Talk:Randolph Foundation

Rewrite/clean-up
Okay, I am working on a rewrite/clean-up of this article similar to the work I did on Heather Higgins. I have done a little research and found twenty-eight notable sources that I think I can use to build a rigorously-sourced new version that will redirect readers to documents in which they can find substantial discussion about (and criticism of) TRF. I'm copying the current version of the article source below until I complete the rewrite. DickClarkMises 21:18, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Previous version
The Randolph Foundation (TRF) is a New York-based foundation created in 1991 and re-organized in 2002 pursuant to a legal settlement between the Smith Richardson Foundation and other members of the Richardson family.

The Foundation has a social conservative orientation.

Heather Higgins (nee Richardson) is its President.

Funding
The Foundation was funded under the will of H. Smith Richardson, and has approximately $50 million in assets.

Prior to May 8, 2003, the H. Smith Richardson Charitable Trust was known as The Randolph Foundation Center. On that date, the former Randolph Foundation transferred all of its assets (with a fair market value of $49 million) to the new Randolph Foundation, which is treated as a successor organization for tax purposes. After the transfer, the original Randolph Foundation was renamed the H. Smith Richardson Charitable Trust and received an initial grant of $48.5 million from the Smith Richardson Foundation.

The Smith Richardson Foundation was funded in 1935 by the charitable contributions of Henry Smith Richardson, Sr., the principal creator of the Vicks Vaporub fortune. The foundation reported assets of $494 million in 2001, and gave away $23 million.

The Smith Richardson Foundation became especially active in supporting free market, pro-democratic and anti-communist causes in 1973, when R. Randolph Richardson became its President. Under Mr. Richardson's leadership, it was an early supporter of such intellectual movements as supply-side and monetarist econnomics, and neo-conservatism in general.

An internal family conflict resulted in a 12-year legal battle between several branches of the family between 1990-2002. As a result of this conflict, Peter Richardson (nephew of R. Randolph) became president in 1992, while a much smaller entity, The Randolph Foundation, (TRF), was created in the same year controlled largely by R. Randolph Richardson and his daughter, Heather Higgins.

Policy orientation
SRF's policy orientation became slightly more centrist at this time, while TRF, under Ms. Higgins as President, largely abandoned economic and foreign policy, choosing instead to pursue projects associated with social conservatism.

Legal actions
The Randolph Foundation has been involved in a handful of lawsuits. Randolph Foundation v. Duncan is a case brought by the Foundation against their attorney for breach of fiduciary duty.

The Randolph Foundation was also involved in a legal dispute as the Smith Richardson Foundation. Randolph Foundation v. Appeal From Probate Court of Westport is a consolidation of five cases which ultimately determined that the Foundation is not a legal entity and does not have standing to sue or be sued in Connecticut.

GA comment
The images need fair use rationales and the lead should be expanded to better summarize the article. See WP:LEAD. I'd recommend fixing these things before somebody quick fails it. --Nehrams2020 18:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I believe I have addressed the fair use rationale issues. DickClarkMises 19:20, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, I've also added an infobox for a quicker overview in lieu of a more substantial lead (for now). DickClarkMises 16:35, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

GA article review

 * lead para needs more content
 * avoid single/two sentence paras
 * "that was created in 1991" - why was it created? who created it?
 * "re-organized in 2002." - why was it re-organized?
 * R. Randolph Richardson - remove wikilink or create atleast a stub article
 * "The Randolph Foundation was established as a charitable trust under the will of H. Smith Richardson in 1972." - but wasn't it set up in 1991?
 * oh i see! the above sentence needs to be modified. it should state that the genesis of Randolph foundation was in Smith Richardson foundation
 * why was it named Randolph? why did it start to operate independently? (This is a very interesting question. I compiled more than a few sources on this topic, but have been unable to find a reliable source that answers it. Until we can find one, any speculation on this would be in violation of WP:NOR and should not be included.)
 * "The Randolph Foundation sponsors numerous projects that examine current public policy and offer policy alternatives. Such projects include television programs, films, books, and academic studies." - remove statement.
 * "Through its funding of New River Media" - when did it fund new river media?
 * "provided funding for Heaven on Earth: the Rise and Fall of Socialism. The film was" - when was the film produced?  (Done) 
 * In which year was funding provided to the educational institutes and Policy and advocacy organizations. Does anyone form the Randolph foundation sit on the board of governors/directors/patrons in these institutes. provide data with reference. (All of this information is available in the IRS forms. One is linked for reference. Much of the support of various orgs has been ongoing; I am not sure that it would be a very readable article if we included a big kluged-together list of grant amounts. Information like that is already linked in the notes section, in the very first footnote.)
 * Who's the head of the foundation? did the head change over the last 10 years? (Heather Higgins is listed as the President of the Foundation. This assertion is supported by the IRS filing.)
 * the lead para mentions a re-org in 2002 but the article does not mention any re-org or the reason.

The article sounds like an ad for the foundation. apologies as it is not intent to discount the effort put in but the article does not provide in-depth coverage. Kalyan 18:13, 31 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks again for the review. I've been busy as of late with a move and preparations for the start of law school in August, but I'll eventually get back to working on the issues you raised, and will re-nom at that time. DickClarkMises 20:48, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Disambiguation needed
There is a a second, smaller Randolph Foundation, that operates in New Hampshire for the purpose of helping the town of Randolph, NH. This smaller foundation publishes newsletters and has done substantial charitable work, particularly in the area of creating a huge town forest up there in Coos county. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aebarschall (talk • contribs) 04:02, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

External links modified
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