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===Educational grants===
The Charles Koch Foundation (and in the case of Kansas schools, the Fred and Mary Koch Foundation) provides grants to nearly 270 U.S. colleges and universities for "projects that explore how the principles of free enterprise and classical liberalism promote a more peaceful and prosperous society".<ref>Last update on record at archive.org said "190" in {{cite web|title=Doing Good in Many Ways|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120912003304/http://www.kochfamilyfoundations.org/Foundations.asp|publisher=Koch family foundations and philanthropy via Internet Archive}} and 269 schools listed in {{cite web|title=University Programs Supported by the Charles Koch Foundation |url=http://www.kochfamilyfoundations.org/pdfs/CKFUniversityPrograms.pdf |date=September 2013|format=PDF|publisher=Koch family foundations and philanthropy |accessdate=October 14, 2013}}</ref>
In 2011, the Charles G. Koch foundation made a grant of $1.5 million to [[Florida State University|Florida State University (FSU)]] in exchange for allowing the foundation, via an advisory committee,<ref name=Hundley>{{cite web | url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/billionaires-role-in-hiring-decisions-at-florida-state-university-raises/1168680 | title=Billionaire's role in hiring decisions at Florida State University raises questions | publisher=''[[Tampa Bay Times]]'' | date=May 9, 2011 | accessdate=January 6, 2014 | quote=The foundation partnering with FSU is one of several non-profits funded by Charles Koch (pronounced "coke''), 75, and his brother David, 71. The aim: To advance their belief, through think tanks, political organizations and academia, that government taxes and regulations impinge on prosperity.| author=Hundley, Kris}}</ref> to approve hiring decisions in the university's economics department for a program that promotes "political economy and free enterprise". The foundation also sought to have the university create a class called ''Market Ethics: The Vices, Virtues, and Values of Capitalism''. Required reading for the class would include books by [[Ayn Rand]].<ref name=Mencimer>{{cite web | url=http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/12/scholars-protest-koch-brothers-donation-catholic-university | title=Scholars Protest Charles Koch's Donation to Catholic University | publisher=''[[Mother Jones]]'' | date=December 16, 2013 | accessdate=January 6, 2014 | author=Mencimer, Stephanie}}</ref><ref name=Maddow-121223>{{cite episode | title=The Rachel Maddow Show for December 23, 2013 | series=The Rachel Maddow Show | network=''[[MSNBC]]'' | airdate=December 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Snyder>{{cite web | url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:MIHB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=14401D94CFF1BDC8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0FB3382EE6AD1E46 | title=Florida’s higher ed scandals piling up | publisher=''[[Miami Herald]]'' | date=January 23, 2013 | accessdate=January 6, 2014 | author=Snyder, Florence}}</ref> The FSU student senate introduced a resolution protesting the Koch's "undue influence on academics as established by the current agreement between the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation and the FSU Economics department."<ref name=Chamlee>{{cite web | url=http://floridaindependent.com/66205/fsu-students-challenge-schools-koch-agreement | title=FSU students challenge school’s Koch agreement | publisher=''[[Florida Independent]]'' | date=Janiary 26, 2012 | accessdate=January 6, 2014 | author=Chamlee, Virginia}}</ref>
===Contributions to Scott Walker===
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