Roe Foundation
<p>The Roe Foundation, founded by the late Thomas Roe, a prominent <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heritage_Foundation" title="Heritage Foundation">Heritage Foundation</a> supporter and co-founder of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network">State Policy Network</a></p><p>=</p><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">The "Kitchen Cabinet" of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ronald Reagan</a> consists of many prominent conservative businessmen who served as unofficial advisers parallel to the United States cabinet. Many of these individuals advised Reagan throughout his political career. These various actors were so influential in Reagan's decision making that in 1981, they helped pick Reagan's original Presidential cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup> Listed below are the names and brief profiles of the members of Reagan's Kitchen Cabinet.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; font-size: 12px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 12px; display: inline; background: none;">Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 11px;"> [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#Kitchen_Cabinet_Members" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Kitchen Cabinet Members</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#Thomas_Roe" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Thomas Roe</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#Joseph_Coors" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Joseph Coors</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#Edwin_Meese_III" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Edwin Meese III</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#Justin_Dart" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Justin Dart</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#William_A.Wilson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">William A. Wilson</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#Holmes_Tuttle" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1.6</span> <span class="toctext">Holmes Tuttle</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#William_French_Smith" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1.7</span> <span class="toctext">William French Smith</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#Resources_and_Articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Resources and Articles</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#Related_SourceWatch_Resoures" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch Resoures</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;" /><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Kitchen_Cabinet_Members">Kitchen Cabinet Members</span></h2><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Thomas_Roe">Thomas Roe</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe" title="Thomas A. Roe" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Thomas A. Roe</a> was a businessman and industrialist from Greenville, South Carolina. He was chairman of the board of Builder Marts of America, Inc., which has since become <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guardianbp.com/content.php?id=1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Guardian Building Products</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup> He was also the founding chairman of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">State Policy Network</a> (SPN) and founder of early SPN member state think tank the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/South_Carolina_Policy_Council" title="South Carolina Policy Council" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">South Carolina Policy Council</a>. He died in 2000, but his <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation" title="Roe Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Roe Foundation</a> "continues to provide financial support to free-market policy groups across the country."<sup id="cite_ref-spn_3-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#cite_note-spn-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a></sup></p><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Joseph_Coors">Joseph Coors</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joseph_Coors" title="Joseph Coors" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Joseph Coors</a>, former President of the Coors brewing company, is the founder of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_National_Policy" title="Council for National Policy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Council for National Policy</a> (CNP, the far right's answer to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Council on Foreign Relations</a>). He put up the initial $250,000 in seed money to start the<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation" title="Heritage Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Heritage Foundation</a> in 1973. Since then, he has funded <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Weyrich" title="Paul Weyrich" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Paul Weyrich</a>'s <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Free_Congress_Foundation" title="Free Congress Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Free Congress Foundation</a>, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hoover_Institution" title="Hoover Institution" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Hoover Institution</a>, and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Accuracy_in_Media" title="Accuracy in Media" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Accuracy in Media</a>.</p><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Edwin_Meese_III">Edwin Meese III</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">Prior to serving as Attorney General under Reagan from 1985 to 1988, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Edwin_Meese_III" title="Edwin Meese III" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Edwin Meese III</a>, a wealthy California attorney, was a prominent adviser in the administration and worked under Governor Reagan in California. He was also on the CNP Executive Committee in 1994 and CNP President in 1996. He has been "distinguished fellow and holder of the Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy" for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation" title="Heritage Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Heritage Foundation</a>. In early 2013, he held fellowships and chairmanships with several public policy councils and think tanks, including the Constitution Project,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a></sup> and say on the board of directors of The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Federalist_Society" title="Federalist Society" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Federalist Society</a> for Law and Public Policy Studies.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a></sup></p><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Justin_Dart">Justin Dart</span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="William_A._Wilson">William A. Wilson</span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Holmes_Tuttle">Holmes Tuttle</span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="William_French_Smith">William French Smith</span></h3><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Resources_and_Articles">Resources and Articles</span></h2><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Related_SourceWatch_Resoures">Related SourceWatch Resoures</span></h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_Strategy_To_Privatize_The_Public_Domain" title="The Strategy To Privatize The Public Domain" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Strategy To Privatize The Public Domain</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wise_Use_Movement" title="Wise Use Movement" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Wise Use Movement</a></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h3><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Stewart, Gwendolyn, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://primepicturepolitics.blogspot.com/2012/05/ronald-reagans-kitchen-cabinet-and.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Kitchen Cabinets Then and Now</a>, <i>Prime Picture Politics</i> blog, accessed January 25, 2013.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">John Gizzi, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-50809990.html/print" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Thomas A. Roe, Jr., R.I.P.</a>, <i>Human Events</i>, March 10, 2000, accessed via Highbeam.com September 2012.</span></li><li id="cite_note-spn-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#cite_ref-spn_3-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spn.org/about/spn-leadership-team" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">About</a>. State Policy Network. Retrieved on 2011-04-19.</span></li><li id="cite_note-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Heritage Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/edwinmeese.cfm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Edwin Meese</a>, organizational biography, accessed January 2013.</span></li><li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reagan_kitchen_cabinet#cite_ref-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Federalist Society, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fed-soc.org/aboutus/page/board-of-directors" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Board of Directors</a>, organizational website, accessed January 2013.</span></li></ol></div><div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 5px; margin-top: 1em; clear: both; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Categories</a>: <ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style: none none; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-style: none; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Right_wing" title="Category:Right wing" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Right wing</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Conservatives" title="Category:Conservatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Conservatives</a></li></ul></div></div><p></p><h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Early_Life_and_Business_Career">Early Life and Business Career</span></h2>
<p>According to CRC, Roe grew up on his family's farm. He attended
Furman University near Greenville, graduating in 1948. The school later
gave him an honorary law degree in 1980. He did cancer research as an
undergraduate there. In 1961, his father died and he inherited his
business, Citizens Lumber Company.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_6-7" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A._Roe#cite_note-CRC-6">[7]</a></sup>
In order for his and other family-owned building materials
dealerships to be able to compete with chain stores, he created "Builder
Marts of America" to supply "a variety of services to independent
dealers, including advertising, security, accounting, and training."
