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   From: kingkongg@iglou.com   
      
   "Bob Cross"  wrote in message   
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   > The Heritage Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organisation. In its   
   > annual report it states that "we rely on the financial contributions   
   > of the gemeral public: individuals, foundations and corporations. We   
   > accept no government funds and perform no contract work."   
   >   
   > 2006 Budget   
   >   
   > In calendar year 2006 the Heritage Foundation spent over $40.5   
   > million on its operations. That year the foundation raised over $25   
   > million from individual contributors and $13.1 million from   
   > foundations.   
   >   
   > While corporations provided only $1.5 million - 4% of Heritage's   
   > contributions in 2006 - they none the less have significant interest   
   > in the foundations policy output. There's defence contractors Boeing   
   > and Lockheed Martin, finance and insurance companies such as Allstate   
   > Insurance, Mortgage Insurance Companies of America, and American   
   > International Group (AIG), auto company Honda, tobacco company Altria   
   > Group (Philip Morris), drug and medical companies Johnson & Johnson,   
   > GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, oil   
   > companies ChevronTexaco and Exxon Mobil, software giant Microsoft, and   
   > chipping in over $100,000 each, Alticor (Amway), Pfizer, PhRMA, and   
   > United Parcel Service (UPS). [2]   
   >   
   > Historical funding   
   >   
   > Between 1985 and 2003, Media Transparency reports that the following   
   > funders provided $57,497,537 (unadjusted for inflation) to the   
   > Heritage Foundation [4]:   
   >   
   >    * Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation   
   >    * Scaife Foundations: Sarah Mellon Scaife, Scaife Family, Carthage   
   >    * John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.   
   >    * Castle Rock Foundation   
   >    * JM Foundation   
   >    * Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation   
   >    * Philip M. McKenna Foundation, Inc.   
   >    * Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation   
   >    * Roe Foundation   
   >    * Rodney Fund   
   >    * Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation   
   >    * Orville D. and Ruth A. Merillat Foundation   
   >    * Bill and Berniece Grewcock Foundation   
   >    * Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation   
   >    * William H. Donner Foundation   
   >    * Walton Family Foundation   
   >    * Armstrong Foundation   
   >    * John Templeton Foundation   
   >    * William E. Simon Foundation   
   >   
   > Right Web says of the Heritage Foundation:   
   >   
   >    "The foundation received $2. 2 million from the Federation of   
   > Korean Industries in the early 1980s. Initially it was believed this   
   > donation came from the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (which   
   > would make the Heritage Foundation a foreign agent of Korea), but the   
   > Federation later stated that the donation came at the encouragement   
   > of the KCIA."   
   >   
   >    "The Heritage Foundation's income has increased every year since   
   > 1981. The progression has been: 1981--$7. 1 million; 1982-$8. 6   
   > million; 1983-- $10. 6 million; 1984--$10. 7 million; 1985-$11. 6   
   > million; 1986--$14. 0 million; 1987--$14. 3 million; and 1988--$14. 6   
   > million. In 1988, foundations provided 38 percent of Heritage's   
   > income, individuals provided 34 percent, and corporations gave 17   
   > percent; the remainder came from investments and sales of   
   > materials."[5]   
      
   Is there a point in all this?   
      
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