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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.
 
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.
  
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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The foundation gives to a range of conservative causes including 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]].
  
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==Mission==
 
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"/>
 
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"/>
  

Revision as of 14:58, 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.

The foundation gives to a range of conservative causes including 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.

Mission

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.'[1]

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