Vernon K. Krieble Foundation
The Vernon K. Krieble Foundation was established in 1984 by the family of Professor Vernon K. Krieble, a scientist and educator. Vernon, together with his son, chemist Dr. Robert Krieble (1916-1997), perfected an anaerobic polymer that seals metal parts to avoid vibration and leakage, and that could be used to prevent loosening of nuts and bolts. Together they founded the Loctite Corporation to market the sealant. The Loctite corporation also developed the first practical "superglue" technology. Robert Krieble was also an original leader of the Heritage Foundation and promoted free market policies. Robert Krieble's daughter, Helen E. Krieble, founded the Vernon K. Kreible Foundation and also serves as its president. She has involved herself on national issues ranging from from strategic missile defense to immigration policy.
The Vernon Krieble foundation advocates pure free market solutions for issues like health care and the environment, and advocates the establishment of strategic missile systems throughout the world to defend the U.S.[1][2]
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Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
The Vernon K. Krieble Foundation granted $28,500 to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in 2004, 2005, and 2010.[3]
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Lobbying
The Krieble Foundation joined other conservative U.S. lobby groups behind the right-wing Tea Party movement to sponsor an anti-tax event in the UK organized by the UK's controversial Taxpayers' Alliance. Other groups behind the event included the Cato Institute (heavily funded by Charles and David Koch), FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity, teh Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and the Heritage Foundation.[4]
Immigration Project and Talking Points
The Krieble Foundation, and Helen Krieble in particular, promote a two-tiered immigration policy that the Foundation calls the "Krieble Plan" or the Red Card Solution. The plan differentiates between foreign citizens who wish to work in the U.S. temporarily, and those who seek to move here permanently, and proposes to have private businesses register and track immigrants who come to the U.S. to work temporarily. The Krieble Foundation issues talking points called "the Do's and Don'ts of Talking About Illegal Immigration." It urges advocates of its Red Card plan to avoid using terms like "amnesty," "path to citizenship" and "guest workers" and instead talk about "strengthening our borders," emphasize "background checks" are included in the Red Card plan, and that non-citizens workers will be matched with a particular job they can do while in the U.S. [5]
Grants Distributed
2018[6]
- American Conservative Union: $25,000
- Beacon Center of Tennessee: $2,500
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center: $2,500
- Danny and Ron's Rescue: $10,000
- Foundation for Government Accountability: $2,500
- Harvard University: $2,500
- Heritage Foundation: $10,000
- Kingswood Oxford School: $10,000
- Leadership Program of the Rockies: $25,000
- Loomis Chaffee School: $5,000
- Pacific Legal Foundation: $1,000
- Panther Ridge Conservation Center: $10,000
- Radio America: $36,500
- Sam & Elizabeth Colt Heritage Center: $30,000
- Turning Point USA: $40,000
- Yankee Institute for Public Policy: $27,500
2017[7]
- American Principles Project: $30,000
- Arkansas Policy Foundation: $1,000
- Beacon Center of Tennessee: $2,500
- Bill of Rights Institute: $50,000
- Capital Squash: $3,500
- California Policy Center: $1,000
- Cato Institute: $10,000
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center: $5,000
- Deep River Fire House: $10,000
- Energy and Environment Legal Institute: $10,000
- Foundation for Government Accountability: $1,000
- Harvard University: $2,500
- Heritage Foundation: $10,000
- Independent Institute: $1,000
- Kingswood Oxford School: $60,000
- Latino Coalition: $500
- Leadership Program of the Rockies: $75,000
- Loomis Chaffee School: $5,000
- Old Lyme High School: $20,000
- Radio America: $36,500
- Renbrook School: $2,500
- State Policy Network: $58,000
- TCI Education Foundation: $30,025
- Sam & Elizabeth Colt Heritage Center: $30,000
- Turning Point USA: $20,000
- Yankee Institute for Public Policy: $27,500
2016[8]
- American Enterprise Institute: $5,000
