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''Not to be confused with the [[Stuart Foundation]]''
 
''Not to be confused with the [[Stuart Foundation]]''
  
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The [[Stuart Family Foundation]] is a conservative foundation set up by [[Robert D. Stuart Jr.]], in Lake Forest, Illinois in 1986.  Stuart is the former chairman and CEO of the [[Quaker Oats Company]], and a former U.S. ambassador to Norway during the [[Ronald Reagan]] presidency.<ref name="Phil">[[Philanthropy Roundtable]] [http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/stuart_family_foundation Stuart Family Foundation], Accessed 24 January 2014</ref>
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The [[Stuart Family Foundation]] is a conservative foundation set up by [[Robert D. Stuart Jr.]], former chairman of the [[Quaker Oats Company]] and U.S. ambassador to Norway under [[Ronald Reagan]] <ref name="Phil">[[Philanthropy Roundtable]] [http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/stuart_family_foundation Stuart Family Foundation], Accessed 24 January 2014</ref>, in 1986.
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The foundation gives to a range of conservative causes including [[Parents Television Council]], [[Common Sense Media]], the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]], the [[Heritage Foundation]], the [[Hoover Institution]] and the [[Jamestown Foundation]].<ref name="Phil"/>
 
  
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According to the [[Philanthropy Roundtable]] grants given by the Foundation are 'diverse, but ... an ideological current ... underlies each donation. The goal is to influence public policy and bolster high ethical values and patriotism.'<ref name="Phil"/>
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==Mission==
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According to the Robert D. Stuart Jr, the foundation is 'dedicated to strengthening America, at home and abroad':
  
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:'We support the mechanisms that have made America a great nation: the core values of its civil society, its honest and efficient government, and its strong national defense. All of our major program areas—media, civic education, national security and federal campaign finance—reflect this philosophy.'<ref name="Phil"/>
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Its goal is tom 'to influence public policy and bolster high ethical values and patriotism'.
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==Activities==
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The Stuart Family Foundation funds a range of causes. These include the [[Parents Television Council]] and [[Common Sense Media]], both of which encourage 'family-friendly programming'.
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The bulk of the grants awarded by the foundation however support security, counter-terrorism and foreign policy groups, such as the the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]], the [[Heritage Foundation]], the [[Manhattan Institute]], [[Jamestown Foundation]] and the [[American Enterprise Institute]].<ref name="Phil"/> Since 2011, they have also repeatedly provided funding to the 'counter-extremism' think-tank [[Quilliam Foundation]].
 
==Grants==
 
==Grants==
 
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<tr><th colspan="11" bgcolor="goldenrod" align="center">Grant recipients of the [[Stuart Family Foundation]] in $ USD <ref>Data compiled from yearly 990 forms </ref></th></tr>
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<tr><th colspan="11" bgcolor="goldenrod" align="center">Grant recipients of the [[Stuart Family Foundation]] in $ USD <ref>[http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/?FuseAction=NPO.Summary&EIN=363422731&BMF=1&Cobrandid=0&Syndicate=No Data compiled from yearly 990 forms] </ref></th></tr>
 
<tr>
 
<tr>
 
<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Organisation</th>
 
<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Organisation</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2010</th>
 
<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2010</th>
 
<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2011<ref>Stuart Family Foundation [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/363/363422731/363422731_201112_990PF.pdf Form 990, 2011], Accessed 25 January 2014.</ref></th>
 
<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2011<ref>Stuart Family Foundation [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/363/363422731/363422731_201112_990PF.pdf Form 990, 2011], Accessed 25 January 2014.</ref></th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2012</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2012<ref> [http://990.erieri.com/EINS/363422731/363422731_2012_098c6a12.PDF Stuart Family Foundation 2012 990 Form] </ref></th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2013</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2013<ref> [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/363/363422731/363422731_201312_990PF.pdf?_ga=1.206275091.1209301007.1489398497 Stuart Family Foundation 2013 990 Form] </ref></th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2014</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2014<ref> [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/363/363422731/363422731_201412_990PF.pdf?_ga=1.242869122.1209301007.1489398497 Stuart Family Foundation 2014 990 Form] </ref></th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2015</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2015<ref> [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/363/363422731/363422731_201512_990PF.pdf?_ga=1.242869122.1209301007.1489398497 Stuart Family Foundation 2015 990 Form] </ref></th>
 
<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Total 2009-2015</th>
 
<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Total 2009-2015</th>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
  
 
<tr>
 
<tr>
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<td align="center">[[X]]</td>
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<td align="center">[[America Abroad Media]]</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">150,000</td>
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<td align="center">150,000</td>
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<td align="center">450,000</td>
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<td align="center">210,000</td>
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<td align="center">200,000</td>
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<td align="center">710,000</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td align="center">[[American Enterprise Institute]]</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">2,500</td>
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<td align="center">50,000</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">50,000</td>
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<td align="center">50,000</td>
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<td align="center">152,500</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td align="center">[[Bipartisan Policy Center]]</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">25,000</td>
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<td align="center">100,000</td>
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<td align="center">150,000</td>
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<td align="center">150,000</td>
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<td align="center">150,000</td>
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<td align="center">575,000</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">[[Center for Strategic & International Studies]]</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">TOT</td>
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<td align="center">130,000</td>
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<td align="center">11,667</td>
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<td align="center">106,300</td>
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<td align="center">115,000</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">256,667</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
  
