| Date | Amount | Purpose | Recipient | Funder |
| 8-10-2003 | 20,000 | To support a biography of William F. Buckley | Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Inc. | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1999 | 15,000 | Research assistance for Sam Tanenhaus for his biography of William F. Buckley, Jr. | Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc. | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1998 | 300,000 | "Firing Line" with William F. Buckley, Jr. | Producers Incorporated for Television | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1996 | 250,000 | "Firing Line" with William F. Buckley, Jr. | Producers Incorporated for Television | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1995 | 250,000 | "Firing Line" with William F. Buckley, Jr. | Producers Incorporated for Television | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1994 | 250,000 | "Firing Line" with William F. Buckley, Jr. | Producers Incorporated for Television | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1993 | 250,000 | Firing Line with William F. Buckley, Jr. | Producers Incorporated for Television | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1992 | 250,000 | To support the 1993-94 season of William F. Buckley, Jr.'s "Firing Line" | Producers Incorporated for Television | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1991 | 300,000 | To support the 1992-93 season of William F. Buckley, Jr.'s "Firing Line" | Producers Incorporated for Television | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1990 | 13,524 | To support a debate on drug policy between William F. Buckley, Jr. and Mitchell S. Rosenthal | City College of New York | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1990 | 300,000 | To support the 1992 season of William F. Buckley, Jr.'s television series, "Firing Line" | Southern Educational Communications Association | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1989 | 250,000 | To support the 1991 season of William F. Buckley, Jr.'s television series, "Firing Line" | Southern Educational Communications Association | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1988 | 225,000 | To support William F. Buckley, Jr.'s television series, "Firing Line" | Southern Educational Communications Association | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1987 | 200,000 | To support William F. Buckley, Jr.'s television series, "Firing Line" | Southern Educational Communications Association | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1986 | 150,000 | To support William F. Buckley, Jr.'s television series, "Firing Line" | Southern Educational Communications Association | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1985 | 100,000 | To support William F. Buckley, Jr.'s television series, "Firing Line" | Southern Educational Communications Association | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1984 | 50,000 | To support William F. Buckley, Jr.'s television series, "Firing Line" | Southern Educational Communications Association | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |