According to a U.S. Chamber of Commerce report, "The Emerging Role of Worker Centers in Union Organizing", worker advocacy groups have received $57 million in support from 2009 to 2012. To acknowledge their good works, I list the contributing foundations mentioned on pages 16 to 20 of the report.
- Ben & Jerry Foundation
- Marguerite Casey Foundation
- Discount Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- General Service Foundation
- Hill-Snowden Foundation
- Kellogg Foundation
- Kresge Foundation
- Mertz-Gilmore Foundation
- Moriah Fund
- Nathan Cummings Foundation (Sara Lee Corporation)
- Needmor Fund
- New York Foundation
- Norman Foundation
- North Star Fund
- Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
- Open Society Institute
- Public Welfare Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Surdna Foundation
- Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program Grants
New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse spent some time with the shameless Mr. Berman (a.k.a. "Dr. Evil"), a prominent Washington lobbyist. The following slide provides a quote from the article cited at the top of this post.
Big business gave $185 million to political groups in 2012. (CBS News, 1/16/2014)
It's called deflecting attention. Some of the biggest corporations in the U.S. poured at least $185 million into political nonprofit groups in 2012, according to a new analysis from the Center for Public Integrity. (Dark Money Inc.)
And here's the U.S. Chamber's recent contribution to our federal elections.
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