Page - March 30, 2010
$18,922,697 provided to climate denial front groups 2005-2009 [Total funds given to front groups 1997-2009: $16,202,218]
The Charles G. Koch Foundation tends to fund institutes that broadly support efforts to oppose clean energy and climate legislation. The vast majority of the Foundation's expenditures since 1997 occured in the five most recent years for which grants have been disclosed, contributing $16.2 million from 2005-2009 to such climate denial organizations and front groups.
The Board of Directors of the Charles G. Koch Foundation is nearly identical to that of the Claude R. Lambe Foundation:
- Richard Fink - President
- Kevin Gentry - Vice President
- Logan Moore - Secretary
- Vonda Holliman - Treasurer
- Charles G. Koch - Director
- Elizabeth B. Koch - Director
- Elizabeth R. Koch - Director
- Charles C. Koch - Director
Click here to view the Charles G. Koch Foundation's IRS 990 filings
Charles G. Koch Foundation: Funds provided to climate denial front groups by year, 1997-2009
| Year | Total funds provided to front groups |
| 1997 |
$146,000 |
| 1998 |
$275,000 |
| 1999 |
$248,000 |
| 2000 |
$85,000 |
| 2001 |
$625,000 |
| 2002 |
$834,000 |
| 2003 |
$225,157 |
| 2004 |
$281,922 |
| 2005 |
$1,325,950 |
| 2006 |
$5,247,302 |
| 2007 |
$3,824,166 |
| 2008 |
$1,938,295 |
| 2009 |
$3,866,905 |
| Total funds given out by the Charles G. Koch Foundation from 2005-2008: $16,202,218 |
| Total funds given out by the Charles G. Koch Foundation from 1997-2008: $18,922,697 |
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Find most recent grants from the CGK Foundation:
2009 Charles G. Koch Foundation 990 IRS document