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[[Image:American_Islamic_Congress.png‎||250px|thumb|right|American Islamic Congress logo, circa 2015 Credit: [http://www.aicongress.org/ 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.'<ref>[http://www.aicongress.org/aics-mission-and-principles/ AIC’s Mission and Principles], American Islamic Congress, accessed 2 April 2014.</ref>
 
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.'<ref>[http://www.aicongress.org/aics-mission-and-principles/ AIC’s Mission and Principles], American Islamic Congress, accessed 2 April 2014.</ref>
  
 
==Funding==
 
==Funding==
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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>
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Writer 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>
  
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The [[Klarman Family Foundation]] is a significant funder.
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Conservative donors such as the [[Klarman Family Foundation]] and the [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation‎‎]] have given large sums, the latter donating USD $325,000 <ref> Center for American Progress’s 2011 report Fear Inc </ref>  to the AIC between 2005-2011, and another $100,000 between 2012-2015. <ref> IRS Form 990s reviewed by Spinwatch </ref>
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The Klarman Family Foundation has funded American Islamic and Palestinian organisations, with the aim, Max Blumenthal argues, of driving "a wedge through mainstream Muslim-American organising".<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>
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AIC 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'.
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==Key grants==
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" align="center" width="75%">
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<tr><th colspan="11" bgcolor="goldenrod" align="center">Grants received by the '''American Islamic Congress''' in $ USD <ref> Data compiled from yearly 990 forms </ref></th></tr>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Organisation</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2009</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2010</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2011</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2012</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2013</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2014</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">2015</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod">Total 2009-2015</th>
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<td align="center">[[Klarman Family Foundation]]</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">50,000-</td>
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<td align="center">50,000-</td>
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<td align="center">40,000</td>
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<td align="center">40,000</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">180,000</td>
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<td align="center">[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation‎‎]]</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">40,000</td>
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<td align="center">35,000</td>
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<td align="center">25,000</td>
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<td align="center">25,000</td>
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<td align="center">25,000</td>
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<td align="center">20,000</td>
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<td align="center">170,000</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">TOT</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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Latest revision as of 01:21, 17 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

Writer 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 have given large sums, the latter donating USD $325,000 [3] to the AIC between 2005-2011, and another $100,000 between 2012-2015. [4]

The Klarman Family Foundation has funded American Islamic and Palestinian organisations, with the aim, Max Blumenthal argues, of driving "a wedge through mainstream Muslim-American organising".[5]

AIC 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'.

Key grants

Grants received by the American Islamic Congress in $ USD [6]
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

  1. ↑ AIC’s Mission and Principles, American Islamic Congress, accessed 2 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Max Blumenthal, Weddady’s Free Arabs, American Islamic Congress and the pro-Israel funders who helped them rise, Electronic Intifada, 7 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Center for American Progress’s 2011 report Fear Inc
  4. ↑ IRS Form 990s reviewed by Spinwatch
  5. ↑ Max Blumenthal, "American Task Force on Palestine finds funding from anti-Palestinian billionaire and a repressive monarchy," Mondoweiss, 27 Nov 2013
  6. ↑ Data compiled from yearly 990 forms
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