Joseph Coors

Council for National Policy Founded with Schlafly as Founding Member, Creating Elite Conservative Network

1981-05-18 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The Council for National Policy (CNP) is founded by Tim LaHaye, Paul Weyrich, Richard Viguerie, Morton Blackwell, Phyllis Schlafly, Nelson Bunker Hunt, Joseph Coors, and approximately 50 other conservatives who begin meeting every Wednesday morning at Viguerie’s Virginia home. The CNP is …

Phyllis Schlafly Council for National Policy Tim LaHaye Paul Weyrich Richard Viguerie +4 more conservative-movement dark-money institutional-capture elite-networks religious-right

Moral Majority Founded - Corporate Agenda Masked by Religious Cultural Warfare

1979-06-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

In June 1979, Paul Weyrich and Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority during a meeting at a Holiday Inn in Lynchburg, Virginia, with Weyrich coining the term “moral majority.” The organization represented a strategic alliance between corporate interests and religious conservatives, …

Paul Weyrich Jerry Falwell Richard Viguerie Howard Phillips Ed McAteer +2 more religious-right cultural-warfare corporate-funding grassroots-mobilization new-right +1 more

Edwin Feulner Becomes Heritage Foundation President, Beginning 36-Year Tenure Building Conservative Policy Infrastructure

1977-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Edwin J. Feulner Jr., co-founder of the Heritage Foundation in 1973, assumed the presidency of the conservative think tank in 1977, beginning what would become a transformative 36-year tenure that built Heritage from a modest Capitol Hill operation with 9 staff members into the preeminent …

Edwin Feulner Heritage Foundation Paul Weyrich Richard Scaife Joseph Coors +3 more heritage-foundation conservative-movement think-tank-influence institutional-capture dark-money +4 more

Richard Mellon Scaife Becomes Heritage Foundation's Primary Donor

1976-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife emerges as the Heritage Foundation’s largest and most crucial donor, contributing $420,000 in 1976 alone - representing 42 percent of the foundation’s total $1 million annual budget. Scaife’s massive financial commitment transforms Heritage from a …

Richard Mellon Scaife Heritage Foundation Scaife Family Charitable Trust Joseph Coors Edwin Meese III billionaire-funding think-tank-expansion conservative-infrastructure political-influence narrative-control +2 more

Heritage Foundation Organizational Profile: Conservative Policy Infrastructure and Corporate Capture Mechanism

1973-02-16 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Comprehensive organizational analysis reveals the Heritage Foundation’s structure as a systematic corporate capture mechanism. Founded by Paul Weyrich, Edwin Feulner, and funded with Joseph Coors’ $250,000 seed money, Heritage grew from startup to $100M+ annual revenue by 2010s, reaching …

Heritage Foundation Paul Weyrich Edwin Feulner Joseph Coors Richard Mellon Scaife +3 more organizational-profile think-tank-infrastructure corporate-capture revolving-door dark-money +2 more

ALEC Founded to Coordinate Corporate Model Legislation Across State Legislatures

1973-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Conservative activist Paul Weyrich, with Representatives Henry Hyde and others, founds the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in Chicago—the same year Weyrich co-founds the Heritage Foundation with financial backing from beer magnate Joseph Coors. ALEC is established specifically to …

Paul Weyrich Henry Hyde American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Heritage Foundation Joseph Coors +1 more alec state-capture model-legislation corporate-lobbying conservative-movement +1 more