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==News and Controversies==
===Lack of Transparency===
The Roundtable is outspoken in its opposition to transparency. In 2013, Roundtable president Adam Meyerson wrote that the "right to confidentiality in charitable giving is grounded in our constitutional freedom of association, and it is one of the most important elements of philanthropic freedom." Responding to critics of the fund's lack of transparency, he claimed that "a sizable minority [of donors] want their philanthropy to be anonymous and will not give unless they can keep their donations confidential," and concluded with the statement, "So-called “dark money” illuminates our free society."<ref>Adam Meyerson, "[http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/philanthropic_freedom/presidents_note President's Note: Misconceptions about 'Dark Money']," ''Philanthropy'', Fall 2013. Archived on Philanthropy Roundtable's website, accesssed July 8, 2014.</ref>
According to Media Matters, "The Philanthropy Foundation fights what it considers the increasingly growing public view that foundations should be accountable to the public. The group is opposed to more efforts at transparency, believing that "foundations are private organizations that should be free to make their own governance and grantmaking decisions so long as they operate with integrity and use their assets for genuinely charitable purposes."" <ref>Media Matters, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120503191744/http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Philanthropy_Roundtable Media Philanthropy Roundtable], Conservative Transparency Project, organization profile, May 3, 2012. Archived by Internet Wayback Machine, accessed July 8, 2014.</ref>
===Education Reform a Priority===
In an interview with the ''Chronicle of Philanthropy'', the President of the Philanthropy Roundatble, [[Adam Meyerson]], indicated that education 'reform' was one of the key priorities for the organisation during [[George W. Bush]]'s second term, "President Bush has the potential to be the most important president in the history of American education -- the president who finally solves our crisis in the education of low-income children. But he cannot achieve this breakthrough simply through the federal [[No Child Left Behind]] law, the focus of his first term. Reform of education is going to come primarily from the ground up -- from state and local government, and from philanthropists and social entrepreneurs," he said.[http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v17/i03/03000701.htm]
===2014===
In 2014, Philanthropy Roundtable received the following donations:
*[[Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation]] - $14,209
*[[Donors Capital Fund]] - $616,098
*[[DonorsTrust]] - $16,150
*[[National Christian Charitable Foundation]] - $30,000
Between 1993 and 2015'''Grants Distributed'''*Christo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School: $200, the Roundtable received membership fees and/or grants from at least the following organizations000*[[Talent Market]]:<ref name="BridgeProject_Finances"/>$25,000
*'''<big>2019</big>'''<ref>Philanthropy Roundtable, [[Allegheny Foundation]]*[[Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation]]*[[Brady Education Foundation]]*[[Castle Rock Foundation]]*[[Charles Ghttps://beta.documentcloud. Koch Charitable Foundationorg/documents/20428980-philanthropy-roundtable-2019-990 2019 IRS 990 Form]]*[[Claude R, ''Philanthropy Roundtable'', May 8, 2020. Lamb Charitable Foundation]]</ref>:*[[Dick and Besty Devos Foundation]]Total Revenue: $9,087,146*[[Earhart Foundation]]Total Expenses: $8,260,682*[[F.M. Kirby Foundation]]Net Assets: $12,613,369*[[Gilder Foundation]]*[[Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation]]'''Grants Distributed'''*[[JM Foundation]]*[[John Templeton Foundation]]*[[John M. Olin Foundation]]Partnership Schools: $200, Inc.000*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]]** Between 2001 and 2010, Philanthropy Roundtable received $2.33 million from the conservative [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation|Bradley Foundation]], according to the ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'<big>2018</big>'''.<ref>Daniel Bice, Bill Glauber, Ben PostonPhilanthropy Roundtable, [httphttps://wwwbeta.jsonlinedocumentcloud.com/newsorg/milwaukeedocuments/from20428977-localphilanthropy-rootsroundtable-bradley2018-foundation-builds-conservative-empire-k7337pb-134187368.html From local roots, Bradley Foundation builds conservative empire990 2018 IRS 990 Form], ''Milwaukee Journal SentinelPhilanthropy Roundtable'', November 28May 3, 20112019.</ref>:*[[Philip M. McKenna FoundationTotal Revenue: $8,394, Inc.]]762*[[Randolph Foundation]]Total Expenses: $8,631,703*[[Roe Foundation]]Net Assets: $10,897,857*[[Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation]]*[[Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation]]'''Grants Distributed'''*[[Scaife Foundations]] Heterodox Academy*[[Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation]]Passages America Israel*[[Smith Richardson Foundation]]*'''<big>2017</big>'''<ref>Philanthropy Roundtable, [[Thomas Bhttps://beta.documentcloud. Fordham Foundation]org/documents/20428978-philanthropyy-roundtable-2017-990 2017 IRS 990 Form], ''Philanthropy Roundtable'', May 1, 2018.</ref>:*[[Walton Family Foundation]]Total Revenue: $8,819,058*[[William E. Simon Foundation]]Total Expenses: $8,917,853*[[William H. Donner Foundation]]Net Assets: $11,588,105 '''Grants Distributed'''*[[International Justice Mission]] Memphis Brooks Museum: $150,000*[[Foundation of Texas]]Riverfront Development Corporation: $100,000
