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Max Blumenthal has charged that 'the AIC is funded largely by a pool of right-wing donors responsible for bankrolling key players in America’s Islamophobia industry'.<ref>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> | Max Blumenthal has charged that 'the AIC is funded largely by a pool of right-wing donors responsible for bankrolling key players in America’s Islamophobia industry'.<ref>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> | ||
| − | + | Conservative donors such as the [[Klarman Family Foundation]] and the [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]] are significant funders, the latter donating USD $325,000 <ref> Center for American Progress’s 2011 report Fear Inc </ref> to the AIC between 2005 and 2011. | |
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Revision as of 04:06, 15 March 2017
American Islamic Congress logo, circa 2015 Credit: American Islamic Congress
The American Islamic Congress (AIC) describes itself as a ' nonprofit, non-religious, civil society development organization serving Muslims and Non-Muslims by promoting civil and human rights through advocacy, engagement and education.'[1]
Funding
Max Blumenthal has charged that 'the AIC is funded largely by a pool of right-wing donors responsible for bankrolling key players in America’s Islamophobia industry'.[2]
Conservative donors such as the Klarman Family Foundation and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation are significant funders, the latter donating USD $325,000 [3] to the AIC between 2005 and 2011.
| Grants received by the American Islamic Congress in $ USD [4] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisation | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Total 2009-2015 | ||
| Klarman Family Foundation | - | 50,000- | 50,000- | 40,000 | 40,000 | - | - | 180,000 | ||
| Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation | - | 40,000 | 35,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 20,000 | 170,000 | ||
| TOT | ||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ AIC’s Mission and Principles, American Islamic Congress, accessed 2 April 2014.
- ↑ Max Blumenthal, Weddady’s Free Arabs, American Islamic Congress and the pro-Israel funders who helped them rise, Electronic Intifada, 7 May 2013.
- ↑ Center for American Progress’s 2011 report Fear Inc
- ↑ Data compiled from yearly 990 forms
