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Adelson, Sheldon
Last Updated: November 09, 2012
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is an important financial backer of right-wing “pro-Israel” groups in the United States and elsewhere in the world, as well as a prominent supporter of key Israeli Likud Party figures.
Bradley Foundation
Last Updated: February 24, 2009
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (“the Bradley Foundation”) has been called "the country's largest and most influential right-wing organization" because of the volume...
Broxmeyer, Mark
Last Updated: February 03, 2012
The late Mark Broxmeyer, an erstwhile Long Island real estate mogul, was a major fundraiser for the neoconservative Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, along with a host of Republican Party initiatives.
Castle Rock Foundation
Last Updated: February 23, 2009
Castle Rock Foundation . The Castle Rock Foundation (CRF), a major supporter of the Heritage Foundation and other rightist institutions and causes, is an outgrowth of the Adolph Coors Foundation,...
Earhart Foundation
Last Updated: February 22, 2009
The Ann Arbor-based Earhart Foundation, perhaps best known for its support of several Nobel-winning economists, is arguably one of the least understood foundations in U.S. philanthropy. It appears to...
Hascoe, Norman (1929-2007)
Last Updated: December 05, 2007
Before his death on October 24, 2007, Norman Hascoe served as president of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), a neoconservative-aligned advocacy outfit that strives to link...
Jamestown Foundation
Last Updated: March 23, 2005
About . The mission of the Jamestown Foundation is “to inform and educate policy makers and the broad policy community about events and trends in those societies which are strategically or...
John M. Olin Foundation
Last Updated: February 22, 2009
The John M. Olin Foundation, once one of the country’s premier conservative foundations, closed down in 2005 after a half century of operations. Among its more notable grantees were the...
Joyce, Michael (1942-2006)
Last Updated: October 24, 2006
Michael Joyce, who passed away in early 2006, was once described by neoconservative guru Irving Kristol as the "godfather of modern philanthropy." Joyce was a key financial booster of the...
Kadish, Lawrence
Last Updated: July 06, 2010
A founder of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Lawrence Kadish has been a prominent backer of a number of neoconservative and right-wing “pro-Israel” groups.
Lehrman, Lewis
Last Updated: April 20, 2011
An investment banker who advocates supply-side economics and a return to the gold standard, Lehrman has supported a number of militarist pressure groups since the Cold War, including the Project for the New American Century and the Reagan-era Citizens for America.
Loeb, Daniel
Last Updated: December 04, 2012
An erstwhile Obama supporter, hedge-fund multimillionaire Daniel Loeb has donated vast sums to the neoconservative Emergency Committee for Israel and threw high-dollar fundraisers in the Hamptons for the 2012 Romney campaign.
Mellon Scaife, Richard
Last Updated: February 26, 2009
Richard Mellon Scaife, owner of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and chairman of the Scaife Foundations, has been a key financier of the American Right for decades. In 2006, Scaife’s three major...
Moskowitz, Irving
Last Updated: February 01, 2011
The bingo magnate and notorious backer of Jewish settlements in Palestinian territories, Irving Moskowitz has also funded the campaigns of rightwing U.S. politicians like Florida Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
Nina Rosenwald
Last Updated: March 05, 2013
An heir to the Sears Roebuck fortune, Nina Rosenwald has been dubbed “the sugar mama of anti-Muslim hate” for her philanthropy supporting right-wing and anti-Islamic groups in the United States.
NORPAC
Last Updated: May 21, 2013
NORPAC is a New Jersey-based political action committee that supports legislators who favor hardline "pro-Israel" policies.
Philanthropy Roundtable
Last Updated: March 20, 2013
The Philanthropy Roundtable is a research and advocacy group that helps right-wing donors funnel money to a number of different philanthropic and political causes.
Scaife Foundations
Last Updated: February 24, 2009
The Scaife Foundations are a quartet of conservative foundations—the Sarah Scaife, the Carthage, the Allegheny, and the Scaife Family—that have served as the primary vehicles for the...
Sembler, Melvin
Last Updated: April 08, 2010
A high-powered Republican Party donor and real estate magnate, Sembler has supported a number of hawkish advocacy groups, including most recently Liz Cheney’s Keep America Safe.
Smith Richardson Foundation
Last Updated: February 22, 2009
Although often associated with the passel of foundations that buttress the American right-wing—including, among others, the Scaife, Castle Rock, and Bradley foundations—the Smith...
Steinmann, David
Last Updated: February 03, 2012
As a principle at the rightist William Rosenwald Family Fund and a board member for a host of neoconservative and “pro-Israel” outfits, David Steinmann has worked for decades to channel money to right-wing pressure groups.
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Ahmari, Sohrab
An Iranian-American writer who vocally supports a U.S. attack on Iran, Sohrab Ahmari has been described as “the neocons’ favorite Iranian” and likened to Iraq’s Ahmed Chalabi.
Center for a New American Security
A go-to security policy think tank for the Obama administration, the Center for a New American Security is staffed with a host counterinsurgency enthusiasts, some of whom have supported neoconservative-led policy campaigns.
NORPAC
NORPAC is a New Jersey-based political action committee that supports legislators who favor hardline "pro-Israel" policies.
Levitt, Matthew
Matthew Levitt is the director of WINEP’s Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
Pipes, Daniel
Founder of the Middle East Forum, Daniel Pipes is an influential advocate of militarist U.S. policies in the Middle East and a controversial critic of “lawful Islamism” in the West.