The Philanthropy Roundtable is a group that advises billionaires and multi-millionaires on how to use their funds to advance a right-wing agenda.
Paul Singer
Hedge fund billionaire and Republican mega-donor Paul Singer is a major funder of the Philanthropy Roundtable, personally giving $550,000 to the group between 2014 and 2017. Singer was also awarded the organization’s “William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership” in 2018. His eponymous foundation gave the Philanthropy Roundtable grants of $125,000 in 2018 and 2019, and a grant of $75,000 in 2020. The senior director of the Paul E. Singer Foundation, Aaron MacClean, also serves on the Philanthropy Roundtable’s Board of Directors.
Philip Anschutz
Billionaire and Republican mega donor Philip Anschutz is a businessman with large investments across multiple industries, including oil and gas, railroads, real estate, and entertainment. Anschutz’s eponymous charitable foundation gave the Philanthropy Roundtable a $150,000 grant in 2019.
Horatio Alger Association
Billionaire and Republican mega-donor Bernard Marcus is the co-founder of Home Depot and the founder of The Marcus Foundation, an eponymous charitable giving nonprofit. Marcus is also a 1993 inductee into the Horatio Alger Association, an exclusive circle of wealthy business elites that has lavished Clarence Thomas with luxury gifts and received unprecedented access to the Supreme Court building. The Marcus Foundation gave the Philanthropy Roundtable $150,000 in 2020, $300,000 in 2021, and $300,000 in 2022.
Philip Anschutz is also a 2000 inductee into the Horatio Alger Association.
Koch Network
Billionaire Charles Koch has long ties to the Philanthropy Roundtable. Koch charitable groups have given the Roundtable at least $385,000, in addition to other support. The Philanthropy Roundtable is also an associate member of the Koch-linked State Policy Network.
