For Heritage, a new cup of tea?
Activism, Headlines Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
By MARIN COGAN & JAKE SHERMAN, Politico
For decades, The Heritage Foundation has relied on an old-fashioned sort of Washington influence — the staid, soft-power prestige that comes from cranking out conservative white papers for Republican staffers and lawmakers to tout.
And in turn, deep-pocketed institutional funders on the right have long directed their philanthropy to Heritage, which has focused on winning the battle of ideas with battalions of senior fellows, congressional testimony and panel discussions for Washington insiders.
But the surge in grass-roots activism linked to the tea party movement has shaken up the conventional order, leading some conservative donors to look beyond Heritage for more activist-oriented groups to which they can write big checks.
Now Heritage is racing to keep up with the times.
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