Jaquelin Hume Foundation

The Jaquelin Hume Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization "support[ing] free-market solutions to education reform," and funds many conservative and libertarian organizations. Founded in 1962 and headquartered in San Francisco, Jaquelin Hume began funding various free-market initiatives and started focusing its money more specifically in education reform "including charter schools, vouchers, standards and curricula," in 1998. Below are links to its annual IRS Form 990s, which list the organizations it has funded since 1999. This article is a breakout of the State Policy Network article. Please see State Policy Network for more.

In 2011, the Jaquelin Hume Foundation reported $2,485,622 in total annual revenue, $5,484,857 in total expenses, $5,097,728 in gifts and contributions, and total assets of $25,356,075 (fair market value).

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council

The Jaquelin Hume Foundation has granted $220,000 to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) between 1999 and 2011, according to a review of the foundation's IRS filings by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD).

About ALEC

ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our ExposedbyCMD.org site.

Larger Jaquelin Hume Foundation grants go to ALEC members like SPN, the Heritage Foundation which received $1,725,000 between 1999 and 2011, Institute for Humane Studies, and the Manhattan Institute. (TPPF).

Groups Funded

Funding SPN and SPN State Think Tanks

TOTAL to SPN and SPN State Think Tanks 1999-2011: $24,304,817, broken down as follows:

• State Policy Network: $530,000 (2001-2011)
• Alabama Policy Institute: $150,000 (2001-2011)
• Allegheny Institute for Public Policy: $26,900 (2001)
• Alliance for School Choice: $425,000 (2005-2010)
• Alexis De Tocqueville Institution: $110,000 (1999-2001)
• American Enterprise Institute: $200,000 (1999-2011)
• American Legislative Exchange Council: $220,000 (2003-2011)
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation:$25,000 (2008)
• Arkansas Policy Foundation: $39,000 (2005-2011)
• Atlantic Legal Foundation: $300,000 (2001-2011)
• Atlas Economic Research Foundation: $93,000 (2011)
• Bill of Rights Institute: $190,000 (2000-2002)
• Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions: $185,000 (2005-2011)
• Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions: $285,280 (1999-2009)
• Building Excellent Schools: $100,000 (2004-2007)
• CATO Institute: $150,000 (1999-2000)
• Capital Research Center: $175,000 (1999-2004)
• Cascade Policy Institute: $340,000 (1999-2011)
• Center for Education Reform: $1,935,000 (1999-2011)
• Center for Individual Rights: $620,000 (1999-2007)
• Center for the Study of Popular Culture: $150,000 (1999-2001)
• Center for Union Facts: $100,000 (2008)
• Center of the American Experiment: 30,000 (2011)
• Clair Booth Luce Policy Institute: $110,000 (1999-2005)
• Claremont Institute: $325,000 (1999-2001)
• Competitive Enterprise Institute: $50,000 (1999)
• Commonwealth Foundation: $292,561 (2002-2011)
• Donors Trust: $450,000 (2007-2009)
• Ethan Allen Institute: $63,000 (2001-2009)
• Education Action Group Foundation: $100,000 (2010-2011)
• Evergreen Freedom Foundation: $472,405 (1999-2011)
• Excellent Education for Everyone: $355,000 (2004-2009)
• Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy: $425,000 (1999-2002)
• Foundation for Excellence in Education: $372,000 (2009-2011)
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $235,000 (2001-2011)
• Georgia Public Policy Foundation: $225,000 (2001-2010)
• Goldwater Institute: $410,398 (1999-2011)
• Grassroot Institute of Hawaii: $114,573 (2004-2010)
• The Heartwood Institute: $114,700 (2000-2001)
• Heartland Institute: $201,000 (1999-2010)
• Heritage Foundation: $1,725,000 (2002-2011)
• Idaho Freedom Foundation: $15,000 (2011)
• Illinois Policy Institute: $100,000 (2007-2011)
• Indiana Policy Review Foundation: $23,000 (2004)
• Institute for Humane Studies: $435,000 (1999-2002)
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $385,000 (1999-2002)
• Independence Institute: $661,225 (2000-2011)
• Independent Women's Forum: $375,000 (1999-2009)
• Institute for Policy Innovation: $63,000 (1999)
• Institute for Justice: $1,325,000 (1999-2010)
• John Locke Foundation: $290,000 (1999-2011)
• Kansas Policy Institute: $100,000 (2002-2011)
• Landmark Legal Foundation: $650,000 (2001-2007)
• Lexington Institute: $401,000 (1999-2011)
• James Madison Institute: $252,979 (1999-2011)
• Mackinac Center for Public Policy: $830,000 (1999-2011)
• Maine Heritage Policy Center: $135,000 (2007-2011)
• Manhattan Institute: $950,000 (1999-2011)
• Maryland Public Policy Institute: $300,000 (2003-2011)
• Mississippi Center for Public Policy: $150,000 (2005-2010)
• National Right to Work Legal Foundation: $110,000 (1999-2002)
• Nevada Policy Research Institute: $205,000 (2003-2011)
• National Center for Policy Analysis: $150,000 (1999-2000)
• North Dakota Policy Council: $30,000 (2009-2010)
• Ocean State Policy Research Institute: $24,900 (2010)
• One Nation (US): $230,000 (1999-2002)
• Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs: $152,000 (2001-2011)
• Pacific Legal Foundation: $310,000 (1999-2011)
• Pacific Research Institute: $1,053,750 (1999-2011)
• Pelican Institute for Public Policy: $70,000 (2009-2011)
• Platte Institute for Economic Research: $50,000 (2009-2010)
• Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research: $359,500 (1999-2011)
• Reason Foundation: $10,000 (1999)
• Rio Grande Foundation: $50,000 (2005-2011)
• Show-Me Institute: $125,000 (2007-2011)
• South Carolina Policy Council: $321,000 (1999-2011)
• Sutherland Institute: $180,620 (1999-2011)
• Thomas Jefferson Institute: $270,000 (2001-2011)
• Tennessee Center for Policy Research: $48,750 (2001-2009)
• Texas Public Policy Foundation: $385,001 (2001-2011)
• Virginia Institute for Public Policy: $40,000 (2008-2009)
• Wisconsin Policy Research Institute: $49,475 (1999)
• Washington Policy Center: $85,000 (2006-2011)
• Yankee Institute for Public Policy: $233,800 (2002-2011)

