Koch Family Foundations

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The Koch Family Foundations, consisting of the David H. Koch Foundation, the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, and the Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation, are a major funder of libertarian and free market-oriented institutions. The foundations have provided funding to organizations such as the Cato Institute, the Institute for Humane Studies, Citizens for a Sound Economy, the Institute for Justice, the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, and the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment. This article is about right libertarianism, a liberal individualist philosophy (the most common meaning of the term today). ... A free market is an idealized market, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an economy... The Cato Institute is an influential non-profit public policy research foundation (think tank) with strong libertarian leanings (despite wide public perception that it is a conservative think-tank), headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is named after Catos Letters, a series of early 18th century British essays expounding... The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) is a libertarian organization that assists students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. ... Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE) is a conservative political group operating in the United States, whose self-described mission is to fight for less government, lower taxes, and less regulation. ... Founded in 1991 by Chip Mellor and Clint Bolick, the Institute for Justice is a libertarian public interest law firm in the United States. ... The Alexis de Tocqueville Institution (AdTI) (not Institute) is a Washington, DC-based think-tank, named after the French historian Alexis de Tocqueville. ... The Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE), based in Bozeman, Montana, is a think-tank that promotes free-market environmentalism. ...

Funding for the foundations comes from the conglomerate Koch Industries, the "nation's largest privately held energy company, with annual revenues of more than $25 billion. ... Koch Industries is now the second largest family-owned business in the U.S., with annual sales of over $20 billion." [1] Koch Industries, Inc. ...

"The company is owned by two of the richest men in America, David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch ... who have a combined personal fortune estimated at more than $3 billion and who have emerged as major Republican contributors in recent years." [2] Categories: People stubs | 1940 births | Forbes 400 | The Kochs | U.S. Libertarian Party vice presidential nominees | People from Kansas ... Charles G. Koch (November 1, 1935– ) is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Koch Industries, Inc. ...

Charles Koch was a co-founder of the Cato Institute in 1977. David Koch is a former Libertarian vice-presidential candidate, helped found the Citizens for a Sound Economy in 1986, and has given over $21 million to the Cato Institute. [3] The Cato Institute is an influential non-profit public policy research foundation (think tank) with strong libertarian leanings (despite wide public perception that it is a conservative think-tank), headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is named after Catos Letters, a series of early 18th century British essays expounding... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... The Libertarian Party is a United States political party created in 1971. ... Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE) is a conservative political group operating in the United States, whose self-described mission is to fight for less government, lower taxes, and less regulation. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cato Institute is an influential non-profit public policy research foundation (think tank) with strong libertarian leanings (despite wide public perception that it is a conservative think-tank), headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is named after Catos Letters, a series of early 18th century British essays expounding...

Sources

• Charles G. Koch Foundation
• Koch Industries
• Media Transparency entry on the Koch Family Foundations
• Koch Industries and the Pollution of the Bush White House Parts I & II; a critical on-line article with source links.
• "Ari & I; White House Press Briefing with Ari Fleischer related by Russell Mokhiber regarding relationship between White House and Koch Industries, May 3, 2001.