Difference between revisions of "Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation"
m |
Richard Bew (talk | contribs) |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | The '''Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation''' is a | + | [[File:Shelby_cullom_davis.jpeg |200px|thumb|right|Shelby Cullom Davis, Source: [http://www.valuewalk.com/2011/02/shelby-davis-spectacular-unknown-investor/ Value Walk] ]] |
| + | The '''Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation''' is a New York based foundation established in 1962. It does not appear to have issued any grants since 2010. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Its chairman and treasurer Shelby Cullom Davis was a former US ambassador to Switzerland (1969 – 1975) and at the time of his death in 1994 was chairman of At Shelby Cullom Davis & Company, a firm specialising in insurance securities that he founded in 1947 with $100,000. | ||
| + | |||
| + | He was also on the board of the [[Heritage Foundation]]. <ref> [http://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/01/obituaries/shelby-c-davis-envoy-and-philanthropist-85.html Shelby C. Davis, Envoy and Philanthropist, 85 - Obituary; Biography], NYT </ref> | ||
==Grants== | ==Grants== | ||
| − | + | Included: | |
*[[Center for Security Policy]] - $40,000 in 2007 | *[[Center for Security Policy]] - $40,000 in 2007 | ||
*[[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] $60,000 in 2007 <ref> Conservative Transparency Database search 10 June 2015 </ref> | *[[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] $60,000 in 2007 <ref> Conservative Transparency Database search 10 June 2015 </ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | According to its IRS tax filings, the foundation's assets were transferred to two newly created foundations, the [[Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund]] (64.8 percent, or $372,493) and the Kathryn W. Davis Foundation (subsequently renamed the "[[Diana Davis Spencer Foundation]], Inc."; 34.9 percent, or $199,363), and its expenses allocated to the two new foundations as well.<ref>Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2008/136/165/2008-136165382-056578c2-F.pdf 2007 Form 990], foundation's IRS filing, November 30, 2008.</ref><ref>Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2009/136/165/2009-136165382-06734185-F.pdf 2008 Form 990], foundation's IRS filing, October 7, 2010.</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
| − | [[Category:Counterjihad Funders]] | + | [[Category:Foundations]][[Category:Counterjihad Funders]] |
Latest revision as of 10:20, 13 January 2016
The Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation is a New York based foundation established in 1962. It does not appear to have issued any grants since 2010.
Its chairman and treasurer Shelby Cullom Davis was a former US ambassador to Switzerland (1969 – 1975) and at the time of his death in 1994 was chairman of At Shelby Cullom Davis & Company, a firm specialising in insurance securities that he founded in 1947 with $100,000.
He was also on the board of the Heritage Foundation. [1]
Grants
Included:
- Center for Security Policy - $40,000 in 2007
- Center for Strategic and International Studies $60,000 in 2007 [2]
According to its IRS tax filings, the foundation's assets were transferred to two newly created foundations, the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund (64.8 percent, or $372,493) and the Kathryn W. Davis Foundation (subsequently renamed the "Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, Inc."; 34.9 percent, or $199,363), and its expenses allocated to the two new foundations as well.[3][4]
Notes
- ↑ Shelby C. Davis, Envoy and Philanthropist, 85 - Obituary; Biography, NYT
- ↑ Conservative Transparency Database search 10 June 2015
- ↑ Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation, 2007 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, November 30, 2008.
- ↑ Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation, 2008 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, October 7, 2010.
