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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> | 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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* [[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> | * [[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> | ||
* [[Claws Foundation]] gave USD $150,000 - 2012 <ref name="database"/> | * [[Claws Foundation]] gave USD $150,000 - 2012 <ref name="database"/> | ||
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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> | * [[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> | ||
| − | ==Funding counterjihad activists== | + | ===Funding counterjihad activists=== |
| − | The ''Politico'' website reported in September 2010 that the Center was | + | The ''Politico'' website 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> | ||
Revision as of 09:54, 3 March 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.
Contents
Funding
Grants received
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.[2]
2012
- Bochnowski Family Foundation gave a grant of USD $10,000 in 2012[3]
- Claws Foundation gave USD $150,000 - 2012 [3]
- Allegheny Foundation gave USD $150,000 - 2012[3]
- Sarah Scaife Foundation gave USD $225,000 - 2012[3]
- Joyce and Donald Rumsfeld Foundation - gave $1000 in 2012 and $1000 in 2011[4]
Funding counterjihad activists
The Politico website 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.[5]
The Conservative Transparency database shows that the Horowitz Freedom Center made three donations between 2010 and 2012 to Jihad Watch: -$45,500 in 2012 -$95,000 in 2011 -$30,000 in 2010 [6]
Articles
Center announcements
- "A New Birth of Freedom", FrontPage Magazine.com, July 7, 2006.
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
- Sourcewatch David Horowitz Freedom Center
Notes
- ↑ About the Center, David Horowitz Freedom Center, accessed 21 September 2010.
- ↑ *Media Transparency listed [1]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 David Horowitz Freedom Center, Conservative Transparency database, accessed 2 March 2015
- ↑ David Horowitz Freedom Center, Conservative Transparency database, accessed 3 March 2015
- ↑ Kenneth P. Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, Latest mosque issue: The money trail, Politico, 4 September 2010.
- ↑ David Horowitz Freedom Center, Grants, Conservative Transparency database, accessed 3 March 2015
