) [+3]

• Grant · 600,000 USD ('09)

• Grant · 500,000 USD ('09)*

• Donation/Grant

The Thirteen Foundation Conservative foundation

• Grant · 500,000 USD ('12) [+1]

• Grant · 200,000 USD ('11)

Mercer Family Foundation consrvative Robert Mercer's private grant-making foundation

• Grant · 500,000 USD ('16) [+2]

• Grant · 500,000 USD ('14)

• Grant · 500,000 USD ('13)

The Armstrong Foundation

• Grant · 500,000 USD ('09)*

Lillian S Wells Foundation

• Grant · 500,000 USD ('09)*

William Grewcock

• Donation · 500,000 USD ('09)*

Donations

American Accountability Foundation Conservative dark money group formed in 2020 to block Biden nominees

• Donation/Grant · 100,000 USD

Pennsylvania Leadership Council Right wing group that hosts the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference

• Donation/Grant

Values Voter Summit US-based conservative conference

• Sponsorship

Northrop Grumman Corporation

• Donation

Child Organizations

Project 2025 Far-right plan to take power in 2024 elections, "decimate the deep state" via policy, personnel, training

• project

Thomas A Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies Heritage Foundation economic think tank

• Child Org

Heritage Action for America Heritage Foundation sister organization. 501(c)4 organization dedicated to advancing conservative policy.

• Child Org

DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society

• Child Org

Parents

Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy

• Parent Org

Members

Hans A. von Spakovsky Project 2025 Author, The Heritage Foundation Staff, Trump Appointee

• Member

Mike Gonzalez Senior fellow at the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies

• Member

Joseph Moss Ottawa County Commissioner 23, founder of ottawa impact

• Member

Andrew Bath Thomas More Society Legal Counsel

• Member

Marshall DeRosa Political Science Professor at Florida Atlantic University

• Member

Thomas C Frazier special advisor, City of Oakland police department

• Member of Homeland Security Task Force Working Group on Intelligence & Law Enforcement

Memberships

Our Bodies Our Sports Rally Anti-transgender rally opposing inclusion of trans women in women's sports.

• Co-sponsor

Promise to America's Children anti-LGBTQ coalition of conservative think tanks and lobbying groups

• National partner ('21→?)

Alliance Defending Freedom Legal ministry bringing together Christian lawyers

• Allied Policy Organization

Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University Incubator for Scientific Research to Advance Education Privatization

• Affiliate*

Cooler Heads Coalition Coalition of climate denying nonprofits and organizations

• Member of Cooler Heads Coalition ('99→'03)

State Policy Network right-wing think tank network

• associate member

Services & Transactions

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Moms for Liberty, Inc. Moms for Liberty is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. The organization's mission is to organize, educate and empower parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government.

• ally · 10,000 USD*

Carter Baldwin Personnel search firm

• Service/Transaction

John Ratcliffe former National Intelligence Director, US Representative from Texas (R-4)

• interview subject

Beck & Stone

• Service/Transaction

Hacsi Horvath Endocrinologist, anti-trans activist

• a panelist (Jan 28 '19)

Kara Dansky anti-transgender (TERF) activist

• a panelist (Jan 28 '19)

Jennifer Chavez Board Member, Women's Liberation Front

• a panelist (Jan 28 '19)

Julia Beck Reporter, Women's Liberation Radio News

• a panelist (Jan 28 '19)

Michelle Cretella Executive Director of the American College of Pediatrics; ant-transgender & anti-abortion activist

• a speaker ('18)

Hands Across the Aisle anti-transgender blog

• a panelist ('16)

Lobbied By

Liam Fox UK Secretary for International Trade, Conservative MP for North Somerset

• Trade Policy Meeting (Jul 1 '16→?)*

Daniel Hannan British politician, Conservative MEP for South East England

• Lobbies on US-UK Trade Deal (Dec 1 '16→?)* [+1]

• Lobbies on UK-US Trade Deal (Dec 1 '16→?)*

Lobbying

Daniel Hannan British politician, Conservative MEP for South East England

• Lobbying

Miscellaneous Relationships

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Joseph Coors Grandson of the brewery's founder, Adolph Coors, Heritage Foundation founder

• Co-founder (Feb 16 '73→?)*

American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists

• Affiliation (Feb 23 '24→Feb 25 '24)*

American Legislative Exchange Council Organization designed to link state legislators with corporations and create templates for state legislation

• Affiliation

Republican Study Committee House committee advancing socially and economically conservative agenda

• Affiliation

Christopher Alder Division Director of the West Virginia Business & Licensing Division.

• Guest ('23→?)*

Clay Higgins US Representative from 3rd congressional district Louisiana (2017-present)

• Affiliation (Aug 9 '18→?)*

Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)

• Affiliation

Alliance Defending Freedom Legal ministry bringing together Christian lawyers

• Affiliation

Family Watch International Originally incorporated under Global Helping to Advance Women and Children; anti-choice organization

• Affiliation

Political Network for Values Ultra-conservative global network of politicians and anti-abortion activists.

• key partner