LittleSis: Cato Institute

founded as the Charles Koch Foundation in 1974

RelationshipsInterlocksGivingPoliticalData

Leadership & Staff

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Dan Mitchell Packwood-Heritage economist

• Senior Fellow (Jan 17 '07→?)

Richard S Lindzen climate-change denying MIT scientist

• Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Science

Roger Pilon

• Vice President for Legal Affairs

Simon Lester

• Trade Policy Analyst, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies

Ted Galen Carpenter

• Senior Fellow

Thaya Brook Knight

• Associate Director of Financial Regulation Studies

Thomas A Firey Managing Editor, Regulation magazine; Senior Fellow, Maryland Public Policy Institute

• Managing Editor, Regulation; Cato Senior Editor

Tim Lynch

• Director, Project on Criminal Justice

Tom G Palmer

• Senior Fellow and Director of Cato University

Trevor Burrus

• Research Fellow, Center for Constitutional Studies

Memberships

State Policy Network right-wing think tank network

• associate member

Donors

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Charles Koch Charitable Foundation Family foundation for Kochs

• grant · 2,170,000 USD ('14)

David H. Koch Charitable Foundation

• Grant · 500,000 USD ('01)

Mercer Family Foundation Robert Mercer's foundation

• Grant · 300,000 USD ('16) [+1]

• Grant · 300,000 USD ('14)

Claude R. Lambe Foundation Koch family controlled funding mechanism

• Grant · 250,000 USD ('01) [+6]

• Grant · 250,000 USD ('00)

• Grant · 250,000 USD ('99)

• Grant · 250,000 USD ('02)

• Grant · 250,000 USD ('05)

• Grant · 250,000 USD ('06)

• Grant · 250,000 USD ('07)

Walton Family Foundation Inc Philanthropic foundation affiliated with family that owns Walmart

• Donation/Grant · 75,000 USD ('15→'16)

Sarah Scaife Foundation Conservative funding juggernaut

• Grant · 40,000 USD ('09)

California Community Foundation Mission: To lead positive systemic change that strengthens Los Angeles' community (as stated on 2015 Form 990)

• Donation/Grant · 30,753 USD ('14)

Jewish Communal Fund Publicly supported foundation that helps people meet philanthropic and tax-saving goals

• Donation/Grant · 11,851 USD ('14)

Atlas Network US free market think tank

• Donation/Grant · 11,545 USD ('16)

Koret Foundation Private foundation based in San Francisco, CA.

• Donation/Grant

Services/Transactions

Institute for Free Trade Pro-Brexit thinktank

• Service/Transaction*

Steven J Milloy Foxnews hack, secretly paid by tobacco industry spokesperson, operator of junkscience.com

• author

Students

Rebecca Bernbach Freelance Writer GMO Debate

• Graduate*

Other Affiliations

Institute of Economic Affairs Free-market UK think tank

• Hosted Lecture (Jun 8 '16)* [+1]

• Affiliation*

Arron Banks British businessman and Conservative, UKIP political donor

• Delievered Brexit Speech (Apr 30 '16→May 3 '16)*

The Adam Smith Institute Neoliberal think-tank and lobbying group

• Affiliation*

Types	Organization, Other Not-for-Profit, Policy/Think Tank
Start date	1974
Website	https://www.cato.org/