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==Background==
According to the Institute for Policy Studies, "The Philanthropy Roundtable arose as part of a strategy to build a rightwing funding base to contest the power of the "liberal establishment." The organization was initially financed by the [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]] and the [[Institute for Education Educational Affairs ]] and founded in 1978 by [[Irving Kristol ]] and former U.S. Treasury Secretary and [[Olin Foundation ]] president [[William Simon]], two key figures in shaping the strategies of corporate and rightwing philanthropy. Under their direction, the IEA aimed to funnel millions of dollars into the "war of ideas" with what they called the "adversary culture"—meaning liberals, progressives, and secularists. <ref> [http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Philanthropy_Roundtable Institute For Policy Studies Philanthropy Roundtable Profile], accessed 10/20/2011 </ref>
Each year the Roundtable convenes an annual conference drawing together presenters from conservative advocates, media commentators - such as David Brooks from the ''New York Times'' - and mainstream [[non-government organization]]s. Its November 2004 annual conference at Palm Beach, Florida, USA included a special pre conference environmental meeting. The after dinner speaker was Danish climate change denier [[Bjorn Lomborg]] while other feature sessions were on oceans and aquaculture policy, the fate of the Amazon forests, environmental education and water policy in Florida.