Meanwhile, a subsidiary, Builder Way, "moved to acquire" businesses that
became available "when a client of Builder Marts would retire or die."<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_6-8" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A._Roe#cite_note-CRC-6">[7]</a></sup>
He also started a long-distance phone service to take advantage of
the telephone industry <font color="#FF0000">deregulation</font>. It was eventually taken over by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MCI" title="MCI">MCI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_6-9" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A._Roe#cite_note-CRC-6">[7]</a></sup>
Builder Marts became a "Forbes 500" international company by 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_6-10" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A._Roe#cite_note-CRC-6">[7]</a></sup></p>
<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Articles_and_Resources">Articles and Resources</span></h2>
<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Related_SourceWatch_Articles">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></h3>
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Funding" title="SPN Funding">SPN Funding</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Agenda" title="SPN Agenda">SPN Agenda</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff" title="SPN Founders, History, and Staff">SPN Founders, History, and Staff</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Members" title="SPN Members">SPN Members</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Ties_to_ALEC" title="SPN Ties to ALEC">SPN Ties to ALEC</a></li><li><strong class="selflink">Thomas A. Roe</strong></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tracie_Sharp" title="Tracie Sharp">Tracie Sharp</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Byron_S._Lamm" title="Byron S. Lamm">Byron S. Lamm</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation" title="Roe Foundation">Roe Foundation</a></li></ul>
</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" title="American Legislative Exchange Council">American Legislative Exchange Council</a> (ALEC)
<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Non-Profits" title="ALEC Non-Profits">ALEC Non-Profits</a></li></ul>
</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DonorsTrust" title="DonorsTrust">DonorsTrust</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Donors_Capital_Fund" title="Donors Capital Fund">Donors Capital Fund</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Koch_Family_Foundations" title="Koch Family Foundations">Koch Family Foundations</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Koch_Industries" title="Koch Industries">Koch Industries</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity" title="Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity">Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation" title="Heritage Foundation">Heritage Foundation</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Think_tanks" title="Think tanks">Think tanks</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Whitney_Ball" title="Whitney Ball">Whitney Ball</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Adam_Meyerson" title="Adam Meyerson">Adam Meyerson</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bridgett_Wagner" title="Bridgett Wagner">Bridgett Wagner</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>Rebekah Wilce, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/node/11909/">A
Reporters’ Guide to the "State Policy Network": the Right-Wing Think
Tanks Spinning Disinformation and Pushing the ALEC Agenda in the States</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, April 4, 2013.</li><li>Sara Jerving, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11878/alec-and-heartland-aim-crush-renewable-energy-standards-states">ALEC and Heartland Aim to Crush Renewable Energy Standards in the States</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, November 27, 2012.</li><li>Connor Gibson, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/10/11819/meet-network-hiding-koch-money-donors-trust-and-donors-capital-fund">Meet the Network Hiding the Koch Money: "Donors Trust" and "Donors Capital Fund"</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, October 29, 2012.</li><li>Brendan Fischer, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11490/koch-funded-mackinac-center-brings-wisconsin-act-10-provisions-alec">Koch-Funded Mackinac Center Brings Wisconsin Act 10 Provisions to ALEC</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, May 2, 2012.</li><li>Sara Jerving, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/10/10971/franklin-center-right-wing-funds-state-news-source">Franklin Center: Right-Wing Funds State News Source</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, October 31, 2011.</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="External_Articles_and_Resources">External Articles and Resources</span></h3>
<ul><li>Center for Media and Democracy and Arizona Working Families, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/files/Report_on_the_Goldwater_Institute_final.pdf">A Reporter’s Guide to the Goldwater Institute: What Citizens, Policymakers, and Reporters Should Know</a>, organizational report, March 14, 2013.</li><li>Paul Abowd, Center for Public Integrity, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/02/14/12181/donors-use-charity-push-free-market-policies-states">Donors use charity to push free-market policies in states</a>, <i>Consider the Source</i>, February 14, 2013.</li><li>John R. Mashey, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/fake2.pdf">Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances, free of tax 2</a>, <i>DeSmog Blog</i> report, updated October 23, 2012, p. 74.</li><li>Andy Kroll, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/04/state-policy-network-union-bargaining">The Right-Wing Network Behind the War on Unions</a>, <i>Mother Jones</i>, April 25, 2011.</li><li>Guidestar, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/ReportOrganization.aspx?ein=57-0952531">State Policy Network</a>, IRS filings and other organizational information about SPN.</li><li>Center for Policy Alternatives, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alecwatch.org/cpabrochure.pdf">ALEC and the Extreme Right-Wing Agenda</a>, organizational brochure about ALEC and SPN.</li><li>John J. Miller, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.heymiller.com/2009/09/fifty-flowers-bloom/">Fifty Flowers Bloom: Conservative think tanks — mini–Heritage Foundations — at the state level</a>, <i>National Review</i>, November 19, 2007.</li><li>Bridge Project, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bridgeproject.com/?organization&id=275641&tab=grants">State Policy Network</a>, online resource listing grants to SPN and SPN's connections to other groups.</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/People_for_the_American_Way" title="People for the American Way">People for the American Way</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/state-policy-network">State Policy Network</a>, <i>RightWingWatch.org</i>, organizational resource.</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greenpeace" title="Greenpeace">Greenpeace</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/state-policy-network-spn/">Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group: State Policy Network (SPN)</a>, organizational resource.</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h3>
<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">John Gizzi, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-50809990.html/print">Thomas A. Roe, Jr., R.I.P.</a>, <i>Human Events</i>, March 10, 2000, accessed via Highbeam.com September 2012</span></li><li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-1">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Thomas A. Roe, interview with Lee Edwards, April 13, 1996, Naples, FL. Cited in Lee Edwards, <i>The Power of Ideas: The Heritage Foundation at 25 Years</i>, Ottawa, Illinois: Jameson Books, 1997, p. 91.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-2">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-499832.html">Deaths Elsewhere</a>, <i>Washington Post</i> obituary, January 12, 2000, accessed via Highbeam.com September 2012</span></li><li id="cite_note-HomeObit-3">↑ <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-HomeObit_3-0">4.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-HomeObit_3-1">4.1</a></sup> <span class="reference-text">Andy Paras, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=461X-GGP0-01D1-33BN&csi=254425&oc=00240&perma=true">Thomas Roe, adviser to world leaders, was 72</a>, <i>The Greenville News</i>, January 10, 2000</span></li><li id="cite_note-spn-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-spn_4-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spn.org/about/spn-leadership-team">About</a>. State Policy Network. Retrieved on 2011-04-19.</span></li><li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-5">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Chad Bray, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=461X-GG60-01G9-84MX&csi=254425&oc=00240&perma=true">Builder Marts, Ace plan joint venture</a>, <i>The Greenville News</i>, July 1, 1999</span></li><li id="cite_note-CRC-6">↑ <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-CRC_6-0">7.00</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-CRC_6-1">7.01</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-CRC_6-2">7.02</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-CRC_6-3">7.03</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-CRC_6-4">7.04</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-CRC_6-5">7.05</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-CRC_6-6">7.06</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-CRC_6-7">7.07</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-CRC_6-8">7.08</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-CRC_6-9">7.09</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe#cite_ref-CRC_6-10">7.10</a></sup> <span class="reference-text">John J. Miller, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/v1185478634.pdf">Safeguarding a Conservative Donor’s Intent: The Roe Foundation at 39</a>, <i>Foundation Watch</i>, Capital Research Center publication, May 2007, accessed September 2012</span></li></ol>
