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The [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]] was founded in 1988 as the [[Center for the Study of Popular Culture]] (CSPC). The Center adopted its current name in 2006.<ref>[http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/about/ About the Center], David Horowitz Freedom Center, accessed 21 September 2010.</ref>  
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[[File:David Horowitz Freedom Center logo-30.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Logo circa 2015]] The [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]] was founded in 1988 as the [[Center for the Study of Popular Culture]] (CSPC). The Center adopted its current name in 2006.<ref>[http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/about/ About the Center], David Horowitz Freedom Center, accessed 21 September 2010.</ref>  
  
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[[David Horowitz]] is its chief executive.
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[[David Horowitz]] is its chief executive and [[Robert Spencer]] of [[Jihad Watch]] is listed as a member of staff.
  
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==Funders==
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==Support to anti-Islam politicians in Europe==
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===Geert Wilders===
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In 2012 it emerged that both [[David Horowitz]] (and [[Daniel Pipes]] via the [[Middle East Forum]]'s [[Legal Project]]) had both given money to Dutch anti-Islam politician [[Geert Wilders]].<ref name="ReutersWilders">Anthony Deutsch and Mark Hosenball, [http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/10/us-dutch-wilders-us-idUSBRE8890A720120910 Exclusive: U.S. groups helped fund Dutch anti-Islam politician Wilders], Reuters, 10 September 2012</ref> While declining to specify amounts, according to Reuters, Horowitz said he had paid Wilders "a good fee" for making two speeches, one in Los Angeles and one at Temple University in Philadelphia. He also paid "a special security fee of about $1,500 to the Philadelphia police department" for security costs during student protests generated by the event and for overnight accommodation for four or five Dutch government bodyguards accompanying Wilders on a 2009 US trip.<ref name="ReutersWilders"/>
  
