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According to [http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=807 Jan Oberg]: | According to [http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=807 Jan Oberg]: | ||
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:A visit to Crisis Group's website reveals that 40% of its funds come from governments: | :A visit to Crisis Group's website reveals that 40% of its funds come from governments: | ||
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::Agence Intergouvernementale de la francophonie, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Holland, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Taiwan, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK and the US. Isn't it a bit hard to believe that those who pay the piper would continue to do so, if reports were critical of government policies - Western governments and their conflict "management" in particular? | ::Agence Intergouvernementale de la francophonie, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Holland, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Taiwan, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK and the US. Isn't it a bit hard to believe that those who pay the piper would continue to do so, if reports were critical of government policies - Western governments and their conflict "management" in particular? | ||
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:ICG is also supported by various foundations (covering 43%) - [[Rockefeller Foundation|Rockefeller]], [[Ford Foundation|Ford]], [[MacArthur foundation|MacArthur]], [[US Institute for Peace]] (established by Ronald Reagan), [[Carnegie Foundation|Carnegie]], [[Sarlo Jewish Community Endowment Fund]], Hewlett, etc. and private sector donors (16%)[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=807] | :ICG is also supported by various foundations (covering 43%) - [[Rockefeller Foundation|Rockefeller]], [[Ford Foundation|Ford]], [[MacArthur foundation|MacArthur]], [[US Institute for Peace]] (established by Ronald Reagan), [[Carnegie Foundation|Carnegie]], [[Sarlo Jewish Community Endowment Fund]], Hewlett, etc. and private sector donors (16%)[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=807] | ||
| + | ===Foundation and private sector donors=== | ||
| + | *[[The Atlantic Philanthropies]] | ||
| + | *[[Carnegie Corporation of New York]] | ||
| + | *[[Ford Foundation]] | ||
| + | *[[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] | ||
| + | *[[William & Flora Hewlett Foundation]] | ||
| + | *[[The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.]] | ||
| + | *[[John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation]] | ||
| + | *[[The John Merck Fund]] | ||
| + | *[[Charles Stewart Mott Foundation]] | ||
| + | *[[Open Society Institute]] | ||
| + | *[[Ploughshares Fund]] | ||
| + | *[[Sigrid Rausing Trust]] | ||
| + | *[[Sasakawa Peace Foundation]] | ||
| + | *[[The Sarlo Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund]] | ||
| + | *[[United States Institute of Peace]] | ||
| + | *[[Fundacão Oriente]] | ||
==Spinwatch resources== | ==Spinwatch resources== | ||
Jan Oberg, [http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=807 The International Crisis Group: Who Pays the Piper?],''Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research'', April 15, 2005 | Jan Oberg, [http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=807 The International Crisis Group: Who Pays the Piper?],''Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research'', April 15, 2005 | ||
Revision as of 13:01, 24 August 2006
International Crisis Group was founded in 1994 by World Bank Vice-President Mark Malloch Brown, former US diplomat Morton Abramowitz and Fred Cuny, an international disaster relief specialist who disappeared in Chechnya in 1995.
Contents
Principals
- Christopher Patten - Co-Chair
- Thomas Pickering - Co-Chair
- Gareth Evans - President & CEO
- William Shawcross - Board Member
- Martti Ahtisaari - Chairmen Emeritus
- George J. Mitchell - Chairmen Emeritus
Executive Committee
Funding
According to Jan Oberg:
- A visit to Crisis Group's website reveals that 40% of its funds come from governments:
- Agence Intergouvernementale de la francophonie, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Holland, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Taiwan, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK and the US. Isn't it a bit hard to believe that those who pay the piper would continue to do so, if reports were critical of government policies - Western governments and their conflict "management" in particular?
- ICG is also supported by various foundations (covering 43%) - Rockefeller, Ford, MacArthur, US Institute for Peace (established by Ronald Reagan), Carnegie, Sarlo Jewish Community Endowment Fund, Hewlett, etc. and private sector donors (16%)[1]
Foundation and private sector donors
- The Atlantic Philanthropies
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Ford Foundation
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
- The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
- John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- The John Merck Fund
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
- Open Society Institute
- Ploughshares Fund
- Sigrid Rausing Trust
- Sasakawa Peace Foundation
- The Sarlo Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund
- United States Institute of Peace
- Fundacão Oriente
Spinwatch resources
Jan Oberg, The International Crisis Group: Who Pays the Piper?,Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, April 15, 2005
