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| Formation | June 18, 1986 |
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| Type | 501(c)(3) organization |
| 58-1691765 | |
| Location | |
Vice president | David Riggs |
Chairman | Art Pope |
Revenue (2015) | $15,941,873[1] |
| Expenses (2015) | $11,273,387[1] |
| Website | jwpf |
The John William Pope Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) private charitable foundation based in Raleigh, North Carolina, that contributes to conservative public policy organizations and think tanks, educational institutions, humanitarian charities, and the arts. Art Pope, a businessman and philanthropist, is the current president and chairman of the board of directors.[2]
The Pope Foundation "has invested millions in a network of foundations and think tanks, and advocacy groups, both in North Carolina and nationally, that are designed to further conservative and free market ideas",[3] including the John Locke Foundation, James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, Americans for Prosperity, and North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law.[4]
- ^ a b "John William Pope Foundation" (PDF). Foundation Center. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ Miller, John J. (December 21, 2009). "The Fisherman's Friend". National Review. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
- ^ Art Pope subject of New Yorker profile | newsobserver.com projects The News & Observer, Archived October 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "About – The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal". The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. Retrieved January 3, 2017.