Search results for ‘Koch’


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    Koch Family Foundation

    The Koch Family Foundation is a private foundation created by Fred Koch and Mary Koch, the parents of Charles, David, William, and Frederick Koch. Fred Koch founded Winkler-Koch, an industrial firm that later became Koch Industries. The foundation is run by Elizabeth Koch, wife of Charles Koch, and
  • Person

    David H. Koch

    David H. Koch was an industrialist and philanthropist who owned 42 percent of the shares of Koch Industries, a privately held conglomerate. Koch willed his shares to his widow, Julia Koch, and his three children. Forbes estimated in 2022 the shares were worth $60 billion, making Julia Koch the third-richest
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    Chase Koch

    Chase Koch is the son of billionaire Charles Koch of Koch Industries. He is the president of Koch Disruptive Technologies and chairman of Stand Together Ventures. 1 Media reports have cast him
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    Elizabeth Koch

    Elizabeth Koch is the CEO of Catapult, a publishing firm, and the daughter of billionaire Charles Koch of Koch Industries. She has also helped found other organizations such as Unlikely Collaborators, New Balloon and Tiny Blue Dot Foundation.
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    Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation

    The Charles Koch Foundation (CKF) is a libertarian-leaning private foundation located in Arlington, Virginia, that is funded and controlled by billionaire businessman and philanthropist Charles Koch. The organization was founded by Koch and has close ties to many right-leaning organizations that have received funding from Charles Koch and his
  • Person

    Charles Koch

    Charles G. Koch is an American businessman, political and charitable donor, and the current chairman and CEO of Koch Industries, the second largest privately held company in the United States. Koch, along with his late brother David, is a prolific donor to and founder of many right- and libertarian-leaning
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    Charles Koch Institute

    The Charles Koch Institute (CKI) is a libertarian-leaning nonprofit educational organization located in Arlington, Virginia, that is the principle funding vehicle for public policy-related giving for billionaire businessman and donor Charles Koch. The organization was founded by Koch and has close ties to many right-leaning organizations that have received
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    Koch Docs

    Koch Docs is a center-left investigative research website that complies documents critical of the political influence and groups associated with libertarian entrepreneurs Charles and David Koch. Koch Docs is a joint project of the Center for Media and Democracy and Greenpeace.
  • Other Group

    UnKoch My Campus

    UnKoch My Campus is a project of Essential Information, a left-of-center nonprofit started by left-wing activist and politician Ralph Nader.
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    Koch Cultural Trust

    The Koch Cultural Trust (originally the Kansas Cultural Trust) was created by Elizabeth Koch, wife of Charles Koch. It is a nonprofit that awards scholarships to students interested in careers in the performing or visual arts. Background Koch Cultural Trust grantees are supposed to “have a connection with Kansas”
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    David H. Koch Charitable Foundation

    The David H. Koch Charitable Foundation is the philanthropic vehicle of the late David H. Koch, who owned 42 percent of the shares of privately held Koch Industries, an industrial conglomerate. Koch willed his shares to his widow, Julia Koch, and their three children. Forbes estimated in 2022 that the
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    Fred C. and Mary R. Koch Foundation

    The Fred C. and Mary R. Koch Foundation is a private foundation that gives grants to education and youth development nonprofit organizations.
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    Scholars at Risk

    Scholars at Risk is a nonprofit advocacy group that conducts advocacy and operates programs it claims helps to promote academic freedom internationally. The most notable activity of the organization is its operation of the SAR Network, an international network of over 650 higher education institutions that provide temporary faculty positions
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    Clean Slate Initiative

    The Clean Slate Initiative is a campaign originally launched by the left-of-center Center for American Progress (CAP) in 2018 to push for state laws that automatically clear criminal records for most misdemeanors and some felonies if certain criteria are met. The group has launched state-level organizations in over a
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    Homes for the Homeless (HFH)

    Homes for the Homeless (HFH) is a nonprofit that runs homeless shelters, assisted living facilities, and migrant shelters in New York City. HFH also conducts research on the impact of homelessness through its think tank, the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness. HFH’s leadership has experience working for the New
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    Crime and Justice Institute (CJI)

    The Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) is a left-of-center criminal justice research and advocacy organization based in Boston, Massachusetts. The institute works with federal, state, and local police and correctional institutions to reduce prison populations, reduce recidivism, aid reentry of criminals into society, and promote racial equity. Parent Organization The
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    Libre Initiative

    Libre Initiative is a right-leaning group that campaigns before Hispanics with a pro-free market economic and limited government message and is supported by the donor network associated with Charles Koch and his late brother David.
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    1851 Center for Constitutional Law

    The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law is a non-partisan public interest law firm that litigates on constitutional law in Ohio. It works on property rights, taxpayer and entrepreneur rights, regulation, health care, free speech, and parental rights.
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    Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC)

    Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) is an activist group based in New York City which advocates for research and funding of acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome (AIDS) prevention and treatment. It also pushes for greater acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) lifestyles in addition to a variety of other left-of-center
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    Friends of Universidad Francisco Marroquin (Friends of UFM)

    The Friends of Universidad Francisco Marroquin (Friends of UFM) is a nonprofit organization that supports the work of the Universidad Francisco Marroquin (UFM), a nonprofit university based in Guatemala. The mission of UFM is to teach and promote the principles of classical liberalism.