- Ashbrook Center: $5,000
- Beacon Center of Tennessee: $1,000
- Cato Institute: $10,000
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center: $5,000
- Farmington River Shed Association: $2,500
- Franklin Center: $24,500
- Free Congress Foundation: $2,500
- Freedomworks Foundation: $50,000
- Free to Choose Network: $10,000
- Friends of Music: $10,000
- Fund for American Studies: $31,000
- Grassroot Institute of Hawaii: $1,000
- Hacer: $10,000
- Hartford Art School: $50,000
- Harvard University: $5,000
- Heritage Foundation: $10,000
- Kingswood Oxford School: $55,000
- Leadership Program of the Rockies: $25,000
- Mackinac Center: $5,000
- National Foundation for American Policy: $5,000
- Radio America: $36,500
- Ray of Light Farm: $17,000
- Renbrook School: $5,000
- Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center: $5,000
- TCI Education Foundation: $30,000
- Sam & Elizabeth Colt Heritage Center: $25,000
- Taft School: $5,000
- Turning Point USA: $10,000
- VRHS Soccer Booster Club: $3,000
- Yankee Institute for Public Policy: $1,000
2015[9]
- A Better World-The Adoption Connection: $1,000
- American Principles Project: $5,000
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation: $10,000
- Bill of Rights Institute: $40,000
- Cato Institute: $5,000
- Competitive Enterprise Institute: $5,000
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center: $5,000
- Federalist Society: $5,000
- Florence Griswold Museum: $110,000
- Gingrich Foundation: $10,000
- Hartford Art School: $10,000
- Harvard University: $5,000
- Independent Institute: $5,000
- Kingswood Oxford School: $5,000
- Leadership Program of the Rockies: $25,000
- Liberty Common School: $5,000
- Mackinac Center: $5,000
- Mississippi Center for Public Policy: $5,000
- National Foundation for American Policy: $5,000
- Radio America: $36,500
- Ray of Light Farm: $30,000
- Renbrook School: $5,000
- Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center: $10,000
- State Policy Network: $53,643
- Taft School: $5,000
- TCI Education Foundation: $50,000
- Texas Tech Foundation: $2,500
- Sam & Elizabeth Colt Heritage Center: $10,000
- Yankee Institute for Public Policy: $5,000
2014[10]
- American Action Forum: $10,000
- American Enterprise Institute: $2,500
- American Principles Project: $29,519
- Americans for Tax Reform Foundation: $5,000
- Ashbrook Center: $2,500
- Cato Institute: $2,500
- Center for Freedom & Prosperity: $2,500
- Competitive Enterprise Institute: $2,500
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center: $5,000
- Danny and Ron's Rescue: $10,000
- Energy and Environment Legal Institute: $5,000
- Experience Camps: $1,000
- Federalist Society: $1,000
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $1,000
- Freedomworks Foundation: $20,000
- Free Market Institute: $2,500
- Hacer: $5,000
- Harvard University: $7,500
- Heritage Foundation: $10,000
- High Frontier: $1,000
- Hispanic Free Market Network: $25,000
- Independent Institute: $6,000
- Institute for Justice: $5,000
- Kingswood Oxford School: $5,000
- Leadership Program of the Rockies: $25,000
- Lyme Consolidated Schools PTO: $10,000
- Mackinac Center: $5,000
- National Foundation for American Policy: $5,000
- Radio America: $36,500
- Ray of Light Farm: $20,000
- Sam & Elizabeth Colt Heritage Center: $25,000
- Ships of Discovery: $30,000
- State Policy Network: $20,000
- Steamboat Institute: $1,000
- Turks & Caicos Preservation Foundation: $30,000
- Wadsworth Atheneum: $1,000
Selective Pre-2013 Grants
- Accuracy in Media: $1,500 (2001-2003)
- America's Future Foundation: $500 (2001)
- American Enterprise Institute: $10,000 (2001-2008)
- American Legislative Exchange Council: $28,500 (2004-2005, 2010)
- American Majority: $10,000 (2008)
- Americans for Prosperity: $32,500 (2005, 2008, 2012)
- Americans for Tax Reform Foundation: $17,000 (2001-2012)
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation: $62,000 (2007-2011)
- Cato Institute: $79,000 (2001-2011)
- Claremont Institute: $15,500 (2004-2007)
- Competitive Enterprise Institute: $42,000 (2001-2010)
- David Horowitz Freedom Center: $125,000 (2001-2005)
- DonorsTrust: $25,000 (2009)
- Free to Choose Network: $5,000 (2008)
- Freedom Foundation: $8,000 (2001-2010)
- FreedomWorks: $193,063 (2005-2009)
- Fund for American Studies: $1,000 (2007)
- Galen Institute: $4,500 (2001-2003)