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Top funders include the [[Bradley Foundation]] ($6 million), [[Sarah Scaife Foundation]] ($5.5 million), and [[Olin Foundation]] ($2 million) which all gave significant sums to the Center's predecessor CSPC.<ref> *[http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?recipientID=63 Media Transparency] listed [http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/David_Horowitz_Freedom_Center/funders ] </ref>
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During Wilders' visit to Los Angeles, the David Horowitz Freedom Center organized an event at which Danish cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammed were auctioned but Horowitz claimed he did not remember how much money this event raised or what happened to the proceeds. Reuters reported that while former officials from Wilders' [[Freedom Party]] (known as PVV) - which is not publically funded and therefore is able to operate less transparently than other Dutch parties - have said it relies almost entirely on foreign donations, both Horowitz and Pipes deny funding political activities in the Netherlands. The non-profit, tax exempt organisations they run are, under U.S. tax laws, forbidden from giving direct financial backing to any political candidate or party but may sponsor policy debates.<ref name="ReutersWilders"/>
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In September 2015 however a Dutch interior ministry disclosure revealed that Wilders’ PVV party had received €18,110 ($20,000) from the centre on 28 March 2014. This was the result of a new law requiring parties to publish grants above 4500 euros. <ref> PVV disclosure to the Dutch interior minister dated 28 May 2015 </ref>The PVV had previously resisted such disclosure.
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==Funding==
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Top donors calculated by IRS filings up to 2013 included:
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*The [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]] (98 grants) - $8,213,000
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*[[Sarah Scaife Foundation]] (24 grants) - $6,000,000
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*[[John M. Olin Foundation]] (17 grants) - $2,285,000
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*[[Allegheny Foundation]]      (12 grants) $1,500,000
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*[[Scaife Family Foundation]] (12 grants) - $1,225,000
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*[[Fairbrook Foundation]] (55 grants) - $789,500
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*The [[Carthage Foundation]] (5 grants) - $625,000
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*The [[Randolph Foundation]] (7 grants) - $497,500
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*[[Castle Rock Foundation]] (8 grants) - $385,000
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*[[Jaquelin Hume Foundation]] 2 grants - $150,000
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*[[Claws Foundation]] (1 grant) - $150,000
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*[[Hickory Foundation]] (15 grants) - $148,000
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*The [[Vernon K. Krieble Foundation]] (5 grants) - $125,000
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*[[Donors Capital Fund]] (5 grants) - $116,000
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*[[Deramus Foundation]] (2 grants) - $70,000
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<ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/top/?recipient=933&yr=&yr1=&yr2=&submit= Top Supporters of David Horowitz Freedom Center], accessed 10 June 2015 </ref>
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===2015===
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*[[Edgerly Foundation]] gave $2,100 <ref> Edgerly Foundation, Form 990, 2015. </ref>
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*[[Hickory Foundation]]
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===2014===
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*[[Bochnowski Family Foundation]] gave $15,000 <ref name="Horowitz"/>
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*[[Donors Trust]]: gave $151,000
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*[[National Christian Charitable Foundation]] gave $5,550 <ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/top/adv/?recipient%5B%5D=29139&yr=2014&yr1=&yr2=&submit= David Horowitz Freedom Center Top Contributors 2014], ''Conservative Transparency'', Accessed 20 October 2016. </ref>
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*[[Middle East Forum]] gave $10,000 <ref> Middle East Forum, 990 Form, 2014. </ref>
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*[[Milstein Family Foundation]] gave $5,000 <ref> Milstein Family Foundation, Form 990, 2014 </ref>
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*The [[Snider Foundation]] gave $100,000 <ref> Snider Foundation, Form 990, 2014. </ref>
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*[[MZ Foundation]] gave $140,100 <ref> MZ Foundation, 990 Form, 2014. </ref>
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*The [[Abstraction Fund]] gave $55,000. <ref>[http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=Abstraction+Fund&st=&zp=&ei=&fy=&action=Find Form 990 2014], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 30 September 2016</ref>
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*[[Claws Foundation]]:  $100,000 <ref> [https://fdo.foundationcenter.org/grantmaker-profile?collection=grantmakers&key=CLAW004 Form 990 Year ending December 2014], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 18 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Deramus Foundation]]: gave $50,000. <ref>[http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=Deramus+Foundation&st=&zp=&ei=&fy=&action=Find Form 990 2014], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 25 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Edgerly Foundation]] gave $1,000 <ref> Edgerly Foundation, Form 990, 2014. </ref>
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*[[Hickory Foundation]]: gave $25,000 <ref> Hickory Foundation, 990 Form, 2014 </ref>
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*[[Jewish Communal Fund]] gave $12,400 <ref> Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2014. accessed 26 October 2016.</ref>
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*[[Joyce and Donald Rumsfeld Foundation]] gave $1,000<ref>[http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=Joyce+and+Donald+Rumsfeld+Foundation&st=&zp=&ei=&fy=&action=Find Form 990 2014], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 18 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]] gave $350,000 <ref> Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Form 990, 2014. </ref>
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*[[Sarah Scaife Foundation]] gave $200,000 <ref>[http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=Scaife+Foundation&st=&zp=&ei=&fy=&action=Find Form 990 2014], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 19 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Allegheny Foundation]] gave $100,000 <ref> Allegheny Foundation, 990 Form, 2013 </ref>
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===2013===
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* [[Allegheny Foundation]] gave $100,000 <ref> Allegheny Foundation, 990 Form, 2013 </ref>
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*[[Bochnowski Family Foundation]] gave $10,000 <ref name="Horowitz"/>
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*[[Sarah Scaife Foundation]] gave $300,000 <ref>[http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=Scaife+Foundation&st=&zp=&ei=&fy=&action=Find Form 990 2013], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 19 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Randolph Foundation]]: gave $10,000 <ref>[https://fdo.foundationcenter.org/grantmaker-profile?collection=grantmakers&key=RAND324&state=%22New%20York%22&from_search=1&page=10 Form 990 2013], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 20 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Claws Foundation]] gave $150,000 <ref name="Horowitz"/>
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*[[Milstein Family Foundation]] gave $5,000 <ref> Milstein Family Foundation, Form 990, 2013 </ref>
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*The [[Snider Foundation]] gave $100,000 <ref> Snider Foundation, Form 990, 2013. </ref>
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*[[Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund]] gave $186,000 <ref> Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund, Form 990, 2013. </ref>
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*[[Donors Trust]] gave $61,000 <ref>[http://conservativetransparency.org/basic-search/?q=Donors+Trust&sf%5B%5D=donor&sf%5B%5D=finances Donors Trust donations], ''Conservative Transparency'', accessed 21 October 2015</ref>
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*[[MZ Foundation]] gave $101,000 <ref> MZ Foundation, 990 Form, 2013.</ref>
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*[[Edgerly Foundation]] gave $1,000 <ref> Edgerly Foundation, Form 990, 2013. </ref>
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*[[Emerson Family Foundation]] gave $35,000 <ref> Emerson Family Foundation, Form 990, 2013. </ref>
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*[[Hochberg Family Foundation]]: gave $1,500 <ref>[http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=Hochberg+Family+Foundation+&st=&zp=&ei=&fy=&action=Find Form 990 2014], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 22 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Jewish Communal Fund]] gave $15,200 <ref> Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2013. accessed 26 October 2016.</ref>
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*[[Joyce and Donald Rumsfeld Foundation]] gave $1,000<ref>[http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=Joyce+and+Donald+Rumsfeld+Foundation&st=&zp=&ei=&fy=&action=Find Form 990 2013], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 18 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]] gave $225,000 <ref> [Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Form 990, 2013. </ref>
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*[[Donors Capital Fund]] gave $300,000. <ref> Donors Capital Fund, 990 Form, 2013. </ref>
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The centre has also received funds from the [[Middle East Forum]].
  
