Archive profile
Foundation-backed organization that provided the $15,000 grant underwriting the 1982 Yale federalism conference from which the Federalist Society developed.
Why this entry is in the archive
Shows the concrete grant mechanism behind an early legal-network institution.
Timeline
- Foundation capital helps seed a legal network
The Institute for Educational Affairs, backed by foundations including Olin, funds the Yale federalism conference that becomes a springboard for the Federalist Society.
Relationship records
John M. Olin Foundation → Institute for Educational Affairs
Foundation backer · early 1980s
Evidence status: documented
Institute for Educational Affairs → Federalist Society
$15,000 grant underwrote 1982 Yale federalism conference · 1982
Evidence status: documented