==Core Financials==
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==News and Controversies==
===Lack of Transparency===
The Roundtable is outspoken in its opposition to transparency. In 2013, Roundtable president Adam Meyerson wrote that the "right to confidentiality in charitable giving is grounded in our constitutional freedom of association, and it is one of the most important elements of philanthropic freedom." Responding to critics of the fund's lack of transparency, he claimed that "a sizable minority [of donors] want their philanthropy to be anonymous and will not give unless they can keep their donations confidential," and concluded with the statement, "So-called “dark money” illuminates our free society."<ref>Adam Meyerson, "[http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/philanthropic_freedom/presidents_note President's Note: Misconceptions about 'Dark Money']," ''Philanthropy'', Fall 2013. Archived on Philanthropy Roundtable's website, accesssed July 8, 2014.</ref>
According to Media Matters, "The Philanthropy Foundation fights what it considers the increasingly growing public view that foundations should be accountable to the public. The group is opposed to more efforts at transparency, believing that "foundations are private organizations that should be free to make their own governance and grantmaking decisions so long as they operate with integrity and use their assets for genuinely charitable purposes."" <ref>Media Matters, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120503191744/http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Philanthropy_Roundtable Media Philanthropy Roundtable], Conservative Transparency Project, organization profile, May 3, 2012. Archived by Internet Wayback Machine, accessed July 8, 2014.</ref>
===Education Reform a Priority===
In an interview with the ''Chronicle of Philanthropy'', the President of the Philanthropy Roundatble, [[Adam Meyerson]], indicated that education 'reform' was one of the key priorities for the organisation during [[George W. Bush]]'s second term, "President Bush has the potential to be the most important president in the history of American education -- the president who finally solves our crisis in the education of low-income children. But he cannot achieve this breakthrough simply through the federal [[No Child Left Behind]] law, the focus of his first term. Reform of education is going to come primarily from the ground up -- from state and local government, and from philanthropists and social entrepreneurs," he said.[http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v17/i03/03000701.htm]
==Ties to the Bradley Foundation==
The Bradley Foundation has been a strong supporter of the Philanthropy Roundtable. Between 1991 and 2015, Bradley documents on a 2016 Philanthropy Roundtable Grant History form that it has given the organization $4,837,500.<ref>Bradley Foundation, [Philanthropy Roundtable Grant History], ''Bradley Files'', 2016.</ref>
The Koch brothers also fund [[DonorsTrust]] and [[Donors Capital Fund]], which the Philanthropy Roundtable spun off in 1999. The obscure [[Knowledge and Progress Fund]], controlled by [[Charles G. Koch]], with [[Richard Fink]] as president, has given only to Donors since 2005.<ref name="mashey">John Mashey, [http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/fake2.pdf Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances, free of tax 2], ''DeSmog Blog'' report, updated October 23, 2012, p. 71.</ref><ref name="PRW">Connor Gibson, Greenpeace, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/10/11819/meet-network-hiding-koch-money-donors-trust-and-donors-capital-fund Meet the Network Hiding the Koch Money: "Donors Trust" and "Donors Capital Fund"], ''PRWatch.org'', originally published by Greenpeace, October 29, 2012.</ref>
It gave $1.25 million to Donors in 2007, $1.25 million in 2008, and then $2 million in 2010, according to PBS ''Frontline''.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/environment/climate-of-doubt/robert-brulle-inside-the-climate-change-countermovement/ Robert Brulle: Inside the Climate Change “Countermovement”], PBS ''Frontline'', October 23, 2012.</ref>
In May 2021, Jenny Kim, a former [[Koch Industries]] in-house attorney, left the company to become Philanthropy Roundtable's first general counsel.<ref name=prjk>Dan Clark, [https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2021/05/10/koch-in-house-attorney-becomes-first-gc-at-the-philanthropy-roundtable/?slreturn=20210411142614 "Koch In-House Attorney Becomes First GC at The Philanthropy Roundtable"], ''Law.com Corporate Counsel'', May 10, 2021, accessed May 11, 2021.</ref>
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===Links to Neoconservatives===
==Funding==
Philanthropy Roundtable is not required by law to disclose its donors. However, a search of IRS filings, revealed the following contributors to Philanthropy Roundtable between 2014 and 2019.
