Government Funding of the Left
AARP

Since they are a 501(c)(4), they are not allowed to receive federal funds (which is why the AARP
Foundation - which is a 501(c)(3) and is allowed to receive federal funds), was set up.
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In 2009, their total assets were $1,291,821,683
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Charlie Jarvis, Chairman and CEO of USA Next, estimates that since 1989, “AARP appears to have
taken over a billion dollars in taxpayer money in the form of federal grants.”
(http://nlpc.org/sites/default/files/AARP%20Special%20Report.pdf)
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AARP stands to make nearly $1 billion over the next 10 years if ObamaCare remains in effect.
(http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=43072)
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In the 2006, 2008, and 2010 elections (as of January 2010) AARP employees and executives had
donated $96,000 to federal candidates or campaign committees. About $90,000 of that money –
more than 90% – went to Democratic candidates or committees.
(http://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/v1270479016.pdf)
AARP Foundation
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They operate out of the AARP’s national headquarters.
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In 2009, their total assets were $104,666,393
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Since 2001, the AARP Foundation has received nearly $400 million in federal grants.
(http://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/v1270479016.pdf)
National Council of La Raza
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In 2009, their total assets were $54,380,430
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From October 2006 to September 2009, La Raza received $11,948,205 in federal grants.
(http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=42237)
Planned Parenthood

In 2009, their total assets were $1,197,300,000
(http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/PPFA_Annual_Report_08-09-FINAL-12-10-10.pdf)
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In addition to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, sixteen other local Planned
Parenthood Chapters received a total of $15,606,644 in federal grants in Fiscal Year 2007.

It has a staff of 1,800, along with 300,000 volunteers and is organized into a network of 2,700 local
chapters.
(http://nlpc.org/sites/default/files/AARP%20Special%20Report.pdf)
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Boehner agreed to a deal to fund the government for the rest of fiscal 2011 that will permit continued
federal funding for Planned Parenthood, a group that says it did 332,278 abortions in 2009 -- or
about 910 per day.
(http://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2011/04/13/obama_said_nope_-_so_republicans_caved)
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Federal law prohibits the direct use of government funds to finance abortions. Nevertheless, the
organization remains the leading abortion provider in the United States.
(http://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2011/04/12/backers_of_planned_parenthood_shoul
d_check_chinese_example)
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (NPR/PBS)
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In 2009, their total assets were $322,058,627
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NPR gets $5 million in federal grants out of its $145 million in revenues.
(http://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2011/04/12/its_time_npr_grew_up_and_supported_it
self)
Their funds are distributed as follows
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_for_Public_Broadcasting#Funding_of_and_by_CPB):

$21.0 million (a maximum of 5 percent of the total budget) for CPB administrative costs.
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$25.2 million (a maximum of 6 percent of the total budget) for funds to support the Public
Broadcasting Service generally, as opposed to specific stations.
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$281.85 million (66.8 percent of the total budget) for public television, distributed as:
1. $210.26 million as grants to individual public television stations.
2. $71.59 million for public television programming.
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$93.94 million (22.3 percent of total budget) for public radio, distributed as:
1. $65.41 million as grants to individual public radio stations.
2. $21.74 million as grants for radio programming acquisition.
3. $6.79 million for public radio programming.
ACORN
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At the end of 2008, before they filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy (in April, 2010), ACORN Institute
Inc.’s total assets were $1,530,033

“ACORN and other left-wing advocacy groups could be eligible for up to $3.99 billion in federal
funding included in the $3.83 trillion fiscal 2011 budget blueprint that President Obama unveiled
yesterday.”
(http://spectator.org/archives/2010/02/02/show-acorn-the-money)

Starting in November 2010, chief organizer Bertha Lewis is attempting to revive ACORN and
resurface under a new name. “[They] estimate that ACORN has $20 million in cash in more than
800 bank accounts and that its affiliates hold another $10 million.”
(http://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/v1288276804.pdf)
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“At least $53 million in federal funds have gone to ACORN activists since 1994 [through 2008], and
the controversial group could get up to $8.5 billion more tax dollars despite being under investigation
for voter registration fraud in a dozen states. The economic stimulus bill enacted in February
contains $3 billion that the non-profit activist group known more formally as the Association for
Community Organizations for Reform Now could receive, and 2010 federal budget contains another
$5.5 billion that could also find its way into the group’s coffers.”
(http://washingtonexaminer.com/special-reports/2009/05/acorn-got-53-million-federal-funds-94-noweligible-8-billion-more)
National Endowment for the Arts
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In 2004, the total public funding for the NEA was 13%. This was divided into, Federal - 9%; Local 3%; State - 1%.
(http://www.nea.gov/pub/how.pdf)
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The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is the largest state agency; its FY 2006 budget
was $45.3 million.
(http://www.nea.gov/pub/how.pdf)