 
===2012===
 
===2012===
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* [[Bochnowski Family Foundation]] gave a grant of USD $10,000 in 2012<ref name="database"> [http://conservativetransparency.org/recipient/david-horowitz-freedom-center/ David Horowitz Freedom Center], Conservative Transparency database, accessed 2 March 2015 </ref>
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* [[Allegheny Foundation]] gave grant of USD $150,000 - 2012<ref name="database"> [http://conservativetransparency.org/recipient/david-horowitz-freedom-center/ David Horowitz Freedom Center], Conservative Transparency database, accessed 2 March 2015 </ref>
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* [[Bochnowski Family Foundation]] gave a grant of USD $10,000 in 2012<ref name="database"/>  
 
* [[Claws Foundation]] gave USD $150,000 - 2012 <ref name="database"/>  
 
* [[Claws Foundation]] gave USD $150,000 - 2012 <ref name="database"/>  
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* [[Allegheny Foundation]] gave USD $150,000 - 2012<ref name="database"/>  
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*[[Donors Capital Fund]] gave $100,000 in 2012 <ref name="Horowitz"> [http://conservativetransparency.org/recipient/david-horowitz-freedom-center/ David Horowitz Freedom Center], Conservative Transparency Database, accessed 10 June 2015 </ref>
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* [[Sarah Scaife Foundation]] gave USD $225,000 - 2012<ref name="database"/>  
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* [[Joyce and Donald Rumsfeld Foundation]] - gave $1,000<ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/joyce-and-donald-rumsfeld-foundation/ David Horowitz Freedom Center], Conservative Transparency database, accessed 3 March 2015 </ref>
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* [[Joyce and Donald Rumsfeld Foundation]] - gave $1000 in 2012 and $1000 in 2011<ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/joyce-and-donald-rumsfeld-foundation/ David Horowitz Freedom Center], Conservative Transparency database, accessed 3 March 2015 </ref>
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* [[Sarah Scaife Foundation]] gave $225,000 <ref name="database"/>
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*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]] The Center in 2012 was one of this conservative foundation's top 25 beneficiaries to which it gave US $265,000. <ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/top/?donor=1937&yr=2012&yr1=&yr2= Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation], Conservative Transparency database, search date 4 May 2015 </ref>
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*[[Milstein Family Foundation]] gave $5,000 <ref> Milstein Family Foundation, Form 990, 2012 </ref>
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*The [[Snider Foundation]] gave $100,000 <ref> Snider Foundation, Form 990, 2012. </ref>
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*[[Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund]] gave $111,500 <ref> Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund, Form 990, 2013. </ref>
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*[[National Christian Charitable Foundation]] gave $13,000 <ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/top/adv/2/?donor%5B0%5D=32073&donor%5B1%5D=7381&yr=2012&yr1&yr2&submit Top recipients 2012], ''Conservative Transparency'', accessed 20 october 2016. </ref>
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*[[MZ Foundation]] gave $125,000 <ref> MZ Foundation, 990 Form, 2012.</ref>
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*[[Abstraction Fund]] gave $22,750 <ref>[http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=Abstraction+Fund&st=&zp=&ei=&fy=&action=Find Form 990 2012], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 30 September 2016</ref>
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*[[Edgerly Foundation]] gave $1,000 <ref> Edgerly Foundation, Form 990, 2012. </ref>
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*[[Emerson Family Foundation]] gave $5,000 <ref> Emerson Family Foundation, Form 990, 2012. </ref>
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*[[Hickory Foundation]]: gave $12,000 <ref> Hickory Foundation, 990 Form, 2012 </ref>
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*[[Hochberg Family Foundation]] gave $1,500 <ref> IRS Form 990PF for calendar year 2013 </ref>
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*[[Jewish Communal Fund]] gave $10,250 <ref> Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2014. accessed 26 October 2016.</ref>
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*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]] gave $265,000 <ref> [Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Form 990, 2012. </ref>
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===2011===
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*The [[Snider Foundation]] gave $100,000 <ref> Snider Foundation, Form 990, 2011. </ref>
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*[[Edgerly Foundation]] gave $1,000 <ref> Edgerly Foundation, Form 990, 2011. </ref>
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*[[Hickory Foundation]]: gave $12,000 <ref> Hickory Foundation, 990 Form, 2011 </ref>
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*[[Joyce and Donald Rumsfeld Foundation]] gave $1,000<ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/joyce-and-donald-rumsfeld-foundation/ David Horowitz Freedom Center], Conservative Transparency database, accessed 3 March 2015 </ref>
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*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]] gave $280,000 <ref> Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Form 990, 2011. </ref>
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*[[Sarah Scaife Foundation]] gave $275,000 <ref> Sarah Scaife Foundation , 990 Form, 2011 </ref>
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*[[Abstraction Fund]] gave $10,000 <ref>[http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=Abstraction+Fund&st=&zp=&ei=&fy=&action=Find Form 990 2011], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 30 September 2016</ref>
  
