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The [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]] was founded in 1988 as the [[Center for the Study of Popular Culture]]. The Center adopted its current name in 2006.<ref>[http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/about/ About the Center], David Horowitz Freedom Center, accessed 21 September 2010.</ref> | The [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]] was founded in 1988 as the [[Center for the Study of Popular Culture]]. The Center adopted its current name in 2006.<ref>[http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/about/ About the Center], David Horowitz Freedom Center, accessed 21 September 2010.</ref> | ||
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The ''Politico'' website reported in September 2010 that the Center was responsible for funding [[Robert Spencer]]'s [[Jihad Watch]] website: | The ''Politico'' website reported in September 2010 that the Center was responsible for funding [[Robert Spencer]]'s [[Jihad Watch]] website: | ||
::Though it was not listed on the public tax reports filed by Horowitz’s Freedom Center, POLITICO has confirmed that the lion’s share of the $920,000 it provided over the past three years to Jihad Watch came from [Joyce] [[Joyce Chernick|Chernick]], whose husband, [[Aubrey Chernick]], has a net worth of $750 million, as a result of his 2004 sale to IBM of a software company he created, and a security consulting firm he now owns.<ref>Kenneth P. Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, [http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=D979BED4-18FE-70B2-A8314DD53412ADF8 Latest mosque issue: The money trail], Politico, 4 September 2010.</ref> | ::Though it was not listed on the public tax reports filed by Horowitz’s Freedom Center, POLITICO has confirmed that the lion’s share of the $920,000 it provided over the past three years to Jihad Watch came from [Joyce] [[Joyce Chernick|Chernick]], whose husband, [[Aubrey Chernick]], has a net worth of $750 million, as a result of his 2004 sale to IBM of a software company he created, and a security consulting firm he now owns.<ref>Kenneth P. Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, [http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=D979BED4-18FE-70B2-A8314DD53412ADF8 Latest mosque issue: The money trail], Politico, 4 September 2010.</ref> | ||
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| + | *[http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?recipientID=63 Media Transparency] lists grants to CSPC [http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/David_Horowitz_Freedom_Center/funders here]; top funders have been the [[Bradley Foundation]] ($6 million), [[Sarah Scaife Foundation]] ($5.5 million), and [[Olin Foundation]] ($2 million). | ||
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| + | Between 2001 and 2010, the Institute received $3.725 million from the [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation|Bradley Foundation]]<ref>Daniel Bice, Bill Glauber, Ben Poston. [http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/from-local-roots-bradley-foundation-builds-conservative-empire-k7337pb-134187368.html Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]. November 28, 2011. </ref> | ||
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| + | ==External resources== | ||
*Sourcewatch [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Horowitz_Freedom_Center David Horowitz Freedom Center] | *Sourcewatch [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Horowitz_Freedom_Center David Horowitz Freedom Center] | ||
Revision as of 04:00, 2 March 2015
The David Horowitz Freedom Center was founded in 1988 as the Center for the Study of Popular Culture. The Center adopted its current name in 2006.[1]
Funding counterjihad activists
The Politico website reported in September 2010 that the Center was responsible for funding Robert Spencer's Jihad Watch website:
- Though it was not listed on the public tax reports filed by Horowitz’s Freedom Center, POLITICO has confirmed that the lion’s share of the $920,000 it provided over the past three years to Jihad Watch came from [Joyce] Chernick, whose husband, Aubrey Chernick, has a net worth of $750 million, as a result of his 2004 sale to IBM of a software company he created, and a security consulting firm he now owns.[2]
Donations received
- Media Transparency lists grants to CSPC here; top funders have been the Bradley Foundation ($6 million), Sarah Scaife Foundation ($5.5 million), and Olin Foundation ($2 million).
Between 2001 and 2010, the Institute received $3.725 million from the Bradley Foundation[3]
External resources
- Sourcewatch David Horowitz Freedom Center
Notes
- ↑ About the Center, David Horowitz Freedom Center, accessed 21 September 2010.
- ↑ Kenneth P. Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, Latest mosque issue: The money trail, Politico, 4 September 2010.
- ↑ Daniel Bice, Bill Glauber, Ben Poston. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. November 28, 2011.