- Heritage Foundation: $143,400 (2001-2012)
- Independent Institute: $90,500 (2001-2012)
- Institute for Justice: $8,000 (2001-2007)
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $90,000 (2001-2005, 2012)
- James Madison Institute: $1,000 (2010)
- Leadership Institute: $25,500 (2001-2008, 2012)
- Leadership Program of the Rockies: $235,000 (2001-2012)
- Mackinac Center for Public Policy: $1,500 (2002)
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: $2,500 (2012)
- Media Research Center: $1,000 (2008)
- Mercatus Center at George Mason University: $1,000 (2001)[11]
- National Center for Policy Analysis: $61,000 (2001-2004)
- National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: $50,000 (2001-2012)
- National Taxpayers Union: $35,000 (2004-2007)
- Pacific Legal Foundation: $10,500 (2001-2007)
- Reason Foundation: $5,000 (2005, 2008)
- Tax Foundation: $5,500 (2002-2005)
- Texas Public Policy Foundation: $11,000 (2001, 2009)
- Yankee Institute for Public Policy: $32,500 (2002-2008, 2012)
- Young America's Foundation: $9,000 (2001-2005)
The Krieble Foundation also joins with SPN to issue an annual "Unsung Heroes Award."[12] Its awardees have included anti-"big-government" Oregon activist Steve Schopp in 2011,[13] Odessa, TX "Captain Watchdog" Jason Moore in 2012,[14] Rochester, MN anti-union activist Jennifer Parrish in 2013,[15] and anti-professional licensing activist Patti Morrow of Greer, SC in 2014.[16] Awardees receive $25,000 cash prizes.
Core Financials
2018[6]
- Total Revenue: $853,598
- Total Expenses: $881,782
- Net Assets: $14,858,933
2017[7]
- Total Revenue: $1,358,029
- Total Expenses: $1,342,335
- Net Assets: $17,364,843
2016[8]
- Total Revenue: $311,372
- Total Expenses: $1,299,508
- Net Assets: $16,930,805
2015[9]
- Total Revenue: $940,861
- Total Expenses: $1,178,619
- Net Assets: $16,433,096
2014 [10]
- Total Revenue: $1,189,525
- Total Expenses: $1,093,848
- Net Assets: $19,110,543
Personnel
Staff
Unknown
Board of Directors
As of December 2018:[6]
- Helen E. Krieble, president
- Fred Krieble, vice president
- Christopher P. Fusscas, treasurer
- Amanda C. Strein, Secretary
- Frederick B. Krieble, director
Contact Information
The Vernon K. Krieble Foundation
306 Main Street, Suite 400
Worcester, MA 01615
Phone: (303) 758-3956
Fax: (303) 488-0068
Articles and Resources
IRS Form 990 Filings
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
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References
- ↑ The Vernon K. Krieble Foundation Issues #2, organizational Web site, accessed December 13, 2010
- ↑ Vernon Krieble Foundation The Red Card Solution: About Us, organizational Web site, accessed December 13, 2010
- ↑ American Bridge 21st Century Foundation, Funder: The Vernon K. Krieble Foundation, Bridge Project conservative transparency website, accessed November 2013.
- ↑ Philip Inman US Tea Party in London to Spread Low Tax Message], UK Guardian, September 7, 2010
- ↑ The Kriebel Foundation Talking Points for Leaders, organizational Web site, accessed December 13, 2010
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Vernon K. Krieble Foundation, 2018 IRS 990 Filing, organizational filing, November 8, 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Vernon K. Krieble Foundation, 2017 IRS 990 Filing, organizational filing, June 1, 2018.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Vernon K. Krieble Foundation, 2016 IRS 990 Filing, organizational filing, October 9, 2017.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Vernon K. Krieble Foundation, 2015 IRS 990 Filing, organizational filing, 2016.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Vernon K. Krieble Foundation, 2014 IRS 990 Filing, organizational filing, 2013.
- ↑ Vernon K. Krieble Foundation, 2001 Form 990, foundation's annual IRS filing, September 6, 2002.
- ↑ State Policy Network, Unsung Hero Award, We the People project website, accessed December 2014.
- ↑ State Policy Network, Unsung Hero Award, organizational website, accessed December 2014.
- ↑ State Policy Network, Unsung Hero Award, organizational YouTube video, December 23, 2012.
- ↑ State Policy Network, JENNIFER PARRISH: WINNER OF THE 2013 UNSUNG HERO AWARD, organizational annual meeting website, accessed December 2014.
- ↑ Morrow is honored with Unsung Hero Award: Interior designer turned political activist, Greer Today, December 3, 2014.