===2014-2019===
*Abell-Hanger Foundation: $100,000 (2015-2018)
*Annenberg Foundation: $20,000 (2014-2017)
*Apgar Foundation: $25,000 (2014-2018)
*Armstrong Foundation: $25,000 (2014-2018)
*Asness Family Foundation: $25,000 (2017-2018)
*Barnes Family Foundation: $5,750 (2014-2018)
*Barney Family Foundation: $50,000 (2014-2018)
*Bergstrom Foundation: $6,000 (2015-2019)
*Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation: $20,000 (2014-2017)
*[[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]: $1,600,000 (2014-2018)
*Bouncer Foundation: $60,000 (2014-2019)
*Bowana Foundation: $91,000 (2014-2015)
*[[Bradley Foundation]]: $1,950,000 (2014-2019)
*[[Bradley Impact Fund]]: $23,000 (2014-2016)
*Bryant Family Foundation: $5,000 (2014)
*California Endowment: $20,000 (2014-2018)
*California Wellness Foundation: $30,000 (2014-2018)
*Caroline M Lowndes Foundation: $15,000 (2017-2019)
*Cassin Educational Initivative Foundation: $7,000 (2016-2017)
*Challenge Foundation: $25,000 (2016)
*Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences: $50,000 (2014-2018)
*[[Charles G Koch Foundation]]: $44,209 (2014-2019)
*[[Charles Koch Institute]]: $7,636 (2014)
*Charles Stewart Mott Foundation: $120,000 (2015-2018)
*Chiaroscuro Foundation: $150,000 (2014-2015)
*Chicago Community Trust: $22,000 (2017-2018)
*Cockrell Foundation: $45,000 (2014-2018)
*Communities Foundation of Texas: $820,362 (2015-2017)
*Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln: $100,000 (2017)
*Community Foundation of Greater Memphis: $27,000 (2015)
*Couchman and Noble Foundation: $6,000 (2014-2017)
*Council on Foundations: $50,000 (2017)
*David and Julia Uihlein Charitable Foundation: $5,000 (2016)
*David and Lucile Packard Foundation: $100,000 (2014-2018)
*David Belk Cannon Foundation: $95,000 (2014-2018)
*David Nathan Meyerson Foundation: $5,000 (2015)
*Declaration of Trust of the Joseph and Mary Cacioppo Foundation: $164,500 (2014-2018)
*Delaski Family Foundation: $5,000 (2017)
*Dillon Foundation: $5,300 (2014-2017)
*[[Donors Capital Fund]]: $1,100,798 (2014-2016)
*[[DonorsTrust]]: $1,505,052 (2014-2019)
*Dr. Scholl Foundation: $5,000 (2017)
*Ed Foundation: $400,000 (2014-2017)
*[[Ed Uihlein Family Foundation]]: $475,000 (2016-2018)
*Ewing Halsell Foundation: $15,000 (2017)
*Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation: $370,000 (2014-2017)
*Ford Motor Co Fund: $10,000 (2015-2017)
*Frist Foundation: $25,000 (2014-2018)
*Garcia Family Foundation: $35,000 (2017-2019)
*Garthwaite Family Foundation: $37,500 (2014-2018)
*George Edward Durell Foundation: $30,000 (2015-2018)
*George W Brackenridge Foundation: $25,000 (2014-2017)
*GFC Foundation: $30,000 (2014-2017)
*Gianforte Family Trust: $200,000 (2017-2018)
*Gibbs Family Foundation: $5,000 (2015)
*Girard Foundation: $20,000 (2018-2019)
*Gleason Family Foundation: $170,000 (2015-2019)
*Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund: $35,000 (2017-2018)
*Goldring Family Foundation: $5,000 (2014)
*Gordon E and Betty Moore Foundation: $20,000 (2018)
*Graham and Carolyn Holloway Foundation: $15,070 (2015-2019)
*Greater Horizons: $10,000 (2015)
*Greater Houston Community Foundation: $60,000 (2014-2018)
*Gulf Coast Community Foundation: $5,000 (2017)
*Hamlin Family Foundation: $5,500 (2018)
*Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation: $404,350 (2014-2018)
*Harvey and Carol Massey Foundation: $35,000 (2016-2017)
*Hatton W Sumners Foundation for the Study and Teaching of Self-Government: $34,000 (2014-2018)
*Henry E Haller Jr Foundation: $5,000 (2014-2018)
*Holthouse Foundation for Kids: $20,000 (2015-2018)
*Houston Endowment: $10,000 (2018)
*Isabel Foundation: $22,500 (2014-2017)