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<p><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe" title="Thomas A. Roe">Thomas Anderson Roe, Jr.</a> (1927-2000, pictured at right) was a businessman and industrialist from Greenville, South Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,_and_Staff#cite_note-7">[8]</a></sup> He was the founding chairman of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network">State Policy Network</a> (SPN) as well as founder of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/South_Carolina_Policy_Council" title="South Carolina Policy Council">South Carolina Policy Council</a>.
In the mid-1980s, Roe allegedly told fellow wealthy conservative donor
and Heritage Foundation trustee Robert Krieble, "You capture the Soviet
Union -- I'm going to capture the states."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-8">[9]</a></sup> He was an adviser to<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-9"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">[1</span>0]</a></sup> and was called "an architect of the South Carolina Republican Party."<sup id="cite_ref-HomeObit_10-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-HomeObit-10">[11]</a></sup> He died in 2000, but his <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation" title="Roe Foundation">Roe Foundation</a> "continues to provide financial support to free-market policy groups across the country."<sup id="cite_ref-spn_11-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-spn-11">[12]</a></sup>
Roe "accumulated his wealth as chairman of the board of Builder Marts
of America Inc., which he transformed from a small building-materials
supply company into an international corporation," according to <i>The Greenville News</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-HomeObit_10-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-HomeObit-10">[11]</a></sup> (The company had sales of $600 million in 1998.)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-12">[13]</a></sup></p>
<h4> <span class="mw-headline" id="No.22Collectivist_World.22_or_Organized_Musicians:Strict_Instructions_for_Endowment_at_Roe_Foundation">No "Collectivist World" or Organized Musicians: Strict Instructions for Endowment at Roe Foundation</span></h4>
<p>According to the conservative<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> "opposition research" think tank <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Capital_Research_Center" title="Capital Research Center">Capital Research Center</a> (CRC)</span>, Roe believed in maintaining "donor intent," so the foundation his personal wealth endowed, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation" title="Roe Foundation">Roe Foundation</a>, has explicit by-laws and requires grantees to "sign a document promising to uphold" the following principles:<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_13-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-CRC-13">[14]</a></sup></p>
<dl><dd>"First, 'the maximum potential of a free people is achieved when
they are free to control their own destiny'; second, 'the greatest
threat to these freedoms is intrusive government'; and third, 'the
Judeo-Christian tradition represents the underpinnings of a just
society.' Furthermore, recipients of the foundation’s support must
recognize 'the importance of state and local organizations functioning
alongside national organizations in the pursuit of a free society.'
Finally, they must 'educate the public at large and all public policy
makers to a better understanding of these fundamental values and
practical ways to achieve the goals of expanding human freedom.'"<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_13-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-CRC-13">[14]</a></sup></dd></dl>
<p>A few grants can go to "nonprofit organizations in the metropolitan
area of Greenville until such time as there are no descendents [<i>sic</i>]
of Tom or Shirley Roe living there, but one such grant, to the
Greenville Symphony Orchestra, "stipulates that its musicians cannot
unionize. 'Tom didn’t like unions,' says [his widow] Shirley Roe."<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_13-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-CRC-13">[14]</a></sup>
Roe gave the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mont_Pelerin_Society" title="Mont Pelerin Society">Mont Pelerin Society</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Philadelphia_Society" title="Philadelphia Society">Philadelphia Society</a>
"standing to sue" the Roe Foundation if, after his death, the Roe
Foundation makes a grant to an organization “whose activities or public
statements reflect a belief in a <i>collectivist world</i> or any view
inconsistent” with the foundation’s announced principles (emphasis
added), according to Chicago lawyer Paul Rhoads, who has written for the
<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Philanthropy_Roundtable" title="Philanthropy Roundtable">Philanthropy Roundtable</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_13-3" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-CRC-13">[14]</a></sup>
</p>
<h4> <span class="mw-headline" id="Political_Influence">Political Influence</span></h4>
<p>According to CRC, Roe was vice chairman and finance chairman of the
Republican Party in South Carolina and a member of the Republican
National Finance Committee. He was a delegate to the 1964 Republican
National Convention, where he "enthusiastically supported the doomed
candidacy of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barry_Goldwater" title="Barry Goldwater">Barry Goldwater</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_13-4" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-CRC-13">[14]</a></sup>
But according to Ed McMullen, president of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/South_Carolina_Policy_Council" title="South Carolina Policy Council">South Carolina Policy Council</a>,
"He became frustrated with going to meetings of Republicans and
discovering that nobody else in the room had even heard of economists
such as <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ludwig_von_Mises&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ludwig von Mises (page does not exist)">Ludwig von Mises</a> or <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Friedrich_Hayek" title="Friedrich Hayek">Friedrich Hayek</a>."</span>
And, according to SPN's founding executive director, Byron Lamm, "He
was also concerned that a lot of Republicans were country-club types who
weren’t really committed to free-market ideas." As John J. Miller
summarizes in his CRC article about Roe, "Too many of them simply hadn’t
read their Hayek."<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_13-5" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-CRC-13">[14]</a></sup>
So he turned to conservative policy foundations and was an early funder of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation" title="Heritage Foundation">Heritage Foundation</a>, joining <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joseph_Coors" title="Joseph Coors">Joseph Coors</a>, Samuel Roberts Noble, and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Richard_Mellon_Scaife" title="Richard Mellon Scaife">Richard Mellon Scaife</a>. He led Heritage's finance committee.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_13-6" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-CRC-13">[14]</a></sup></p>
<h4> <span class="mw-headline" id="Early_Life_and_Business_Career">Early Life and Business Career</span></h4>
<p>According to CRC, Roe grew up on his family's farm. He attended
Furman University near Greenville, graduating in 1948. The school later
gave him an honorary law degree in 1980. He did cancer research as an
undergraduate there. In 1961, his father died and he inherited his
business, Citizens Lumber Company.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_13-7" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-CRC-13">[14]</a></sup>
In order for his and other family-owned building materials
dealerships to be able to compete with chain stores, he created "Builder
Marts of America" to supply "a variety of services to independent
dealers, including advertising, security, accounting, and training."
