Smith Richardson Foundation
The Smith Richardson Foundation is financed by the Vicks Vaporub fortune. The Foundation reported assets of $494 million in 2001 and gave away $23 million.
The Foundation became active in supporting conservative causes in 1973 when R. Richardson Randolph became its president. Forbes estimates the Richardsons to have a net worth of $870 million, which makes it one of the U.S.'s richest families.
The Foundation funded the "early 'supply-side' books of Jude Wanniski and George Gilder. It is also listed in the acknowledgements for Dennis King's broadside against Lyndon LaRouche, Lyndon LaRouche and the New American Fascism.
Grantees
The Foundation gave approximately $99,686,911 to a total of 266 grantees. Conservative think tanks that received substantial sums were:
- Center for Strategic and International Studies, $3,135,061
- American Enterprise Institute, $2,942,532
- Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins; $2,680,334
- Brookings Institute, $2,629,870
- RAND Corporation, $1,854,061
- Hudson Institute, $1,595,510
- National Institute for Public Policy, $1,534,334
- Urban Institute, $1,492,624
- Freedom House, Inc., $1,109,500
- Council on Foreign Relations, $883,023
Contact
Smith Richardson Foundation
60 Jesup Road
Westport, CT 06880
Phone: 203 222-6222
FAX: 203 222-6282
URL: www.SRF.org
Legal Address:
701 Green Valley Road, Suite 300
Greensboro, NC 27408
Phone: 336 272-1772