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==Funding counterjihad activists==
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===2010===
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The ''Politico'' website reported in September 2010 that the Center was responsible for funding [[Robert Spencer]]'s [[Jihad Watch]] website:
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*The [[Fairbrook Foundation]] gave $171,000. <ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/org/fairbrook-foundation/?yr=2010&og_tot=528&order_by=contribution+ASC Fairbrook Foundation; 2010 transactions], ''Conservative Transparency'', accessed 18 October 2016. </ref>
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*The [[Newton and Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust]] gave $1,000 <ref name=donations> [http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/newton-and-rochelle-becker-charitable-trust/ Newton and Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust Donations], ''Conservative Transparency'', accessed 20 October 2016. </ref>
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*[[Hickory Foundation]]: gave $12,000 <ref> Hickory Foundation, 990 Form, 2010 </ref>
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===2009===
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*The [[Fairbrook Foundation]] gave $171,750. <ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/org/fairbrook-foundation/?yr=2010&og_tot=528&order_by=contribution+ASC Fairbrook Foundation; 2009 transactions], ''Conservative Transparency'', accessed 18 October 2016. </ref>
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*The [[Newton and Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust]] gave $11,000 <ref name=donations> [http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/newton-and-rochelle-becker-charitable-trust/ Newton and Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust Donations], ''Conservative Transparency'', accessed 20 October 2016. </ref>
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*The [[Arthur N. Rupe Foundation]] gave $5,000 <ref>  Arthur N. Rupe Foundation, Form 990, 2009. </ref>
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*[[Hickory Foundation]]: gave $12,000 <ref> Hickory Foundation, 990 Form, 2009 </ref>
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===2008===
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*The [[Fairbrook Foundation]] gave $14,250 <ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/org/fairbrook-foundation/?yr=2010&og_tot=528&order_by=contribution+ASC Fairbrook Foundation; 2008 transactions], ''Conservative Transparency'', accessed 18 October 2016. </ref>
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===2007===
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*The [[Newton and Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust]] gave $1,000 <ref name=donations> [http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/newton-and-rochelle-becker-charitable-trust/ Newton and Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust Donations], ''Conservative Transparency'', accessed 20 October 2016. </ref>
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===Funding counterjihad activists===
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====2010-2013====
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''Politico'' reported in September 2010 that the Center was funding [[Robert Spencer]]'s [[Jihad Watch]] website:
 
::Though it was not listed on the public tax reports filed by Horowitz’s Freedom Center, POLITICO has confirmed that the lion’s share of the $920,000 it provided over the past three years to Jihad Watch came from [Joyce] [[Joyce Chernick|Chernick]], whose husband, [[Aubrey Chernick]], has a net worth of $750 million, as a result of his 2004 sale to IBM of a software company he created, and a security consulting firm he now owns.<ref>Kenneth P. Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, [http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=D979BED4-18FE-70B2-A8314DD53412ADF8 Latest mosque issue: The money trail], Politico, 4 September 2010.</ref>
 