Meanwhile, a subsidiary, Builder Way, "moved to acquire" businesses that
became available "when a client of Builder Marts would retire or die."<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_13-8" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-CRC-13">[14]</a></sup>
He also started a long-distance phone service to take advantage of
the telephone industry deregulation. It was eventually taken over by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MCI" title="MCI">MCI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_13-9" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-CRC-13">[14]</a></sup>
Builder Marts became a "Forbes 500" international company by 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_13-10" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff#cite_note-CRC-13">[14]</a></sup>
<b>Please see <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe" title="Thomas A. Roe">Thomas A. Roe</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation" title="Roe Foundation">Roe Foundation</a> for more.</b></p><p><b></b></p><p>
</p><p>The <b>Roe Foundation</b> was started by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe" title="Thomas A. Roe">Thomas A. Roe</a> (1927-2000), founding chairman of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network">State Policy Network</a> (SPN) and founder of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/South_Carolina_Policy_Council" title="South Carolina Policy Council">South Carolina Policy Council</a>. It "continues to provide financial support to free-market policy groups across the country," according to SPN.<sup id="cite_ref-spn_0-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-spn-0">[1]</a></sup> Roe was also an early funder of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation" title="Heritage Foundation">Heritage Foundation</a>, joining <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joseph_Coors" title="Joseph Coors">Joseph Coors</a>, Samuel Roberts Noble, and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Richard_Mellon_Scaife" title="Richard Mellon Scaife">Richard Mellon Scaife</a>. He led Heritage's finance committee.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_1-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-CRC-1">[2]</a></sup> This article is a breakout of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network">State Policy Network</a> article. <b>Please see <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network">State Policy Network</a> for more.</b></p>
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<ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#No.22Collectivist_World.22_or_Organized_Musicians:Strict_Instructions_for_Endowment_at_Roe_Foundation"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">No "Collectivist World" or Organized Musicians: Strict Instructions for Endowment at Roe Foundation</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#Ties_to_the_American_Legislative_Exchange_Council"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#Groups_Funded"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Groups Funded</span></a>
<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#Funding_SPN_and_SPN_State_Think_Tanks"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Funding SPN and SPN State Think Tanks</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#Forms_990"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Forms 990</span></a></li></ul>
</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#Key_Personnel"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Key Personnel</span></a>
<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#Board_of_Directors"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Board of Directors</span></a></li></ul>
</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#Contact_Information"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Contact Information</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#Articles_and_Resources"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and Resources</span></a>
<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#Related_SourceWatch_Articles"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#Related_PRWatch_Articles"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Related PRWatch Articles</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#External_Resources"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">External Resources</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#External_Articles"><span class="tocnumber">6.4</span> <span class="toctext">External Articles</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#References"><span class="tocnumber">6.5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li></ul>
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="No.22Collectivist_World.22_or_Organized_Musicians:Strict_Instructions_for_Endowment_at_Roe_Foundation">No "Collectivist World" or Organized Musicians: Strict Instructions for Endowment at Roe Foundation</span></h2>
<p>According to the conservative "opposition research" think tank <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Capital_Research_Center" title="Capital Research Center">Capital Research Center</a> (CRC), Roe believed in maintaining "donor intent," so the foundation his personal wealth endowed, the <strong class="selflink">Roe Foundation</strong>, has explicit by-laws and requires grantees to "sign a document promising to uphold" the following principles:<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_1-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-CRC-1">[2]</a></sup></p>
<dl><dd>"First, 'the maximum potential of a free people is achieved when
they are free to control their own destiny'; second, 'the greatest
threat to these freedoms is intrusive government'; and third, 'the
Judeo-Christian tradition represents the underpinnings of a just
society.' Furthermore, recipients of the foundation’s support must
recognize 'the importance of state and local organizations functioning
alongside national organizations in the pursuit of a free society.'
Finally, they must 'educate the public at large and all public policy
makers to a better understanding of these fundamental values and
practical ways to achieve the goals of expanding human freedom.'"<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_1-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-CRC-1">[2]</a></sup></dd></dl>
<p>A few grants can go to "nonprofit organizations in the metropolitan
area of Greenville until such time as there are no descendents [<i>sic</i>]
of Tom or Shirley Roe living there, but one such grant, to the
Greenville Symphony Orchestra, "stipulates that its musicians cannot
unionize. 'Tom didn’t like unions,' says [his widow] Shirley Roe."<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_1-3" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-CRC-1">[2]</a></sup>
Roe gave <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mont_Pelerin_Society" title="Mont Pelerin Society">Mont Pelerin Society</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Philadelphia_Society" title="Philadelphia Society">Philadelphia Society</a>
"standing to sue" the Roe Foundation if, after his death, the Roe
Foundation makes a grant to an organization “whose activities or public
statements reflect a belief in a <i>collectivist world</i> or any view
inconsistent” with the foundation’s announced principles (emphasis
added), according to Chicago lawyer Paul Rhoads, who has written for the
<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Philanthropy_Roundtable" title="Philanthropy Roundtable">Philanthropy Roundtable</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_1-4" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-CRC-1">[2]</a></sup></p>
<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Ties_to_the_American_Legislative_Exchange_Council">Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council</span></h2>
<p>The Roe Foundation has granted $28,500 to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" title="American Legislative Exchange Council">American Legislative Exchange Council</a>
(ALEC) between 2000 and 2011, according to a review of the foundation's
IRS filings by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD).<sup id="cite_ref-2011_990_2-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-2011_990-2">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2010_990_3-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-2010_990-3">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2009_990_4-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-2009_990-4">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2008_990_5-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-2008_990-5">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2007_990_6-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-2007_990-6">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2006_990_7-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-2006_990-7">[8]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2005_990_8-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-2005_990-8">[9]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2004_990_9-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-2004_990-9">[10]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2003_990_10-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-2003_990-10">[11]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2002_990_11-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-2002_990-11">[12]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2001_990_12-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-2001_990-12">[13]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2000_990_13-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-2000_990-13">[14]</a></sup></p>
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<div style="padding:2px 5px; font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC" title="ALEC" class="mw-redirect">ALEC</a>
is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it
is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state
legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations
fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task
forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with
elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for
Media and Democracy's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://alecexposed.org/">ALECexposed.org</a>, and check out breaking news on our <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.PRWatch.org">PRWatch.org site</a>.</div>
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<p>Larger Roe Foundation grants go to ALEC members like SPN and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Texas_Public_Policy_Foundation" title="Texas Public Policy Foundation">Texas Public Policy Foundation</a> (TPPF).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-14">[15]</a></sup>
Roe Foundation board member and SPN executive director <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tracie_Sharp" title="Tracie Sharp">Tracie Sharp</a> is also extensively involved with ALEC. She is a member of ALEC's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Education_Task_Force" title="Education Task Force">Education Task Force</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-15">[16]</a></sup> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Health_and_Human_Services_Task_Force" title="Health and Human Services Task Force">Health and Human Services Task Force</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-16">[17]</a></sup> and she was the recipient of ALEC's 2009 <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Award_Winners" title="ALEC Award Winners">Private Sector Member of the Year Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-17">[18]</a></sup></p>
<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Groups_Funded">Groups Funded</span></h2>
<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Funding_SPN_and_SPN_State_Think_Tanks">Funding SPN and SPN State Think Tanks</span></h3>
<p><b>TOTAL to SPN and SPN State Think Tanks 1998-2011: $9,531,000</b>, broken down as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-18">[19]</a></sup></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network">State Policy Network</a>: $990,000 (1998-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alabama_Policy_Institute" title="Alabama Policy Institute">Alabama Policy Institute</a>: $99,000 (2000-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Arkansas_Policy_Foundation" title="Arkansas Policy Foundation">Arkansas Policy Foundation</a>: $25,000 (1998-2009)</li><li>Kentucky's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bluegrass_Institute_for_Public_Policy_Solutions" title="Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions">Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions</a>: $125,000 (2004-2011)</li><li>Ohio's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Buckeye_Institute_for_Public_Policy_Solutions" title="Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions">Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions</a>: $315,000 (1998-2011)</li><li>Maryland's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Calvert_Institute_for_Policy_Research" title="Calvert Institute for Policy Research">Calvert Institute for Policy Research</a>: $25,000 (1998-2007)</li><li>Oregon's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute" title="Cascade Policy Institute">Cascade Policy Institute</a>: $330,000 (1998-2011)</li><li>Center for Policy Research of New Jersey: $67,500 (2003-2009)</li><li>Minnesota's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_of_the_American_Experiment" title="Center of the American Experiment">Center of the American Experiment</a>: $175,000 (1998-2011)</li><li>Pennsylvania's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Commonwealth_Foundation" title="Commonwealth Foundation">Commonwealth Foundation</a>: $203,000 (1998-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Empire_Center_for_New_York_State_Policy" title="Empire Center for New York State Policy">Empire Center for New York State Policy</a>: $95,000 (2005-2011)</li><li>Vermont's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ethan_Allen_Institute" title="Ethan Allen Institute">Ethan Allen Institute</a>: $100,000 (1998-2011)</li><li>Washington's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Evergreen_Freedom_Foundation" title="Evergreen Freedom Foundation">Evergreen Freedom Foundation</a>: $375,000 (1998-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Freedom_Foundation_of_Minnesota" title="Freedom