AlterNet: Blogs: Sara Robinson
White Supremacist Leader Insists Ron Paul Is Racist Posted by Sara Robinson, Orcinus on December 28, 2007 at 6:11 AM. Well, don't say we didn't warn you about Ron Paul's friends. Here's American National Socialist Workers Party leader Bill White, coming out big for Paul on the far-right Vanguard News Network site on December 20:
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The Independent Media Institute
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This is a partial list taken from the IMI website.
2004 Foundation Supporters of IMI include:
* Akonadi Foundation
* Albert A. List Foundation
* Arca Foundation
* Bioneers Foundation
* Ford Foundation
* French American Charitable Trust
* Glaser Progress Foundation
* Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
* Marguerite Casey Foundation
* McKay Foundation
* Nathan Cummings Foundation
* New World Fund
* Open Society Institute
* Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
* Schumann Center for Media and Democracy
* Silicon Valley Community Foundation
* Solidago Foundation
* Surdna Foundation
* The Tides Foundation (various funds)
* Universalist Unitarian Veatch Program at Shelter Rock
* Wallace Global Fund
* Women's Foundation
* Working Assets Grantmaking Fund of the Tides Foundation
:: ALBERT A. LIST FOUNDATION ::
Center for Jewish History
The Center for Jewish History emerged from a vision of a central repository for the historical and cultural legacy of the Jewish people. The Center—the largest repository of such holdings outside of Israel—serves the worldwide academic and general communities. Foundation support went to hire staff for the Outreach Department.
1999 ($100,000)
Congregation Beth Simchat Torah
Congregation Beth Simchat Torah is a synagogue in New York City for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender communities and their friends and family. This synagogue is committed to building a kehillah kedoshah, a sacred community, based on the love of Jewish people, passion for social justice, prayer and study. Funding supported the Cooperberg-Rittmaster internship program.
2000 ($10,000), 1999 ($10,000)
Hadassah, Women’s Zionist Organization of America
Hadassah enhances the quality of American Jewish life through its education and Zionist youth programs. Funding went to support the Leadership Academy and the Training Wheels for Adults Program.
2002 ($14,000), 2001 ($16,000), 1997 ($120,000)
The Shefa Fund
The Shefa Fund encourages American Jews to use their tzedakah (charitable resources) to create a more just society, and, in the process, to transform Jewish life so that it becomes more socially conscious and spiritually invigorating. The Shefa Fund advises on socially responsible grant-making, low-income community investing and funder education. List grants supported a diverse range of creative initiatives in the areas of rabbinical education, youth outreach, inter-marriage, and Internet activities. Funding in this area also supported the Torah of Money Program and the Shefa/Calvert Alliance.
2004 ($55,000) 2003 ($45,000), 2002 ($43,000), 2000 ($50,000), 1999 ($45,000), 1998 ($65,500), 1997 ($63,500)
The Society for the Advancement of Judaism
Balancing respect for tradition and open intellectual inq
Regions | Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation has played a central role in the evolution and development of Israel's civil society sector, now a dominant force in helping the nation confront its many challenges. The foundation has made grants totaling $50 million in Israel since 1948, with a focus on human rights and the search for peace. In addition, we recently announced a $20 million grant to the New Israel Fund to establish a peace and social justice fund that will support organizations in Israel working to strengthen democracy and advance human rights, equality and peace for all Israelis. The five-year grant will shift future grant making from the foundation's New York headquarters to an organization in Jerusalem that plays a vital role in Israel.
About OSI
George Soros is founder and chairman of the Open Society Institute and the Soros foundations network. He is also the chairman of Soros Fund Management LLC. More
Schumann Center for Media and Democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Criticism of the foundation
Discover the Networks (a group leaning to the political right) asserts that the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy is "a major supporter of radical environmentalist organizations".[1]
According to Discover the Networks' website the Center's investment portfolio has earned "immense profits from its investments in gas and oil companies. The Center's investment portfolio contains tens of thousands of shares in such companies as Exxon Mobil, Conoco, British Petroleum, Royal Dutch Petroleum, Ford, Keyspan Energy, Pioneer Natural Resource Company, Noble Affiliates, Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, Columbia Gas Systems, Dow Chemical, Dupont, Shell Oil, Shell Transportation and Trading, and General Motors."[2]
The right-wing Capital Research Center claims that the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy has a "far-left" ideological agenda.[3]
Solidago Foundation
Solidago Foundation, Inc. 25 Main St Ste 439 Northampton, MA 01060 Incorporated in New York Telephone: (413) 587-0174 Fax: (413) 587-0175 email: solidago@igc.org Website: http://www.solidago.org is a registered domain, no active page Type of foundation: Grantmaking public charity, not a private foundation EIN: 13-3867794 Exempt since June 1996 Profile: Anti-capitalist lobbying service provider. Their mission statement reads: THE SOLIDAGO FOUNDATION, INC. AWARDS GRANTS TO THE TIDES FOUNDATION AND TO OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE GOALS ARE TO PROMOTE A HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE, JUST AND DEMOCRATIC WORLD. Helped fund Massachusetts anti-business election law mandating public funding of campaigns, with non-profits considered public, but for-profits not.
Surdna Foundation
Description: An old-line foundation that changed its charitable mission as subsequent generations took control of the money, and now funds radical attack groups.
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