New World Foundation
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The New World Foundation is a liberal foundation,[1] based in New York.[2] It dispenses funds to liberal interest groups. It was founded in 1954 by Anita McCormick Blaine, an heiress to industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick and a supporter of Henry Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign. Its initial funding of about $20 million[3] was notioned for progress towards education, ethics, peace, and public health.[3] In 2006 its assets were $23,259,213; its received totaled $5,863,284 that year; and the grants it awarded amounted to $4,426,996.[4]
In its mission statement, the New World Foundation states:
We see the strengths of progressive ideals and committed activists, who every day are inventing democracy and extending its boundaries. But we also know the strength of reaction, inaction, and injustice in blocking democracy’s advance. Our work and our tradition is to tip the balance ... [2]
The Capital Research Center rated the organization as being on the far left of the political spectrum.[4]
During the early 1960s, the New World Foundation's goal was to aid education and promote better intergroup and international relations.[5] During the early 1970s, the Foundation supported various civil rights and community projects.[6] During the 1970s, Peter Edelman, the husband of Children's Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman, was chair of the board of directors of the foundation.[7] Hillary Rodham Clinton, whom Marian Wright Edelman had mentored, was on the board from 1982 to 1988, and was its chair for some of that time, including 1987.[8] During that time, the Foundation gave money to a variety of organizations active in civil rights and other New Left causes,[9] including the Christic Institute, Grassroots International, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), FAIR, and the National Lawyers Guild.[4][10][11][8] By the early 1990s, the foundation was giving money to a Silicon Valley group fighting consequences of computer industry toxins,[12] all the while undergoing criticism for being invested in the likes of Louisiana Pacific, Nike, and Philip Morris.[12]
Recent amardees of the Foundations funds include: the Peace Action Network, the Tides Foundation, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Greenpeace, the Independent Media Institute and the National Organization of Women Legal Defense and Education Fund.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Gerth, Jeff; Van Natta, Jr., Don (2007). Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-01742-6. p. 82.
- ^ a b Who We Are. New World Foundation. Retrieved on 2009-05-09.
- ^ a b "New Republic Windfall", Time, 1954-03-01. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
- ^ a b c d "New World Foundation," article within "Discover the Networks" http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/funderprofile.asp?fndid=5190&category=79
- ^ "Foundation Elects 2 to Board" (Fee required), The New York Times, 1962-06-13. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
- ^ "Brenda Hughes Moore, 56, Wife Of Bishop and Rights Advocate", The New York Times, 1999-07-14. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
- ^ http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1786
- ^ a b "Limbaugh Responds to FAIR", FAIR, 1994-06-28. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
- ^ Troy, Gil (2006). Hillary Rodham Clinton: Polarizing First Lady. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0-7006-1488-5. p. 29.
- ^ Michael Fumento, "Investors Business Daily" October 14, 1992 http://fumento.com/hillary.html
- ^ AIM (Accuracy in Media) Report, 2003 Report #15 http://www.aim.org/publications/aim_report/2003/15.html
- ^ a b Joan Roelofs (2003). Foundations and public policy: the mask of pluralism. SUNY Press. ISBN 0791456420. p. 145.
