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Saturday, November 05, 2005

The Waltons' philanthropy

The Nation explores their charitable giving:

From 1998 through 2003 the [Walton Family Foundation] contributed $25,000 to the Heritage Foundation, $15,000 to the Cato Institute, $125,000 to the Hudson Institute, $155,000 to the Goldwater Institute, $70,000 to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, $300,000 to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, $185,000 to the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy and $350,000 to the Evergreen Freedom Foundation.


Read all about it. They also support school voucher advocates and, as you might expect, repeal of the estate tax.

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