Heritage Foundation
Secular conservativehttps://www.heritage.org · founded 1973
The Heritage Foundation authored Project 2025, which calls for eliminating the Department of Education, dismantling DEI programs across federal agencies, and removing terms like 'gender identity' from federal rules. Heritage gave Moms for Liberty its $25,000 Salvatori Prize in 2022. Heritage Action (their c4 lobbying arm) spent ~$21M in 2022.
Notes
EIN: 23-7327730 (Foundation, c3), 27-2244700 (Heritage Action, c4). Revenue ~$107M (2022). Net assets ~$348M. Connected to DoDEA book removals via executive order framework. Source: ProPublica.
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Education
Heritage endorsed FL approach; gave M4L $25K Salvatori Prize for book challenge work.
Parents Bill of Rights Act
The Heritage Foundation is the publisher of Project 2025 (Mandate for Leadership, 2023), which proposes a federal Parents' Bill of Rights as a top-tier federal right requiring strict-scrutiny review when government policies infringe parental rights in education. HR 5, titled 'Parents Bill of Rights Act,' is the federal legislation that matches this proposal by name and substance. This row documents the policy alignment between Project 2025's education agenda and HR 5 — not direct drafting authorship, which is not established by the cited sources.
Known Funding Sources
Funding data sourced from publicly available IRS 990 filings, news reports, and self-reported disclosures. Amounts are as reported in the cited source.
| Funder | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Contributions, gifts, and grants (aggregate) aggregate 990 | $95,000,000 | 2023 | IRS 990 Approximate total contributions per 2023 990. |
Contributions, gifts, and grants (aggregate) aggregate 990 | $95,000,000 | 2022 | IRS 990 Approximate total contributions per 2022 990. Individual donors not publicly disclosed (c3 Schedule B is redacted). |
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