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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> | + | 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> |
| − | + | 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> | |
| + | 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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<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> | <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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<td align="center">[[Klarman Family Foundation]]</td> | <td align="center">[[Klarman Family Foundation]]</td> | ||
<td align="center">-</td> | <td align="center">-</td> | ||
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<td align="center">50,000-</td> | <td align="center">50,000-</td> | ||
| − | <td align="center">-40,000</td> | + | <td align="center">50,000-</td> |
| − | <td align="center"> | + | <td align="center">40,000</td> |
| + | <td align="center">40,000</td> | ||
<td align="center">-</td> | <td align="center">-</td> | ||
<td align="center">-</td> | <td align="center">-</td> | ||
| − | <td align="center"> | + | <td align="center">180,000</td> |
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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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ IRS Form 990s reviewed by Spinwatch
- ↑ Max Blumenthal, "American Task Force on Palestine finds funding from anti-Palestinian billionaire and a repressive monarchy," Mondoweiss, 27 Nov 2013
- ↑ Data compiled from yearly 990 forms
