Philip Frederick Anschutz is an American entrepreneur. He is born on December 28, 1939. He has invested in stocks, real estate and railroads. He then began investing in entertainment companies.




Philip Anschutz helped fund the Discovery Institute through a $70,000 donation from the Anschutz Foundation in 2003.

The Discovery Institute is one of the leading think tanks challenging evolutionary science.

Anschutz controls the Anschutz Foundation, the 60th-largest foundation in the United States.

Here is a list of donations made by Anschutz compiled by Ken Libby from IRS filings.

Foundation Donation total (1998 - 2008)
AEI $22,500
Alliance for Choice in Education $110,000
American Spectator Foundation $30,000
Americans for Prosperity $47,500
America's Future Foundation $10,000
Association of American Educators Foundation $100,000
Cato Institute $120,000
Claremont Institute $100,000
Denver School of Science and Technology $250,000
Evergreen Freedom Foundation $15,000
Free Congress Research and Education Foundation $25,000
Freedom Works $5,000
Freedom Works Foundation $17,500
Heritage Foundation $353,000
Hoover Institution $15,000
Independence Institute $120,000
KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy $10,000
Leadership Institute $15,000
Manhattan Institute $325,000
Mercatus Center $50,000
Mountain States Legal Foundation $70,000
National Right to Work Legal Defense $65,000
Pacific Research Institute $172,500
Washington Legal Foundation $160,000
Young America's Foundation $10,000