Foundation of Minnesota">Freedom Foundation of Minnesota</a>: $55,000 (2008-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Georgia_Public_Policy_Foundation" title="Georgia Public Policy Foundation">Georgia Public Policy Foundation</a>: $110,000 (1999-2011)</li><li>Arizona's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Goldwater_Institute" title="Goldwater Institute">Goldwater Institute</a>: $277,500 (1998-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Grassroot_Institute_of_Hawaii" title="Grassroot Institute of Hawaii">Grassroot Institute of Hawaii</a>: $115,000 (2005-2011)</li><li>South Dakota's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Great_Plains_Public_Policy_Institute" title="Great Plains Public Policy Institute">Great Plains Public Policy Institute</a>: $27,500 (2003-2009)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Idaho_Freedom_Foundation" title="Idaho Freedom Foundation">Idaho Freedom Foundation</a>: $30,000 (2010-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Illinois_Policy_Institute" title="Illinois Policy Institute">Illinois Policy Institute</a>: $120,000 (2004-2011)</li><li>Colorado's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Independence_Institute" title="Independence Institute">Independence Institute</a>: $262,500 (2001-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Indiana_Policy_Review_Foundation" title="Indiana Policy Review Foundation">Indiana Policy Review Foundation</a>: $271,000 (1998-2011)</li><li>Florida's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/James_Madison_Institute" title="James Madison Institute">James Madison Institute</a>: $310,000 (1998-2011)</li><li>North Carolina's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Locke_Foundation" title="John Locke Foundation">John Locke Foundation</a>: $250,000 (1998-2011)</li><li>New Hampshire's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Josiah_Bartlett_Center_for_Public_Policy" title="Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy">Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy</a>: $153,500 (1998-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute" title="Kansas Policy Institute">Kansas Policy Institute</a> (formerly Flint Hills Center for Public Policy): $77,500 (1998-2011)</li><li>Michigan's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mackinac_Center_for_Public_Policy" title="Mackinac Center for Public Policy">Mackinac Center for Public Policy</a>: $365,000 (1998-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Maine_Heritage_Policy_Center" title="Maine Heritage Policy Center">Maine Heritage Policy Center</a>: $140,000 (2004-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Maryland_Public_Policy_Institute" title="Maryland Public Policy Institute">Maryland Public Policy Institute</a>: $185,000 (2002-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mississippi_Center_for_Public_Policy" title="Mississippi Center for Public Policy">Mississippi Center for Public Policy</a>: $165,000 (2004-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Montana_Policy_Institute" title="Montana Policy Institute">Montana Policy Institute</a>: $45,000 (2009-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nevada_Policy_Research_Institute" title="Nevada Policy Research Institute">Nevada Policy Research Institute</a>: $200,000 (1998-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/North_Dakota_Policy_Council" title="North Dakota Policy Council">North Dakota Policy Council</a>: $45,000 (2008-2011)</li><li>Rhode Island's Ocean State Policy Research Institute: $30,000 (2009-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Oklahoma_Council_of_Public_Affairs" title="Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs">Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs</a>: $275,000 (1998-2011)</li><li>California's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Pacific_Research_Institute" title="Pacific Research Institute">Pacific Research Institute</a>: $191,000 (1998-2011)</li><li>Louisiana's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Pelican_Institute_for_Public_Policy" title="Pelican Institute for Public Policy" class="mw-redirect">Pelican Institute for Public Policy</a>: $45,000 (2009-2011)</li><li>Massachusetts' <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Pioneer_Institute" title="Pioneer Institute" class="mw-redirect">Pioneer Institute</a>: $83,000 (1998-2011)</li><li>Nebraska's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Platte_Institute_for_Economic_Research" title="Platte Institute for Economic Research">Platte Institute for Economic Research</a>: $55,000 (2008-2011)</li><li>Iowa's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Public_Interest_Institute" title="Public Interest Institute">Public Interest Institute</a>: $1,000 (1998)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Public_Policy_Foundation_of_West_Virginia" title="Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia">Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia</a>: $25,000 (2008-2009)</li><li>New Mexico's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation" title="Rio Grande Foundation">Rio Grande Foundation</a>: $125,000 (2002-2011)</li><li>Missouri's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Show-Me_Institute" title="Show-Me Institute">Show-Me Institute</a>: $60,000 (2007-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/South_Carolina_Policy_Council" title="South Carolina Policy Council">South Carolina Policy Council</a>: $1,161,000 (1998-2011)</li><li>Utah's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sutherland_Institute" title="Sutherland Institute">Sutherland Institute</a>: $205,000 (2008-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Beacon_Center_of_Tennessee" title="Beacon Center of Tennessee">Beacon Center of Tennessee</a> (formerly Tennessee Center for Policy Research): $115,000 (2007-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Texas_Public_Policy_Foundation" title="Texas Public Policy Foundation">Texas Public Policy Foundation</a>: $237,000 (1998-2011)</li><li>Virginia's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_Jefferson_Institute" title="Thomas Jefferson Institute" class="mw-redirect">Thomas Jefferson Institute</a>: $168,000 (1998-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Virginia_Institute_for_Public_Policy" title="Virginia Institute for Public Policy">Virginia Institute for Public Policy</a>: $175,000 (1998-2011)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Washington_Policy_Center" title="Washington Policy Center">Washington Policy Center</a>: $92,500 (2001-2008)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wisconsin_Policy_Research_Institute" title="Wisconsin Policy Research Institute">Wisconsin Policy Research Institute</a>: $161,000 (1998-2010)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wyoming_Liberty_Group" title="Wyoming Liberty Group">Wyoming Liberty Group</a>: $20,000 (2010-2011)</li><li>Connecticut's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Yankee_Institute_for_Public_Policy" title="Yankee Institute for Public Policy">Yankee Institute for Public Policy</a>: $177,500 (2000-2011)</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Forms_990">Forms 990</span></h3>
<ul><li>Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/237/011/2011-237011541-08339197-F.pdf">2011 Form 990</a>, foundation's IRS filing, May 9, 2012.</li><li>Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2010/237/011/2010-237011541-072a5bf2-F.pdf">2010 Form 990</a>, foundation's IRS filing, May 9, 2011.</li><li>Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2009/237/011/2009-237011541-05cff458-F.pdf">2009 Form 990</a>, foundation's IRS filing, April 13, 2010.</li><li>Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2008/237/011/2008-237011541-04fee3c7-F.pdf">2008 Form 990</a>, foundation's IRS filing, May 12, 2009.</li><li>Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2007/237/011/2007-237011541-03f686c1-F.pdf">2007 Form 990</a>, foundation's IRS filing, May 8, 2008.</li><li>Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/237/011/2006-237011541-0309924b-F.pdf">2006 Form 990</a>, foundation's IRS filing, April 24, 2007.</li><li>Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2005/237/011/2005-237011541-0248bb7c-F.pdf">2005 Form 990</a>, foundation's IRS filing, May 8, 2006.</li><li>Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2004/237/011/2004-237011541-1-F.pdf">2004 Form 990</a>, foundation's IRS filing, May 11, 2005.</li><li>Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2003/237/011/2003-237011541-1-F.pdf">2003 Form 990</a>, foundation's IRS filing, April 22, 2004.</li><li>Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2002/237/011/2002-237011541-1-F.pdf">2002 Form 990</a>, foundation's IRS filing, April 1, 2003.</li><li>Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2001/237/011/2001-237011541-1-F.pdf">2001 Form 990</a>, foundation's IRS filing, May 9, 2002.</li><li>Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2000/237/011/2000-237011541-1-F.pdf">2000 Form 990</a>, foundation's IRS filing, May 14, 2001.</li><li>Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/1999/237/011/1999-237011541-1-F.pdf">1999 Form 990</a>, foundation's IRS filing, May 10, 2000.</li><li>Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/1998/237/011/1998-237011541-1-F.pdf">1998 Form 990</a>, foundation's IRS filing, May 12, 1999.</li></ul>
