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Edwin J. Death on Friday At 83 years old.
Feulner served as president of the organization from 1977 to 2013 and again served as president of the organization from 2017 to 2018. He is known for transforming his once shocked think tank into one of Washington, D.C.’s most influential policy powers.
He was the longest-serving president after helping to create a think tank based in Washington, D.C. in 1973.
“Ed Feulner is more than just a leader—he is a visionary man, builder and patriot,” Heritage President Kevin Roberts and Board Chairman Barb Van Andel-Gaby said in a joint statement. “His unwavering love for the country and his determination to uphold the principles that make America the most liberal and prosperous nation in human history, shaped every fiber of the conservative movement, but still.”
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Heritage Foundation co-founder Edwin J. Feulner died at the age of 83. (Getty Image)
The group organized the 2025 project, a controversial initiative that provides right-wing policy advice for the second Trump administration. Feulner then co-wrote the initiative, and he and Roberts met with the president Donald Trump Before last year’s general election. Feulner was also Trump’s transition team before his first term.
Under his leadership, Legacy established a new model of conservative policy advocacy. This helped shape the reforms of the Reagan era and pushed market-based thinking to the political mainstream. Feulner has remained active in the 2025 project and the transition plan for the second Trump term, which has been praised and criticized for its tough policy recommendations.
The author of nine books and one Former Congressional aidehe also participates in various other conservative organizations.
Edwin J. Feulner, co-founder of Heritage Foundation, served as president of the organization from 1977 to 2013 and again served as president of the organization from 2017 to 2018. (Getty Image)
“Whether he was bringing together all corners of the conservative movement at the Philadelphia Association meeting or launching the current legacy strategy forum, Ed advocated a bold “Granddento conservatism,” wrote Roberts and Andel-Gaby. “He believed in the other way was not subtraction. Unity, not unity. One of his favorite spells was that you won by multiplication and addition rather than by division and subtraction.” His legacy was not only the institution he established, but the movement he developed – a movement rooted in faith, family, freedom and establishment.
“His ‘feulnerisms’ still resonates in the Hall of Heritage and will always be remembered. People, for example, are the heartbeat of policies, for example, his mission – equipped to encourage and elevate a new generation of conservative leaders, not just in Washington, but in this great country,” the statement continued. “And we still remember his entertainment never being complacent or discouraged: ‘In Washington, there was no permanent victory, nor permanent failure.'”
Edwin J. Feulner’s wife Lina, as well as their children and grandchildren, survived. (Getty Image)
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Roberts and Andel-Gaby vow to commemorate Ferner’s life with “going courage, integrity and determination.”
The leader said of Ferner: “Thank you for showing us what a faithful, fearless person can do when he rejects the ground in the struggle for autonomy.”
The estate did not disclose the cause of Ferner’s death.
Feulner’s wife Lina, along with their children and grandchildren, survived.
