Heritage Foundation Founded with Coors Funding

| Importance: 9/10 | Status: validated

The Heritage Foundation was established as a conservative policy research organization, with Joseph Coors of Coors Brewing Company providing critical initial funding of $250,000. Founded by Paul Weyrich, Edwin Feulner, and Joseph Coors, the think tank represented a new model of politically aggressive, ideologically-driven ’expert’ organizations designed to influence policy and public opinion, directly inspired by the Powell Memorandum’s strategic blueprint for corporate political engagement.

Key Actors

Joseph Coors Paul Weyrich Edwin Feulner Heritage Foundation Adolph Coors Foundation

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capture-cascade blueprint heritage-foundation think-tanks coors-funding conservative-movement policy-research

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