Cato Institute
Libertarian think tank based in Washington, DC
founded as the Charles Koch Foundation in 1974
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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*