 
<tr>
 
<tr>
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<td align="center">[[America Abroad Media]]</td>
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<td align="center">[[Council on Foreign Relations]]</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">75,000</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">75,000</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td align="center">[[FPRI]]</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">5,000</td>
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<td align="center">5,000</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">10,000</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">[[Heritage Foundation]]</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">50,000</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">50,000</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td align="center">[[Jamestown Foundation]]</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">95,000</td>
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<td align="center">75,000</td>
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<td align="center">75,000</td>
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<td align="center">75,000</td>
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<td align="center">85,000</td>
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<td align="center">330,000</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td align="center">[[Lexington Institute]]</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">75,000</td>
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<td align="center">65,000</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">65,000</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">205,000</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td align="center">[[Manhattan Institute]]</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">10,000</td>
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<td align="center">75,000</td>
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<td align="center">75,000</td>
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<td align="center">75,000</td>
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<td align="center">235,000</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">[[Middle East Media Research Institute]]</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">35,000</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">150,000</td>
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<td align="center">35,000</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td align="center">[[Philanthropy Roundtable]]</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">5,000</td>
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<td align="center">5,000</td>
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<td align="center">5,000</td>
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<td align="center">5,000</td>
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<td align="center">5,000</td>
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<td align="center">20,000</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td align="center">[[Quilliam Foundation]]</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">245,000</td>
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<td align="center">250,000</td>
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<td align="center">175,000</td>
 
<td align="center">150,000</td>
 
<td align="center">150,000</td>
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<td align="center">260,000</td>
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<td align="center">1,050,000</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
  
 
<tr>
 
<tr>
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<td align="center">[[X]]</td>
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<td align="center">[[Terror Free Tomorrow]]</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">40,000</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
 
<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">40,000</td>
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<td align="center">TOT</td>
 
 
</tr>
 
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==People==
 
==People==
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* Board member [[Bob Thurston]] |  Executive Director [[Truman Anderson]]<ref name="Phil"/>
 
* Board member [[Bob Thurston]] |  Executive Director [[Truman Anderson]]<ref name="Phil"/>
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==Resources==
 
==Resources==

Latest revision as of 15:19, 17 March 2017

Not to be confused with the Stuart Foundation

The Stuart Family Foundation is a conservative foundation set up by Robert D. Stuart Jr., former chairman of the Quaker Oats Company and U.S. ambassador to Norway under Ronald Reagan [1], in 1986.

Mission

According to the Robert D. Stuart Jr, the foundation is 'dedicated to strengthening America, at home and abroad':

'We support the mechanisms that have made America a great nation: the core values of its civil society, its honest and efficient government, and its strong national defense. All of our major program areas—media, civic education, national security and federal campaign finance—reflect this philosophy.'[1]

Its goal is tom 'to influence public policy and bolster high ethical values and patriotism'.

Activities

The Stuart Family Foundation funds a range of causes. These include the Parents Television Council and Common Sense Media, both of which encourage 'family-friendly programming'.

The bulk of the grants awarded by the foundation however support security, counter-terrorism and foreign policy groups, such as the the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Heritage Foundation, the Manhattan Institute, Jamestown Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute.[1] Since 2011, they have also repeatedly provided funding to the 'counter-extremism' think-tank Quilliam Foundation.

Grants

Grant recipients of the Stuart Family Foundation in $ USD [2]
Organisation 2009 2010 2011[3] 2012[4] 2013[5] 2014[6] 2015[7] Total 2009-2015
America Abroad Media - - 150,000 150,000 450,000 210,000 200,000 710,000
American Enterprise Institute - - 2,500 50,000 - 50,000 50,000 152,500
Bipartisan Policy Center - - 25,000 100,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 575,000
Center for Strategic & International Studies - - 130,000 11,667 106,300 115,000 - 256,667
Council on Foreign Relations - - - 75,000 - - - 75,000
FPRI - - 5,000 5,000 - - - 10,000
Heritage Foundation - - - 50,000 - - - 50,000
Jamestown Foundation - - 95,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 85,000 330,000
Lexington Institute - - 75,000 65,000 - 65,000 - 205,000
Manhattan Institute - - - 10,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 235,000
Middle East Media Research Institute - - 35,000 - - - - 35,000
Philanthropy Roundtable - - 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 20,000
Quilliam Foundation - - 245,000 250,000 175,000 150,000 260,000 1,050,000
Terror Free Tomorrow - - 40,000 - - - - 40,000

People

Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Philanthropy Roundtable Stuart Family Foundation, Accessed 24 January 2014
  2. ↑ Data compiled from yearly 990 forms
  3. ↑ Stuart Family Foundation Form 990, 2011, Accessed 25 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Stuart Family Foundation 2012 990 Form
  5. ↑ Stuart Family Foundation 2013 990 Form
  6. ↑ Stuart Family Foundation 2014 990 Form
  7. ↑ Stuart Family Foundation 2015 990 Form
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