Heartland Denial-a-Palooza Sponsors Have Received $67 Million From ExxonMobil, Koch and Scaife Foundations

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
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The Heartland Institute’s Seventh “International Conference on Climate Change” – the somewhat-annual gathering of climate deniers that we call Denial-a-Palooza – is underway in Chicago. Heartland’s contrarian gathering this year is clouded by the group’s incredibly offensive billboard campaign that flamed out within hours but is causing lasting damage to the group’s fading financial support from corporations, defections by staff and board directors and other headaches

Below is DeSmog’s analysis of the “co-sponsors” of this year’s ICCC7 conference showing that these organizations have received more than $67 million over the past three decades from ExxonMobil, the Koch Brothers and the right-wing Scaife family foundations. This is just a subset of the funding flowing to these groups from just three sources, and is certainly not all earmarked to cast doubt about climate change science and policy. But it provides a window into Heartland’s current and historical support from fellow travelers who endorse the group’s anti-science agenda. 


Here’s the breakdown of funding to Heartland Institute *conference co-sponsors* from these sources:

ExxonMobil (1998-2010):              $7,312,500
Koch Foundations (1986-2010):     $14,391,975
Scaife Foundations (1985-2010):   $45,337,640

Grand Total:                               $67,042,115 


Here’s the complete list along with the funding totals for each of the organizations.

 

African Center for Advocacy and Human Development
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

Alternate Solutions Institute
Received a $100,000 grant in 2008 from the Atlas Economic Research Foundation.

American Tradition Institute
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.
 
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Received $5,176,500 from Koch Foundations (David H. Koch and Claude R. Lambe) since 2005.

Americans for Tax Reform
Received $375,000 from Scaife Foundations (Sarah Scaife and Carthage) since 1996.

Received $60,000 from Koch Foundations (Claude R. Lambe Charitible Foundation and Charles G. Koch Foundation) since 2003.

 
Atlas Economic Research Foundation
Received $1,082,500 from ExxonMobil since 1998.
Received $3,465,000 from Scaife Foundations (Sarah Scaife and Carthage) since 1985.
Received $182,300 from Koch Foundations (Claude R. Lambe Charitible Foundation and Charles G. Koch Foundation) since 1987.
 
Australian Libertarian Society
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

Austrian Economics Center
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.


Ayn Rand Institute
Received $50,000 from Koch Foundations since 2005.
 

Beacon Hill Institute
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

Berlin Manhattan Institute
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

Capital Research Center
Received $265,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.
Received $5,155,000 from Scaife Foundations (Sarah Scaife, Scaife Family and Carthage) since 1985.
Received $665,000 from Koch Foundations (Claude R. Lambe Charitible Foundation and Charles G. Koch Foundation) since 1987.

Carbon Sense Coalition
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

Center for Industrial Progress
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.
 
Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change (CO2 Science)
Received $100,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.
Received $100,000 from Sarah Scaife Foundation since 1999.
Received $85,000 from Koch Foundations since 1997.

Citizens’ Alliance for Responsible Energy
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.
 
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)
Received $582,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.
Received $1,840,000 from Scaife Foundations (Carthage and Sarah Scaife) since 1991.
 
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Received $2,005,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.
Received $666,420 from Koch Foundations (David H. Koch and Claude R. Lambe) since 1986.
Received $3,275,000 from Scaife Foundations (Sarah Scaife, Scaife Family and Carthage) since 1985.

Doctors for Disaster Preparedness
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.
 
Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

Free to Choose Network
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

Frontiers of Freedom
Received $1,272,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.
Received $175,000 from Koch Foundations since 2004.

Received $135,000 from Scaife Foundations since 1998.
 
Frontier Centre for Public Policy
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

George C. Marshall Institute
Received $840,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.
Received $30,000 from Koch Foundations in 2004.
Received $3,977,500 from Scaife Foundations since 1985.

The Heritage Foundation
Received $680,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.
Received $4,476,571 from Koch Foundations since 1997.
Received $24,496,640 from Scaife Foundations since 1985.

IceAgeNow.com
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

Illinois Coal Association

No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

Independent Institute
Received $85,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.
Received $160,000 from Koch Foundations since 1995.

International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project (ICECAP)
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

Institute for Liberty
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

Institute for Private Enterprise 
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

Instituto Liberdade
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

International Climate Science Coalition
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

JunkScience.com
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

 
Leadership Institute
Received $101,500 from Koch Foundations since 1995.

Liberty Institute (India)
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

John Locke Foundation
Received $122,472 from Koch Foundations since 1997.

Power For USA
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

Reason Foundation
Received $381,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.
Received $2,436,212 from Koch Foundations since 1986.

Received $2,518,500 from Scaife Foundations since 1985.

Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)
Received $20,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.
Received $5,000 from Koch Foundations since 2003.

New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

60 Plus Association
No funding records from Exxon, Koch or Scaife.

 


Funding totals:

ExxonMobil (1998-2010):                $7,312,500
Koch Foundations (1986-2010):      $14,391,975
Scaife Foundations (1985-2010):   $45,337,640

Grand Total:                               $67,042,115 


**Clarification added to table header to address confusion about funding – these figures are not direct funding to the Heartland Institute, but rather funding of the groups that co-sponsored ICCC7, as noted in the paragraph preceding the table.**

Related Posts:

Graham Readfearn’s look at the Australian groups backing Heartland’s climate denial

Last year’s tally of Exxon-Koch-Scaife money flows to ICCC6 sponsor organizations

Valentine’s Day Heartland documents: Heartland Institute Exposed: Internal Documents Unmask Heart of Climate Denial Machine

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
Brendan is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a freelance writer and researcher specializing in media, politics, climate change and energy. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Grist, The Washington Times and other outlets.

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