Donors Capital Fund

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Donors Capital Fund (DCF) is a non-profit Virginia-based donor advised charity that distributes grants to politically conservative and libertarian organisations.

Known as a right wing 'slush fund' , it enables wealthy donors to fund organisations anonymously. Founded in 1999, it is a 'supporting organisation' to sister organisation the Donors Trust.

Donations

Clarion Fund

In 2008, the Clarion Fund received a grant of $17,778,600 from Donors Capital Fund, which also funded Security Research Associates, a group run by anti-Islam activist and radio host Tom Trento who assisted in the distribution of the Islamophobic film Obsession which was produced by Clarion.[1][2] The grant was nine times the income of the previous year (2007). [3]

Other grantees


Fracknation film

Donors Trust/ Donors Capital Fund - partially funded Fracknation film makers' first two films [5]

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Notes

  1. Eli Clifton, Right Wing “Slush Fund” Behind 2008 Islamophobia Campaign, Lobelog.com, 28 October 2010
  2. Form 990 filing for Donors Capital Fund, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, 2008
  3. Pam Martens, [Koch Footprints Lead to Political Powder Keg The Far Right’s Secret Slush Fund to Keep Fear Alive], Counterpunch, October 26, 2010, accessed 2 March 2013
  4. 4.0 4.1 Form 990 2013, Foundation Center, accessed 21 January 2016
  5. Steve Horn, "FrackNation" Part Two: The Koch Industries Ties That Bind, Desmogblog.com, 4 June 2013