Cato Institute/2006 Foundation Funders

Cato Institute Foundation Funders, contributed $3,113,000 or 15% of total income of the libertarian Cato Institute.

Funders
According to its 2006 annual report, Cato reported that it had received funding from 72 foundations during the year. These were:


 * A. Gary Anderson Family Foundation
 * Achelis & Bodman Foundations
 * Armstrong Foundation
 * Assurant Health Foundation
 * Atlas Economic Research Foundation
 * Barney Family Foundation
 * Betty & Daniel Bloomfield Fund
 * B & E Collins Foundation
 * Brown Foundation
 * Carnegie Corporation of New York
 * Carthage Foundation
 * Castle Rock Foundation
 * Caterpillar Foundation
 * Chase Foundation of Virginia
 * CIGNA Foundation
 * Claude Lambe Charitable Foundation
 * Cortopassi Institute


 * Daniels Fund
 * David Koch Foundation
 * Donald & Paula Smith Family Foundation
 * Earhart Foundation
 * F. M. Kirby Foundation
 * Ford Foundation
 * Fred and Robyn Amis Foundation
 * Gill Foundation
 * Gleason Foundation
 * Gordon V and Helen C. Smith Foundation
 * Grover Hermann Foundation
 * Holman Foundation
 * JM Foundation
 * JM Freedom Foundation
 * John E. and Sue M. Jackson Charitable Trust
 * JEHT Foundation
 * Jeld-Wen Foundation
 * John Templeton Foundation
 * John William Pope Foundation
 * Joyce Foundation
 * Kern Family Foundation
 * Kerr Foundation
 * Lovett & Ruth Peters Foundation
 * Margaret H. and James E. Kelley Foundation
 * Marijuana Policy Project
 * Meyer Family Foundation
 * Milton & Rose Friedman Foundation
 * Neal and Jane Freeman Foundation
 * New-Land Foundation
 * Norton Foundation
 * Open Society Institute
 * Opportunity Foundation
 * Pierre F. & Enid Goodrich Foundation
 * Ploughshares Fund
 * Ralph L. Smith Foundation
 * Robert & Ardis James Foundation
 * Robert & Marie Hansen Family Foundation
 * ROE Foundation
 * Ronald C. Hart Family Foundation
 * Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Foundation
 * Rosenkranz Foundation
 * Ruth & Vernon Taylor Foundation
 * Sarah Scaife Foundation
 * Searle Freedom Trust
 * Smart Family Foundation
 * Susquehanna Foundation
 * Triad Foundation
 * Vernon K. Krieble Foundation
 * William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
 * William H. Donner Foundation
 * William Randolph Hearst Foundations
 * Woodford Foundation

In addition there were three foundations that contributed on the basis of anonymity.

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