*[[Jack Miller Family Foundation]]: $125,000 (2014-2018)
*[[Jacqueline Hume Foundation]]: $85,000 (2014-2017)
*Jerome V Bruni Foundation: $40,000 (2014-2017)
*John D & Catherine T Macarthur Foundation: $580,000 (2014-2018)
*John S & James L Knight Foundation: $154,000 (2014-2018)
*[[John Templeton Foundation]]: $725,000 (2014-2018)
*John W Anderson: $9,000 (2017-2019)
*[[John William Pope Foundation]]: $628,094 (2014-2018)
*Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation: $40,000 (2017)
*Joseph and Mary Cacioppo Foundation: $5,000 (2015)
*[[Kovner Foundation]]: $180,000 (2015-2018)
*L A W Foundation: $100,000 (2015)
*Lilly Endowment: $650,000 (2014-2018)
*Longwood Foundation: $75,000 (2014-2018)
*Lynch Foundation: $125,000 (2014-2018)
*Macdougal Family Foundation: $5,000 (2014-2018)
*Maclellan Foundation: $500,000 (2016-2018)
*Margaret and Daniel Loeb Foundation: $5,000 (2015)
*[[Mercer Family Foundation]]: $270,000 (2015-2016)
*Minneapolis Foundation: $5,000 (2015)
*Morse Charitable Foundation: $15,000 (2015-2017)
*M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust: $300,000 (2016-2018)
*National Christian Charitable Foundation: $335,000 (2014-2017)
*Noble Research Institute: $40,000 (2014-2017)
*Nord Family Foundation: $11,000 (2018)
*Ohnell Family Foundation: $25,000 (2014-2018)
*Palmer Foundation: $30,000 (2016-2017)
*Paul E Singer Foundation: $550,000 (2014-2017)
*Perkins Malo Hunter Foundation: $7,000 (2017-2019)
*Peter and Audrey Denton Family Foundation: $12,500 (2014-2018)
*Piston Family Foundation: $5,000 (2018)
*Popular Foundation: $5,000 (2014)
*[[Randolph Foundation]]: $145,000 (2014-2017)
*Rasmuson Foundation: $16,000 (2015-2018)
*Richard M Fairbanks Foundation: $31,000 (2015-2018)
*Robert W Galvin Foundation: $50,000 2017-2018
*Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $58,500 (2014-2018)
*Robin and Sandy Stuart Foundation: $5,000 (2018-2019)
*Rose Hills Foundation: $5,000 (2018)
*Salt & Light Foundation: $7,500 (2014-2016)
*[[Sarah Scaife Foundation]]: $400,000 (2015-2018)
*Sarah and Ross Perot Jr Foundation: $10,000 (2016-2017)
*Schwab Charitable Fund: $231,500 (2014-2018)
*SD Bechtel Jr Foundation: $150,000 (2015-2018)
*[[Searle Freedom Trust]]: $495,000 (2014-2019)
*Seedlings Foundation: $5,000 (2014)
*Sidney A Swensrud Foundation: $70,000 (2014-2018)
*Silicon Valley Community Foundation: $186,000 (2014-2018)
*Slovin Foundation: $5,000 (2016)
*[[Snider Foundation]]: $140,000 (2015-2018)
*Specialty Foundation: $8,000 (2015-2018)
*Spurlino Foundation: $44,000 (2014-2018)
*Tapeats Fund: $5,000 (2015)
*Thomas D Klingenstein Fund: $20,370 (2014-2017)
*T W Lewis Foundation: $47,615 (2017-2018)
*Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund: $98,500 (2014-2017)
*[[Walton Family Foundation]]: $925,000 (2014-2019)
*Wengart Foundation: $22,500 (2014-2017)
*Wilf Family Foundation: $20,000 (2017-2018)
*William & Flora Hewlett Foundation: $600,000 (2014-2018)
*Zimmerman Family Foundation: $6,000 (2014-2018)
===2013===
* [[Colcom Foundation]]: $5,000
===Other Funding=Core Financials=='''<big>2020</big>'''<ref>Philanthropy Roundtable, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22089764-philanthropy-roundtable-2020-990 2020 IRS 990 Form], ''Philanthropy Roundtable'', 2021.</ref>:*Total Revenue: $9,804,880*Total Expenses: $8,659,352*Net Assets: $14,442,864
'''<big>2016</big>'''<ref>Philanthropy Roundtable, [https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20428979-philanthropy-roundtable-2016-990 2016 IRS 990 Form], ''Philanthropy Roundtable'', May 24, 2017.</ref>:
*Total Revenue: $8,594,071
==Articles and Resources==
===IRS Form 990s===
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