::Though it was not listed on the public tax reports filed by Horowitz’s Freedom Center, POLITICO has confirmed that the lion’s share of the $920,000 it provided over the past three years to Jihad Watch came from [Joyce] [[Joyce Chernick|Chernick]], whose husband, [[Aubrey Chernick]], has a net worth of $750 million, as a result of his 2004 sale to IBM of a software company he created, and a security consulting firm he now owns.<ref>Kenneth P. Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, [http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=D979BED4-18FE-70B2-A8314DD53412ADF8 Latest mosque issue: The money trail], Politico, 4 September 2010.</ref>
  
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The Conservative Transparency database shows that the Horowitz Freedom Center made three donations between 2010 and 2012 to Jihad Watch:
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The US Conservative Transparency database shows that the Horowitz Freedom Center made three donations between 2010 and 2012 to counterjihad writer and activist [[Robert Spencer]]'s ''Jihad Watch'':
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-$45,500 in 2012
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:-$45,500 in 2012
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-$95,000 in 2011
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:-$95,000 in 2011
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-$30,000 in 2010
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:-$30,000 in 2010 <ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/david-horowitz-freedom-center/ David Horowitz Freedom Center], Grants, Conservative Transparency database, accessed 3 March 2015 </ref>
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<ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/david-horowitz-freedom-center/ David Horowitz Freedom Center], Grants, Conservative Transparency database, accessed 3 March 2015 </ref>
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====2013====
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Overseas, the DHFC gave $581,058 to the Middle East and North Africa region; the purpose cited was 'Education on Middle Eastern conflicts and coverage of events in the region'. <ref> David Horowitz Freedom Center , 990 Form, 2013. </ref>
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====2014====
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In 2014 the DHFC granted US $10,000 to [[Freedom X]], an organisation that claims to 'protect conservative values and religious freedom of expression', explicitly declaring to be fight against 'islamic indoctrination' .<ref> [http://freedomxlaw.com Freedom X], website accessed November 2015, and 13 October 2016 </ref>
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Overseas, the DHFC gave $249,125 to the Middle East and North Africa region; the purpose cited was 'Education on Middle Eastern conflicts and coverage of events in the region'.
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==Staff==
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*Founder / CEO - [[David Horowitz]]
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* President / COO - [[Michael Finch]]
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*VP of Publications - [[Peter Collier]]
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*Director of [[Jihad Watch]] - [[Robert Spencer]]
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*Managing Editor [[FrontPage Magazine]] - [[Jamie Glazov]]
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*Associate Editor [[FrontPage Magazine]] - [[Nichole Hungerford]]
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*Editor, [[The Point]] _ [[Daniel Greenfield]]
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*Managing Editor [[DiscoverTheNetworks]] - [[John Perazzo]]
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*Editor-in-Chief, [[TruthRevolt]] - [[Ben Shapiro]], Shillman Senior Fellow. 'TruthRevolt is our newest program... Its goal is to unmask leftists in the media for who they are, destroy their credibility with the American Public, and devastate their funding bases.'
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*Director, Israel Security Project - [[Caroline Glick]]
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*Director of Development - [[Jay Ornellas]]
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*National Campus Director - [[Sara Dogan]]
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*Director of Marketing and Campus Campaigns - [[Jeff Wienir]]
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*Office Manager - [[Sharon Schuster]]
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*Executive Assistant - [[Elizabeth Ruiz]]
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*Website/IT Manager - [[Daniel Ashton]]
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*Development Associate - [[Stephanie Knudson]]
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==Board==
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*[[Robert Shillman]] - funder of the Shilliman journalism fellowships
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==Affiliations==
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*The [[Individual Rights Center]]/ Foundation is the legal arm of the David Horowitz Freedom Center.<ref>Kiersten Marek, [http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2015/2/9/meet-the-funders-gunning-to-kill-obamacare.html Meet the Funders Gunning to Kill Obamacare], Inside Philanthropy, 9 February 2015, accessed 27 April 2015 </ref>
  
 
==Articles==
 
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==External resources==
 
==External resources==
 
*Sourcewatch [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Horowitz_Freedom_Center David Horowitz Freedom Center]
 
*Sourcewatch [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Horowitz_Freedom_Center David Horowitz Freedom Center]
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==Notes==
 
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[[Category:United States]]
 
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[[Category:Counterjihad Funders]]

Latest revision as of 04:47, 17 March 2017

Logo circa 2015

The David Horowitz Freedom Center was founded in 1988 as the Center for the Study of Popular Culture (CSPC). The Center adopted its current name in 2006.[1]

David Horowitz is its chief executive and Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch is listed as a member of staff.

