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Heritage Foundation

Heritage Foundation
Tracked because Heritage Foundation · 9 documented connections
Facts on record0
Connections mapped9
Sources cited5
✦ Thin coverage gap +35 connected to 9 entities · only 0 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
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Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
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Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 4 elected officials hold documented connections.
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Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

PATTERN organization → [donor] → elected official → [affiliation]... 409× PATTERN organization → [donor] → person → [voting record (opposit... 360× PATTERN organization → [donor] → person → [ideological alignment]... 180× PATTERN institution → [ideological alignment] → person → [donor] ... 180× PATTERN elected official → [colleague] → elected official → [affi... 148×
Connection Map
Key Connections
← Rebekah Mercer person
Trustee
Rebekah Mercer is a trustee of the Heritage Foundation and one of only five directors of the affiliated Heritage Action for America, the think tank that authored the presidential transition blueprint Project 2025.
← Jimmy Patronis person
ideological alignment
Patronis has a 98% Heritage Action score reflecting his alignment with conservative policies.
← Linda T. Sánchez person
voting record (opposition)
Has a 0% Heritage Action lifetime score, consistently opposing Heritage-backed legislation like the SAVE Act.
← Kara Frederick person
former_director
Director of the Tech Policy Center at Heritage Foundation. Research focused on 'Big Tech' and emerging technology policy. Testified before Congress as Heritage's representative, calling Big Tech 'an enemy of the people.' Heritage is the intellectual architect of many Trump administration policies. Frederick's role there positioned her as the conservative movement's leading voice on tech policy.
Facts (0)
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All Connections (9)
← Kara Frederick person
former_director confirmed
Director of the Tech Policy Center at Heritage Foundation. Research focused on 'Big Tech' and emerging technology policy. Testified before Congress as Heritage's representative, calling Big Tech 'an enemy of the people.' Heritage is the intellectual architect of many Trump administration policies. Frederick's role there positioned her as the conservative movement's leading voice on tech policy.
← Jimmy Patronis person
ideological alignment primary since 2025
Patronis has a 98% Heritage Action score reflecting his alignment with conservative policies.
← Robert E. Latta person
ideological alignment inferential since 1998
Latta's fiscal conservatism and Watchdog of Treasury awards from United Conservatives of Ohio align with Heritage Foundation's small-government principles, though no direct contribution is documented.
← Sarah Scaife Foundation organization
listed_together inferential since 2026
Sarah Scaife Foundation and Heritage Foundation are both listed in the known entities database, suggesting they are tracked as similar entities by the investigative system. Both appear in the same list of known entities.
← Russell Vought person
policy collaboration secondary since 2022
Russell Vought has collaborated with the Heritage Foundation on policy projects, including the Project 2025 initiative.
← Leonard Leo person
organizational_affiliation inferential since 2026
Leonard Leo has long-standing documented ties to the Heritage Foundation through his work on judicial nominations and conservative legal policy. Both appear in the same entity list.
← Rebekah Mercer person
Trustee primary since 2022
Rebekah Mercer is a trustee of the Heritage Foundation and one of only five directors of the affiliated Heritage Action for America, the think tank that authored the presidential transition blueprint Project 2025.
← Linda T. Sánchez person
voting record (opposition) primary since 2025
Has a 0% Heritage Action lifetime score, consistently opposing Heritage-backed legislation like the SAVE Act.
← Jim Jordan elected official
affiliation inferential since 2015
Jim Jordan has close ties to the Heritage Foundation and frequently speaks at their events on conservative judicial philosophy.
Sources (5)
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Heritage Foundation — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Heritage Foundation — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Heritage Foundation — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Heritage Foundation — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Heritage Foundation not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt