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Posts tagged ‘How donations are spent at Heritage’

16
Jul

How Revenue is Spent at the Heritage Foundation (2024)

The Heritage Foundation (Heritage) is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization staffed by conservative “experts” who provide advice on political, economic, social, and financial problems in the United States. Based in Washington, DC Heritage raises about $100 million annually, spends less than they raise and therefore has about $330 million in net fund assets.  Specifically, Heritage is well known for publishing Project 2025 – a controversial “roadmap for how to replace the rule of law with right-wing ideals” according to the ACLU.

There are 16 voting members of the governing body, 15 of whom are independent although 19 are listed on the Form 990 due to timing differences, of which 15 (79%) are male while 4 (21%) are female. Read more »

27
Apr

Where Does $100 to the Heritage Foundation Go?

The Heritage Foundation (Heritage) is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization staffed by conservative “experts” who provide advice on political, economic, social, and financial problems in the United States. Based in Washington, DC Heritage raises about $80 million annually, spends about the same amount, but has about $250 million in net fund assets.

In 2018, Heritage raised $81 million, most of which came from contributions, gifts, and grants. Expenses totaled $80 million and can be viewed two ways:  by broad general category (program service, management and general, and fundraising) or by specific line item categories (i.e. compensation, office-related, travel and conferences, fees for services, etc). Both ways are beneficial with the latter approach providing more specific detail on how revenue was spent. Read more »