Support to anti-Islam politicians in Europe

Geert Wilders

In 2012 it emerged that both David Horowitz (and Daniel Pipes via the Middle East Forum's Legal Project) had both given money to Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders.[2] While declining to specify amounts, according to Reuters, Horowitz said he had paid Wilders "a good fee" for making two speeches, one in Los Angeles and one at Temple University in Philadelphia. He also paid "a special security fee of about $1,500 to the Philadelphia police department" for security costs during student protests generated by the event and for overnight accommodation for four or five Dutch government bodyguards accompanying Wilders on a 2009 US trip.[2]

During Wilders' visit to Los Angeles, the David Horowitz Freedom Center organized an event at which Danish cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammed were auctioned but Horowitz claimed he did not remember how much money this event raised or what happened to the proceeds. Reuters reported that while former officials from Wilders' Freedom Party (known as PVV) - which is not publically funded and therefore is able to operate less transparently than other Dutch parties - have said it relies almost entirely on foreign donations, both Horowitz and Pipes deny funding political activities in the Netherlands. The non-profit, tax exempt organisations they run are, under U.S. tax laws, forbidden from giving direct financial backing to any political candidate or party but may sponsor policy debates.[2]

In September 2015 however a Dutch interior ministry disclosure revealed that Wilders’ PVV party had received €18,110 ($20,000) from the centre on 28 March 2014. This was the result of a new law requiring parties to publish grants above 4500 euros. [3]The PVV had previously resisted such disclosure.

Funding

Top donors calculated by IRS filings up to 2013 included:

[4]

2015

2014

2013

The centre has also received funds from the Middle East Forum.

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Funding counterjihad activists

2010-2013

Politico reported in September 2010 that the Center was funding Robert Spencer's Jihad Watch website:

Though it was not listed on the public tax reports filed by Horowitz’s Freedom Center, POLITICO has confirmed that the lion’s share of the $920,000 it provided over the past three years to Jihad Watch came from [Joyce] Chernick, whose husband, Aubrey Chernick, has a net worth of $750 million, as a result of his 2004 sale to IBM of a software company he created, and a security consulting firm he now owns.[66]

The US Conservative Transparency database shows that the Horowitz Freedom Center made three donations between 2010 and 2012 to counterjihad writer and activist Robert Spencer's Jihad Watch:

-$45,500 in 2012
-$95,000 in 2011
-$30,000 in 2010 [67]

2013

Overseas, the DHFC gave $581,058 to the Middle East and North Africa region; the purpose cited was 'Education on Middle Eastern conflicts and coverage of events in the region'. [68]

2014

In 2014 the DHFC granted US $10,000 to Freedom X, an organisation that claims to 'protect conservative values and religious freedom of expression', explicitly declaring to be fight against 'islamic indoctrination' .[69]

Overseas, the DHFC gave $249,125 to the Middle East and North Africa region; the purpose cited was 'Education on Middle Eastern conflicts and coverage of events in the region'.

Staff

Board

Affiliations

Articles

Center announcements

Contact information

David Horowitz Freedom Center
P.O. Box 361269
Los Angeles, CA 90036-9828
Phone: (818) 849-3470
E-mail: info AT horowitzfreedomcenter.org
Web: http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org

External resources

Notes

  1. ↑ About the Center, David Horowitz Freedom Center, accessed 21 September 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Anthony Deutsch and Mark Hosenball, Exclusive: U.S. groups helped fund Dutch anti-Islam politician Wilders, Reuters, 10 September 2012
  3. ↑ PVV disclosure to the Dutch interior minister dated 28 May 2015
  4. ↑ Top Supporters of David Horowitz Freedom Center, accessed 10 June 2015
  5. ↑ Edgerly Foundation, Form 990, 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 David Horowitz Freedom Center, Conservative Transparency Database, accessed 10 June 2015
  7. ↑ David Horowitz Freedom Center Top Contributors 2014, Conservative Transparency, Accessed 20 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Middle East Forum, 990 Form, 2014.
  9. ↑ Milstein Family Foundation, Form 990, 2014
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