WRITING THE CHECKS... VOUCHER PAYMENTS Betsy Wal-Mart of Gov. Corbett’s transition A look at some of the biggest (and wealthiest) players in the DeVos: founder team. school voucher movement. Former Sam Walton. chair of the Alice Jeff Yass: Yass serves Alice on the board of the Cato Walton Michigan Walton, American Republican one of Institute, the libertarian Party, DeVos Sam’s three think tank whose founder Federation for Alice $1.3M and her husband, Dick — surviving and president is a signer to Walton $1.3M Children sinceyear last former head of the door- children, an Alliance for Separation Fall 2010 Betsy DeVos, to-door marketing giant has donated $1.3 million of School and State Chairwoman Amway — were among to DeVos’ AFC since it was proclamation pushing for the GOP’s largest donors founded last year, and an end to public education. $200K in the 2000s and have her brother Jim chipped Susquehanna $1.2M since last Arthur Dantchick: worked with the religious in another $200,000. The International Group Fall The third of the deep- year right on social issues. Her Walton Family Foundation 2010 pocketed hedge-fund (Bala Cynwyd) March-May$5M brother Erik Prince founded has donated millions to pro- Joel Greenberg traders, Dantchick also the controversial security voucher groups over the Jeff Yass 2010 Jim helped found the Institute firm formerly known as years. Arthur Dantchick Walton for Justice, a libertarian Blackwater. DeVos chairs legal group that supports the American Federation Joel Greenberg: vouchers and opposes for Children (AFC), which is affirmative action, and spending millions to push One of three Students First PAC partners reportedly was one of only vouchers in Pennsylvania, eight investors in the Free Wisconsin and other states. of the secretive Enterprise Action Fund, Walton Bala which sought to pressure family: Cynwyd hedge fund companies to abandon State Sen. State Rep. State Sen. State Sen. Gov. Corbett environmentally friendly Anthony Hardy Dwight Majority President Some of Susquehanna International the major Group (SIG), Greenberg policies. Dantchick, Yass Williams Evans Leader Joe Scarnati $25K and Greenberg each (D-Phila.) (D-Phila.) Dominic (R-Jefferson) Fall 2010 backers of is the most visible of the the pro- three on school issues; he donated $6,000 to the Pileggi campaign of Wisconsin $5M $50K (D-Delco) $100K $25K voucher Jim Walton serves on the board of AFC, movement and he was co-chairman of Gov. Scott Walker, another for his 2010 Fall 2010 in Fall 2010 January 2011 are the billionaire heirs of the education committee leading proponent of gubernatorial $100K vouchers. run Fall 2010

CASHING THE CHECKS... State Sen. Anthony Gov. Corbett: State Senate Senate Hardy Williams: An enthusiastic Rep. Majority President Williams’ 2010 supporter Dwight Leader Pro campaign for governor of vouchers, Evans: A Dominic Tempore (he finished third Corbett spoke longtime Pileggi: The Joseph in the Democratic last week to advocate Delaware Scarnati: primary) was funded an education of school County Influential mostly by the $5 conference in vouchers lawmaker western million that the three Washington who has is an Pennsylvania hedge-fund traders funneled through sponsored by AFC. Corbett’s been active as a director influential backer of Senate lawmaker and big backer of the Students First PAC. The manager largest supporter, the Republican of the pro-voucher Black Bill 1. voucher bill. of Williams’ 2010 campaign, Dawn Governors Association, also Alliance for Educational Chavous, is now executive director of received at least $215,000 from Opportunity. Students First. Williams is co-sponsor AFC in fall 2010. of voucher-creating Senate Bill 1. —Will Bunch