Additional Right Wing Funding

TOTAL to Additional Right Wing Organizations 1999-2011: $4,896,000, broken down as follows:

• Alliance for Excellent Education: $450,000 (2009-2011)
• California Academy of Sciences: $1,200,000 (1999-2011)
• Children First America: $45,000 (2002-2003)
• Center on Reinventing Public Education: $10,000 (2004)
• Center for Immigration Studies: $35,000 (1999-2002)
• Center for Equal Opportunity: $275,000 (1999-2002)
• Civil Society Project: $201,000 (1999-2004)
• Citizens for a Sound Economy: $50,000 (1999)
• Charter School Growth Fund: $20,000 (2008)
• Education Next: $465,000 (2002-2011)
• Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options: $200,000 (2003-2006)
• Hoover Institute: $200,000 (2010-2011)
• Institute for American Values: $550,000 (1999-2004)
• KIPP Foundation: $300,000 (2010-2011)
• New Schools Venture Fund: $380,000 (2009-2011)
• Philanthropy Roundtable: $240,000 (2000-2011)
• Public Agenda Foundation: $150,000 (1999)
• Reason Public Policy Institute: $125,000 (2004-2010)

IRS Form 990s

• Jaquelin Hume Foundation, 1999 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, May 11, 2000.
• Jaquelin Hume Foundation, 2000 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, November 4, 2001.
• Jaquelin Hume Foundation, 2001 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, November 17, 2002.
• Jaquelin Hume Foundation, 2002 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, November 11, 2003.
• Jaquelin Hume Foundation, 2003 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, November 15, 2004.
• Jaquelin Hume Foundation, 2004 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, August 9, 2005.
• Jaquelin Hume Foundation, 2005 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, November 14, 2006.
• Jaquelin Hume Foundation, 2006 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, October 22, 2007.
• Jaquelin Hume Foundation, 2007 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, September 2, 2008.
• Jaquelin Hume Foundation, 2008 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, August 13, 2009.
• Jaquelin Hume Foundation, 2009 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, June 15, 2010.
• Jaquelin Hume Foundation, 2010 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, July 7, 2011.
• Jaquelin Hume Foundation, 2011 Form 990, foundation's IRS filing, June 13, 2012.

Personnel

Board of Directors

As of June 2012:

• William J. Hume - President and Secretary, Trustee
• George H. Hume - Vice President and Treasurer, Trustee
• Edward A. Landry - Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer, Trustee
• Gisele Huff - Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer

Contact Details

Jaquelin Hume Foundation
600 Montgomery Street, Suite 2800
San Francisco, Ca 94111-2803
Phone: (415) 705-5115

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