<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Key_Personnel">Key Personnel</span></h2>
<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Board_of_Directors">Board of Directors</span></h3>
<p>The Roe Foundation's board of directors, as of its 2011 tax filing, consists of:<sup id="cite_ref-2011_990_2-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-2011_990-2">[3]</a></sup></p>
<ul><li>Shirley W. Roe (Roe's widow), Chairman</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Edwin_J.Feulner" title="Edwin J. Feulner">Edwin J. Feulner</a>, Jr., Vice Chairman (President, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation" title="Heritage Foundation">Heritage Foundation</a>)</li><li>Carl O. Helstrom, III (Executive Director, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/JM_Foundation" title="JM Foundation">JM Foundation</a>, and Board Member, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network">State Policy Network</a>)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tracie_Sharp" title="Tracie Sharp">Tracie Sharp</a> (Executive Director, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network">State Policy Network</a>)</li><li>Thomas L. Willcox (Board Member, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network">State Policy Network</a>)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Byron_S.Lamm" title="Byron S. Lamm">Byron S. Lamm</a> (former Executive Director and Board Member, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network">State Policy Network</a>)</li></ul>
<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_Information">Contact Information</span></h2>
<p>301 N Main St Ste 1735
Greenville , SC 29601
Phone: (864) 242-5007<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_note-19">[20]</a></sup></p>
<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Articles_and_Resources">Articles and Resources</span></h2>
<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Related_SourceWatch_Articles">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></h3>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network">State Policy Network</a>:
<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Funding" title="SPN Funding">SPN Funding</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Agenda" title="SPN Agenda">SPN Agenda</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff" title="SPN Founders, History, and Staff">SPN Founders, History, and Staff</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Members" title="SPN Members">SPN Members</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Ties_to_ALEC" title="SPN Ties to ALEC">SPN Ties to ALEC</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe" title="Thomas A. Roe">Thomas A. Roe</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tracie_Sharp" title="Tracie Sharp">Tracie Sharp</a></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Byron_S.Lamm" title="Byron S. Lamm">Byron S. Lamm</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><strong class="selflink">Roe Foundation</strong></span></li></ul><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" title="American Legislative Exchange Council">American Legislative Exchange Council</a> (ALEC)
</span><ul><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Non-Profits" title="ALEC Non-Profits">ALEC Non-Profits</a></span></li></ul>
</li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DonorsTrust" title="DonorsTrust">DonorsTrust</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Donors_Capital_Fund" title="Donors Capital Fund">Donors Capital Fund</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Koch_Family_Foundations" title="Koch Family Foundations">Koch Family Foundations</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Koch_Industries" title="Koch Industries">Koch Industries</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity" title="Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity">Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation" title="Heritage Foundation">Heritage Foundation</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Think_tanks" title="Think tanks">Think tanks</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Whitney_Ball" title="Whitney Ball">Whitney Ball</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Adam_Meyerson" title="Adam Meyerson">Adam Meyerson</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bridgett_Wagner" title="Bridgett Wagner">Bridgett Wagner</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Edwin_J._Feulner" title="Edwin J. Feulner">Edwin J. Feulner</a></span></li></ul>
<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Related_PRWatch_Articles">Related PRWatch Articles</span></h3>
<ul><li>Rebekah Wilce, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/node/11909/">A
Reporters’ Guide to the "State Policy Network": the Right-Wing Think
Tanks Spinning Disinformation and Pushing the ALEC Agenda in the States</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, April 4, 2013.</li><li>Sara Jerving, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11878/alec-and-heartland-aim-crush-renewable-energy-standards-states">ALEC and Heartland Aim to Crush Renewable Energy Standards in the States</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, November 27, 2012.</li><li>Connor Gibson, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/10/11819/meet-network-hiding-koch-money-donors-trust-and-donors-capital-fund">Meet the Network Hiding the Koch Money: "Donors Trust" and "Donors Capital Fund"</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, October 29, 2012.</li><li>Brendan Fischer, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11490/koch-funded-mackinac-center-brings-wisconsin-act-10-provisions-alec">Koch-Funded Mackinac Center Brings Wisconsin Act 10 Provisions to ALEC</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, May 2, 2012.</li><li>Sara Jerving, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/10/10971/franklin-center-right-wing-funds-state-news-source">Franklin Center: Right-Wing Funds State News Source</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, October 31, 2011.</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="External_Resources">External Resources</span></h3>
<ul><li>Guidestar.org, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/ReportOrganization.aspx?ein=23-7011541">Roe Foundation</a>, online foundation profile and IRS documents.</li><li>Bridge Project, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bridgeproject.com/?organization&id=253685">Roe Foundation</a>, online funder profile and right-wing connections database.</li><li>Center for Media and Democracy and Arizona Working Families, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/files/Report_on_the_Goldwater_Institute_final.pdf">A Reporter’s Guide to the Goldwater Institute: What Citizens, Policymakers, and Reporters Should Know</a>, organizational report, March 14, 2013.</li><li>Paul Abowd, Center for Public Integrity, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/02/14/12181/donors-use-charity-push-free-market-policies-states">Donors use charity to push free-market policies in states</a>, <i>Consider the Source</i>, February 14, 2013.</li><li>John R. Mashey, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/fake2.pdf">Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances, free of tax 2</a>, <i>DeSmog Blog</i> report, updated October 23, 2012, p. 74.</li><li>Andy Kroll, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/04/state-policy-network-union-bargaining">The Right-Wing Network Behind the War on Unions</a>, <i>Mother Jones</i>, April 25, 2011.