Klarman Family Foundation - Revision history

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 The [[American Islamic Congress]] is heavily funded by the foundation; it has refused to engage with mainstream Muslim civil rights groups and forbade 'members of its student arm, Project Nur, from discussing Palestine-related issues on campus'.<ref name="atfp" />
-==Counterjihad network funding==
+===Counterjihad network funding===
 The Klarman Family Foundation has also funded the [[American Islamic Forum for Democracy]]. It is led by [[Zuhdi Jasser]], "an Arizona-based physician and practicing Muslim who served as the key protagonist of the anti-Muslim propaganda film, ''[[The Third Jihad]]''."<ref name="atfp" /> The foundation donated $150,000 to the AIF between 2011 and 2012.<ref>Data retrieved from filings of Form 990s 2011 - 2012. </ref>

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 *[[Israel Project]]; $400,000
 *[[PEF Israel Endowment Funds]]: $585,000
-*[[David Project]]: $500,000 <ref> Klarman Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2014. </ref>
+*[[David Project]]: $400,000 <ref> Klarman Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2015. </ref>
 ===2013===

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 The [[American Islamic Congress]] is heavily funded by the foundation; it has refused to engage with mainstream Muslim civil rights groups and forbade 'members of its student arm, Project Nur, from discussing Palestine-related issues on campus'.<ref name="atfp" />
-===Counterjihad network funding===
+==Counterjihad network funding==
 The Klarman Family Foundation has also funded the [[American Islamic Forum for Democracy]]. It is led by [[Zuhdi Jasser]], "an Arizona-based physician and practicing Muslim who served as the key protagonist of the anti-Muslim propaganda film, ''[[The Third Jihad]]''."<ref name="atfp" /> The foundation donated $150,000 to the AIF between 2011 and 2012.<ref>Data retrieved from filings of Form 990s 2011 - 2012. </ref>

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 The [[Klarman Family Foundation]] is a grant making foundation based in Boston. The organisation was founded by [[Seth A. Klarman]], a "Boston-based pro-Israel billionaire."<ref name="blumenthal">Max Blumenthal, "[http://electronicintifada.net/content/weddadys-free-arabs-american-islamic-congress-and-pro-israel-funders-who-helped-them-rise Weddady’s Free Arabs, American Islamic Congress and the pro-Israel funders who helped them rise]," ''Electronic Intifada'', 7 May 2013</ref> The journalist Max Blumenthal describes Klarman as "one of the pro-Israel community’s most prolific financial angels and also one of its most ideologically hardline."<ref name="atfp">Max Blumenthal, "[http://mondoweiss.net/2013/11/palestinian-billionaire-repressive.html American Task Force on Palestine finds funding from anti-Palestinian billionaire and a repressive monarchy]," Mondoweiss, 27 Nov 2013</ref>
-The majority of its grantmaking is done by an invitation-only basis. <ref> Klarman Family Foundation Form 990, 2015 </ref>
+The majority of its grantmaking is done on an invitation-only basis. <ref> Klarman Family Foundation Form 990, 2015 </ref>
 ==Areas of focus==

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 [[File:Klarman_.png‎ ‎‎|350px|thumb|right|The Klarman Family Foundation Source: [http://klarmanfoundation.org/ Klarman Foundation.org] ]]
 The [[Klarman Family Foundation]] is a grant making foundation based in Boston. The organisation was founded by [[Seth A. Klarman]], a "Boston-based pro-Israel billionaire."<ref name="blumenthal">Max Blumenthal, "[http://electronicintifada.net/content/weddadys-free-arabs-american-islamic-congress-and-pro-israel-funders-who-helped-them-rise Weddady’s Free Arabs, American Islamic Congress and the pro-Israel funders who helped them rise]," ''Electronic Intifada'', 7 May 2013</ref> The journalist Max Blumenthal describes Klarman as "one of the pro-Israel community’s most prolific financial angels and also one of its most ideologically hardline."<ref name="atfp">Max Blumenthal, "[http://mondoweiss.net/2013/11/palestinian-billionaire-repressive.html American Task Force on Palestine finds funding from anti-Palestinian billionaire and a repressive monarchy]," Mondoweiss, 27 Nov 2013</ref>
 ==Areas of focus==

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	The foundation also donated $125,000 to neoconservative [[Daniel Pipes]]' think tank the [[Middle East Forum]] between 2000 and 2009.<ref>[http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/images/uploads/Right_Web_Nov._2011_-_MEF_Funding_.pdf MEF Funding], ''rightweb.irc'', accessed 29 January 2016</ref>		The foundation also donated $125,000 to neoconservative [[Daniel Pipes]]' think tank the [[Middle East Forum]] between 2000 and 2009.<ref>[http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/images/uploads/Right_Web_Nov._2011_-_MEF_Funding_.pdf MEF Funding], ''rightweb.irc'', accessed 29 January 2016</ref>
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 *[[Scholars for Peace in the Middle East]]: $200,000
 *[[David Project]]: $500,000 <ref> Klarman Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2011. </ref>
 ==Foundation grantees==

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 *[[Friends of the Israel Defense Forces]]: $50,000
 *[[Israel On Campus Coalition]]: $100,000
-*[[Israel Project]]; $500,000
+*[[Israel Project]]: $500,000
 *[[Middle East Media and Research Institute]]: $50,000
 *[[PEF Israel Endowment Funds]]: $220,000

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 *[[Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Inc]] - $2,375,000
-*[[Foundation for the Defense of Democracies]] - $300,000 <ref>[http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=Klarman+Family+Foundation&st=&zp=&ei=&fy=&action=Find Form 990 2014], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 22 January 2016</ref>
+*[[Foundation for Defense of Democracies]] - $300,000 <ref>[http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=Klarman+Family+Foundation&st=&zp=&ei=&fy=&action=Find Form 990 2014], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 22 January 2016</ref>
 *[[American Friends of Leket Israel]]: $75,000
 *[[American Jewish Committee]]: $200,000
 *[[Anti-Defamation League]]: $25,000
-*[[Birthright israel]]: $1,500,000
+*[[Birthright Israel]]: $1,500,000
 *[[Commentary]]: $150,000
 *[[CAMERA]]: $150,000
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 *[[PEF Israel Endowment Funds]]: $585,000
 *[[David Project]]: $500,000 <ref> Klarman Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2014. </ref>
 ===2013===
 ===2012===
 ===2011===
+*[[American Friends of Leket Israel]]: $200,000
 ==Foundation grantees==