Sample Grants
Grant Title Award Date Grant Amount
 
Establishing the Center for Excellence in Higher Education

Dr. Frederic J. Fransen, Executive Director
Center for Excellence in Higher Educations (Indianapolis, IN)

This project will create a new 501(c)(3) organization, The Center for Excellence in Higher Education, whose purpose is to help donors promote excellence in higher education through philanthropy. The Center will engage in three areas of activity:
 January 2007 $2,000,000
Global Quest for Freedom in 21st Century

Mr. Alfred S. Regnery, Publisher
American Spectator Foundation, Inc. (Arlington VA) 

This grant supports a series of ten articles in The American Spectator on the necessary components to achieve the growth of freedom in nations and regions with repressive regimes.  Authors will look at how freedom is built and maintained, what forces constitute a free and democratic society, and what role America can play in fostering the growth of free and liberal democracies.
April 2006 $426,000
U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2004 Report

Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO

Dr. Lawrence J. McQuillian, Director, Business and Economic Studies

Professor Robert E. McCormick
Clemson University (Clemson SC)

This project conducted a study of state laws and regulations that inhibit economic liberty. The research yielded an index, titled U.S. Economic Freedom Index, which ranks each of America's 50 states according to its level of economic freedom.
 June 2003 $175,000
The Power of Choice: A Documentary on Milton Friedman and his Contributions to the Benefits of Free Competition and the Enhancement of Individual Freedom.

Robert J. Chitester, President
Palmer R. Chitester Fund, Inc. (Erie PA)

This challenge grant supported a filmed biography of Milton Friedman that will highlight the role he played in advancing a defense of liberty during the intellectual debates of the mid-20th Century. The documentary is scheduled to be aired on PBS.
 December 2004 $215,000
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