==Connections to State Policy Network==
From 2009 to 2011, the '''Lowndes Foundation''' has donated just over 70 percent of all grants to members of the [[State Policy Network]], a network of conservative think tanks and right-wing groups that works to promote conservative ideology and public policy on the state and national level. Of the $1,940,507 donated by the '''Lowndes Foundation''', $1,372,124 has gone to [[SPN membersMembers]]. These organizations include: <ref name = "2012 Form 990"> [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/571/027/2012-571027898-0948feb9-F.pdf 2012 Form 990], organizational IRS tax filing, May 22, 2013. </ref>
*[[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] received $15,000.
*Students for Liberty received $35,000.
*[[American Enterprise Institute]] received $30,000.
*[[S.C. South Carolina Policy Council]] received $440,106.
*Americans for Limited Government received $10,000.
*Advocates for Self-Government received $10,000.