Hertog Foundation

Hertog Foundation is a private US foundation. It is presided over by Roger Hertog, a wealthy retired businessman who has many links with conservative foundations.

The Foundation also has a grant program for individuals, according to its website:

'The Hertog Foundation offers several highly competitive and selective educational programs for outstanding individuals who seek to influence the intellectual, civic, and political life of the United States. We offer programs in three main areas: Political Thought & Philosophy; War & Foreign Affairs; and Economics & Domestic Policy. Our programs include short-term seminars in New York City and Washington, DC as well as summer fellowships for college undergraduates and recent graduates.'

Grants

2014

• American Enterprise Institute: $200,000
• American Action Forum: $90,000
• Commentary: $575,000
• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee: $5,000
• CAMERA: $36,000
• Center for Security Policy: $20,000
• Central Fund of Israel: $62,500
• Ethics and Public Policy Center; $150,000
• Federalist Society: $20,000
• Friends of IDF: $2,600
• Henry Jackson Society: $20,000
• Hudson Institute: $924,220
• Israel Project: $50,000
• MEMRI: $20,000
• Middle East Forum: $5,000
• Philanthropy Roundtable: $30,000

2013

• American Enterprise Institute: $108,500
• American Jewish Committee: $5,000
• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee: $25,000
• Anti-Defamation League: $25,000
• Central Fund of Israel: $35,000
• Commentary: $125,610
• David Project: $50,000
• Ethics & Public Policy center: $162,500
• Friends of IDF: $2,500
• Hudson Institute: $1,282,042
• Israel Project: $75,000
• Manhattan Institute: $100,000
• MEMRI: $20,000
• Middle East Forum: $10,000
• Philanthropy Roundtable: $30,000

2012

• American Enterprise Institute: $1,183,500
• American Jewish Committee: $5,000
• Anti-Defamation League: $25,000
• Central Fund of Israel: $15,000
• Commentary: $50,000
• Council on Foreign Relations: $250,000
• David Horowitz Freedom Center: $25,000
• Ethics & Public Policy center: $112,500
• Hudson Institute: $1,325,000
• MEMRI: $20,000
• Middle East Forum: $10,000
• Manhattan Institute: $115,560
• Philanthropy Roundtable: $30,000
• REPORT Inc: $10,000

2011

• American Enterprise Institute: $2,000,000
• Birthright Israel: $500,000
• Blue Star: $18,000
• Center for Security Policy: $25,000
• Council on Foreign Relations: $550,000
• Hudson Institute: $1,162,500
• Manhattan Institute: $79,560

2010

included:

• Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $50,000

Contact

WASHINGTON, DC OFFICE
1875 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20009

NEW YORK OFFICE
745 Fifth Avenue
Suite 1400
New York, New York 10151

Email: info@hertogfoundation.org

People

President

• Roger Hertog: is also chairman of the Tikvah Fund.

'One of the founding partners of the investment research and management firm Sanford C. Bernstein & Co, which he joined in 1968, Mr. Hertog served as the firm’s president before its merger with Alliance Capital Management in 2000. In 2006 he retired from the successor company, AllianceBernstein, and is currently vice-chairman emeritus.'

'An alumnus of the City College of New York, Mr. Hertog was previously chairman of The New York Historical Society and The Manhattan Institute; he has also served on the boards of the American Enterprise Institute, the New York Philharmonic, the New York Public Library, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, and the Washington Institute for Near-East Policy. In 2007 Mr. Hertog was awarded the Medal of the National Endowment for the Humanities in recognition of his philanthropic efforts. In 2010 he received the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership.'

Staff

Cheryl Miller
Director
info@hertogfoundation.org

Lily Reeder
Program Manager
lily@hertogfoundation.org

Sydney Fuqua
Program Manager
sydney@hertogfoundation.org