The Foundation received 85 grants totaling $4.54 million from conservative foundations between 1991 and 2005, including the [[Castle Rock Foundation]], [[John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.]], and the [[Walton Family Foundation]], according to Media Transparency.<ref>Gregory Heires, "[http://www.thenewcrossroads.com/2014/02/03/public-employee-unions-targeted-in-right-wing-case-before-the-supreme-court/ Public-Employee Unions Targeted in Right-wing Case before the Supreme Court]," The New Crossroads, February 3, 2014.</ref>
==Connection Ties to the Koch Brothers==
[[Mark Mix]], the Foundation's president, attended the [[Koch Event 2010-06 Attendees|June 2010 Koch Strategy Group Meeting]]. He spoke on a panel entitled "Mobilizing Citizens for November" along with Koch operative [[Sean Noble]], [[Karl Crow]] of [[Themis]], and [[Tim Phillips]] of [[Americans for Prosperity]].<ref>Think Progress, "[http://images2.americanprogressaction.org/ThinkProgress/secretkochmeeting.pdf Secret Koch Meeting Documents]," organization website, accessed May 8, 2014.</ref>