Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation
The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation is an American conservative foundation and grant-making body formed in 1970. [1] It is based in Grand Rapids, MI.[2]
Richard DeVos is co-founder of Amway and served as the finance chair of the Republican National Committee.[1]
With his wife, Helen, DeVos is a winner of the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership.
Education
The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation was in part responsible for funding the creation of the Sport Business Management Program at the University of Central Florida.[3]
Organizations funded
- Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
- Alliance Defense Fund
- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
- Foundation for Traditional Values
- Free Congress Foundation
- Heritage Foundation
- Mackinac Center for Public Policy
- National Constitution Center[4]
- OneOrlando Fund[5]
- The Scripps Research Institute (Florida)[6]
References
- 1 2 Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation
- ↑ Sport Business - About the DeVos Foundation
- ↑ Meet Our Donors - National Constitution Center
- ↑ http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2016/06/amways_devos_family_donates_50.html
- ↑ Richard and Helen DeVos Gift Kicks Off Drive to Endow Scripps Florida Graduate Program
External links
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