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Nancy Anschutz

Nancyย Anschutz

Industry: Investment1โ€œPhilip Anschutz,โ€ย Forbes, July 10, 2019. Archived July 11, 2019. Archive.foย URL:ย https://archive.fo/2VSmSย 
Primary Company: Various.ย FEC Data lists her employer alternately as โ€œhousewife,โ€ โ€œhomemaker,โ€ Southern Pacific,ย or the Anschutz Company2โ€œPhilip Anschutz,โ€ย Forbes, July 10, 2019. Archived July 11, 2019. Archive.foย URL:ย https://archive.fo/2VSmSย 
Age: Unconfirmed
Location:ย Denver, Colorado3โ€œPhilip Anschutz,โ€ย Forbes, July 10, 2019. Archived July 11, 2019. Archive.foย URL:ย https://archive.fo/2VSmSย 
Estimated Worth: Unknown4โ€œPhilip Anschutz,โ€ย Forbes, July 10, 2019. Archived July 11, 2019. Archive.foย URL:ย https://archive.fo/2VSmSย 

Background

Nancy P. Anschutz is married to investor Phil Anschutz, who made his fortuneย from a wide variety of sources including oilfields viaย Anschutz Exploration Co., railroads via Southern Pacific, telecom via Qwest Communications, sports teams, movies, and other entertainment sectors. They have attended Koch network events together, and Nancy Anschutz has also given money to conservative causes.5โ€œThe Man Behind the Curtain,โ€ย Forbes, October 21, 2010. Archived July 10, 2019. Archive.foย URL:ย https://archive.is/dAQx0

Nancy Anschutz is a director of the Anschutz Foundation, as well as a director of the Anschutz Collection at the American Museum of Western Art in Denver. She is also vice president and director of theย Foundation for Better Life, a nonprofit founded by Phil Anschutz in 2000 to โ€œpromote good values.โ€6Ade Adeniji. โ€œWho’s Who At the Anschutz Foundation,โ€ Inside Philanthropy. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL:https://archive.fo/NHCdO

Following a $5 million grant from the Anschutz family, theย Nancy P. Anschutz Center opened at the Jack A. Vickers Boys and Girls Club in Denver in 2013.7Ade Adeniji. โ€œWho’s Who At the Anschutz Foundation,โ€ Inside Philanthropy. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL:https://archive.fo/NHCdO

Funding

Politicalย Contributions

Below is a summary of Nancy Anschutz’s top political spending, via campaign financeย data exported from the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC). Note that while efforts areย made to ensure the accuracy of this data, errors may have been introduced in theย originalย financeย records.

Anschutzย Foundation

Nancy Anschutz is a director of the Anschutz Foundation, which has given millions of dollars to conservative causes and groups within the Koch network. View a partial snapshot of groups funded by the Anschutz Foundation below, via publicly available IRS Form 990ย filings.

View the attached spreadsheet for additional details ofย Anschutz Foundation donations by year (xlsx).

RecipientTotal
Alliance for Choice in Education$3,132,400
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$2,842,500
Philanthropy Roundtable$2,230,665
National Chamber Foundation$1,700,000
Independence Institute$1,172,000
The Heritage Foundation$1,060,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research$1,000,000
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation$900,000
Parents Television Council$730,000
National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation$610,000
Washington Legal Foundation$605,000
Center for American Values$575,000
Common Sense Media$555,000
Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy$535,000
Mountain States Legal Foundation$515,000
Americans for Prosperity Foundation$502,500
Employment Policies Institute$500,000
Intercollegiate Studies Institute$330,000
The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies$325,000
Claremont Institute$325,000
Media Research Center$315,000
Landmark Legal Foundation$310,000
Ethics and Public Policy Center$270,000
Center for Union Facts$270,000
Education Reform Now$250,000
Morality in Media$232,500
Cato Institute$230,000
National Center for Policy Analysis$230,000
Pacific Legal Foundation$227,500
America’s Future Foundation$202,500
Capital Research Center$200,000
Job Creators Alliance$200,000
The Fund for American Studies$188,280
Alliance Defending Freedom$185,000
DonorsTrust$182,000
Tax Foundation$166,000
Business Executives for National Security (BENS)$150,000
FreedomWorks Foundation$147,500
Independent Women’s Forum$132,500
Leadership Institute$127,500
Mercatus Center$127,500
Bill of Rights Institute$125,000
Institute for Justice$125,000
American Spectator Foundation$120,000
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs$120,000
The Independent Institute$117,500
Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute$110,000
American Legislative Exchange Council$105,000
Democracy and Media Education Foundation$100,000
Job Creators Network$100,000
NumbersUSA Education & Research$100,000
Center for Security Policy$100,000
Alternatives Pregnancy Center$95,000
Foundation For Teaching Economics$95,000
Beacon Center$75,000
Center for Education Reform$75,000
American Conservative Union Foundation$75,000
Collegiate Network$70,000
National Association of Scholars$70,000
Discovery Institute$70,000
National Christian Foundation$65,000
Judicial Watch$65,000
Common Sense Policy Roundtable Forum$60,000
Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University$57,500
Family Research Council$55,000
Foundation for Economic Education$52,808
StudentNewsDaily.com$52,500
Americans for Limited Government Foundation$50,000
Alliance Defense Fund$50,000
Young America’s Foundation$40,000
Free Congress Research and Education Foundation$40,000
Hoover Institution$35,000
Mpowered$30,000
National Legal Center for the Public Interest$27,500
The Steamboat Institute$25,000
Employment Policy Foundation$25,000
Radio America$25,000
Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity$20,000
Institute on Religion and Democracy$20,000
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty$20,000
The Philanthropic Collaborative$17,500
Institute for American Values$17,500
Defenders of Property Rights$17,500
Evergreen Freedom Foundation$15,000
Network of Enlightened Women$15,000
American Association of Petroleum Geologists$15,000
Americans for Prosperity$15,000
American Majority$15,000
Center for Education in Law and Democracy$12,000
Thomas B Fordham Institute$10,000
Thomas More Law Center$10,000
Liberty Foundation of America$10,000
CSE Freedom Works Foundation$10,000
The Heartland Institute$10,000
Accuracy in Media$10,000
Citizens for a Sound Economy Education Foundation$7,500
International Foundation for Electoral Systems$7,500
Oklahoma Council on Economic Education$5,000
Empower.org$5,000
Southeastern Legal Foundation$5,000
The National Center for Public Policy Research$5,000
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies$2,500
Grand Total$27,388,653

Kochย Events

Juneย 2010

Nancy Anschutz and her husbandย attendedย the June 2010 meeting of the Koch network in Aspen, Colorado. A list of attendees and a schedule for the Aspen summit wasย obtained byย ThinkProgress.8โ€œMEMO: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck To Plot 2010 Election,โ€ย ThinkProgress, October 20, 2010.ย Archived July 10, 2019. Archive.foย URL:ย https://archive.fo/KUNp3

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