</li><li>Guidestar, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/ReportOrganization.aspx?ein=57-0952531">State Policy Network</a>, IRS filings and other organizational information about SPN.</li><li>Center for Policy Alternatives, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alecwatch.org/cpabrochure.pdf">ALEC and the Extreme Right-Wing Agenda</a>, organizational brochure about ALEC and SPN.</li><li>John J. Miller, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.heymiller.com/2009/09/fifty-flowers-bloom/">Fifty Flowers Bloom: Conservative think tanks — mini–Heritage Foundations — at the state level</a>, <i>National Review</i>, November 19, 2007.</li><li>Bridge Project, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bridgeproject.com/?organization&id=275641&tab=grants">State Policy Network</a>, online resource listing grants to SPN and SPN's connections to other groups.</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/People_for_the_American_Way" title="People for the American Way">People for the American Way</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/state-policy-network">State Policy Network</a>, <i>RightWingWatch.org</i>, organizational resource.</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greenpeace" title="Greenpeace">Greenpeace</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/state-policy-network-spn/">Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group: State Policy Network (SPN)</a>, organizational resource.</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="External_Articles">External Articles</span></h3>
<ul><li>John J. Miller, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/v1185478634.pdf">Safeguarding a Conservative Donor’s Intent: The Roe Foundation at 39</a>," <i>Foundation Watch</i>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Capital_Research_Center" title="Capital Research Center">Capital Research Center</a> publication, May 2007.</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h3>
<div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;">
<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-spn-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-spn_0-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spn.org/about/spn-leadership-team">About</a>. State Policy Network. Retrieved on 2011-04-19. .</span></li><li id="cite_note-CRC-1">↑ <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-CRC_1-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-CRC_1-1">2.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-CRC_1-2">2.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-CRC_1-3">2.3</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-CRC_1-4">2.4</a></sup> <span class="reference-text">John J. Miller, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/v1185478634.pdf">Safeguarding a Conservative Donor’s Intent: The Roe Foundation at 39</a>, <i>Foundation Watch</i>, Capital Research Center publication, May 2007, accessed September 2012.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2011_990-2">↑ <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-2011_990_2-0">3.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-2011_990_2-1">3.1</a></sup> <span class="reference-text">Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/237/011/2011-237011541-08339197-F.pdf">Form 990</a>, organizational IRS tax filing, 2011, p. (S) 10.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2010_990-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-2010_990_3-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2010/237/011/2010-237011541-072a5bf2-F.pdf">Form 990</a>, organizational IRS tax filing, 2010.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2009_990-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-2009_990_4-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2009/237/011/2009-237011541-05cff458-F.pdf">Form 990</a>, organizational IRS filing, 2009.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2008_990-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-2008_990_5-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2008/237/011/2008-237011541-04fee3c7-F.pdf">Form 990</a>, organizational IRS tax filing, 2008.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2007_990-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-2007_990_6-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2007/237/011/2007-237011541-03f686c1-F.pdf">Form 990</a>, organizational IRS tax filing, 2007.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2006_990-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-2006_990_7-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/237/011/2006-237011541-0309924b-F.pdf">Form 990</a>, organizational IRS tax filing, 2006.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2005_990-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-2005_990_8-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2005/237/011/2005-237011541-0248bb7c-F.pdf">Form 990</a>, organizational IRS tax filing, 2005.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2004_990-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-2004_990_9-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2004/237/011/2004-237011541-1-F.pdf">Form 990</a>, organizational IRS tax filing, 2004.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2003_990-10"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-2003_990_10-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2003/237/011/2003-237011541-1-F.pdf">Form 990</a>, organizational IRS tax filing, 2003.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2002_990-11"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-2002_990_11-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2002/237/011/2002-237011541-1-F.pdf">Form 990</a>, organizational IRS tax filing, 2002.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2001_990-12"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-2001_990_12-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2001/237/011/2001-237011541-1-F.pdf">Form 990</a>, organizational IRS tax filing, 2001.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2000_990-13"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-2000_990_13-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2000/237/011/2000-237011541-1-F.pdf">Form 990</a>, organizational IRS tax filing, 2000.</span></li><li id="cite_note-14"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-14">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Roe Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/237/011/2011-237011541-08339197-F.pdf">2011 Form 990</a>, organizational IRS filing, available via Guidestar.org, May 9, 2012.</span></li><li id="cite_note-15"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-15">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">American Legislative Exchange Council, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/education_35-day_mailing%20-%20new%20orleans.pdf">Education Task Force Director</a>, organizational document, July 1, 2011, document obtained and released by Common Cause.</span></li><li id="cite_note-16"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-16">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">American Legislative Exchange Council, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/35-day_mailing_hhs%20New%20Orleans.pdf">HHS Task Force Directory</a>, organizational document, June 29, 2011, document obtained and released by Common Cause.</span></li><li id="cite_note-17"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-17">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">American Legislative Exchange Council, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=7W88-TKS0-Y9B9-K0HG&csi=299219&oc=00240&perma=true">ALEC Announces 2009 Award Recipients</a>, organizational press release, July 24, 2009.</span></li><li id="cite_note-18"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-18">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Center for Media and Democracy, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#Forms_990">Review of Roe Foundation Forms 990, 1998-2011</a>, <i>SourceWatch.org</i>, March 2013.</span></li><li id="cite_note-19"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation#cite_ref-19">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Guidestar.org, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/ReportOrganization.aspx?ein=23-7011541">Roe Foundation</a>, online organization report, accessed September 2012</span></li></ol>
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