State arts appropriations are dependent upon state tax revenues, which are tied to the general
economic conditions in the state. In aggregate, state arts agencies received $327.5 million from FY
2006 state legislative appropriations.
(http://www.nea.gov/pub/how.pdf)
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A national group representing local arts agencies, Americans for the Arts, estimates total arts
expenditures at the local government level at $778 million in 2006.
(http://www.nea.gov/pub/how.pdf)
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The NEA lists the following recipients in the 2006 Budget of the Federal Government (which totals
$1.671 billion):
1. Smithsonian Institution - $517 million
2. Corporation for Public Broadcasting - $460 million
3. Institute of Museum and Library Services - $247 million
4. National Endowment for the Humanities - $142 million
5. National Endowment for the Arts - $124 million
6. National Gallery of Art - $95 million
7. Department of Interior - $28 million (Save America’s Treasures)
8. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - $18 million
9. Department of Education - $13 million (Arts in Education Model Development Program)
10. National Capital Planning Commission - $8 million
11. General Services Administration - $7 million (Art-in-Architecture Program)
12. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - $5 million
13. Department of State - $5 million (Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs' cultural exchanges,
presentations, and diplomacy)
14. Commission of Fine Arts - $2 million
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With reference to corporate funding, even the NEA’s own literature admits to being clever about how
to give and receive funding: “As with individuals, corporations give more to the arts when they
receive tax benefits for doing so. Many of the tax benefits for the arts are piecemeal in nature; they
are not easily measured in the aggregate. For instance, artistic institutions benefit from local tax
breaks and legal provisions, often under the guise of urban renewal. Skillful artistic entrepreneurs
can put together packages of direct and indirect subsidies, drawing on a wide variety of sources.”
(http://www.nea.gov/pub/how.pdf)
Tides Foundation
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In 2009, their total assets were $192,219,967
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Between 1997 and 2001, they received grants from the following Departments of the Federal
Government:
(http://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/x3797262231.pdf):
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Department of Interior - $395,219
Environmental Protection Agency - $3,350,431
Department of Housing and Urban Development - $3,487,040
Department of Agriculture - $208,878
Department of Energy - $39,550
Small Business Administration - $93,500
Department of Health and Human Services - $10,986
Centers for Disease Control U.S. Agency for International Development - $84,520
Tides Center
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In 2009, their total assets were $77,764,176
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(The same list under the Tides Foundation, also applies to the Tides Center.)
United Nations Foundation
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In 2009, their total assets were $150,346,095
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In addition, “The U.S. has been the largest financial supporter of the U.N. since the organization’s
founding in 1945. The U.S. is currently assessed 22 percent of the U.N. regular budget and more
than 27 percent of the U.N. peacekeeping budget. In dollar terms, the Administration’s budget for FY
2011 requested $516.3 million for the U.N. regular budget and more than $2.182 billion for the
peacekeeping budget.”
(http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/08/us-funding-of-the-united-nations-reaches-all-timehigh)
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“However, the U.S. also provides assessed financial contributions to other U.N. organizations and
voluntary contributions to many more U.N. organizations. According to OMB, total U.S. contributions
to the U.N. system were more than $6.347 billion in FY 2009.”
(http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/08/us-funding-of-the-united-nations-reaches-all-timehigh)
Global Rights
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In 2009, their totals assets were $3,610,809
BBC
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“The BBC World Service is to receive a ‘significant’ sum of money from the US government to help
combat the blocking of TV and internet services in countries including Iran and China.”
(http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/03/your_tax_dollars_funding_a_sec.html)
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“In what the BBC said is the first deal of its kind, an agreement is expected to be signed later this
month that will see US state department money - understood to be a low six-figure sum - given to
the World Service to invest in developing anti-jamming technology and software.”
(http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/03/your_tax_dollars_funding_a_sec.html)
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“The BBC has a problem with political bias at least as bad as that of NPR.”
(http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/03/your_tax_dollars_funding_a_sec.html)
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“…it now emerges that the administration has been giving money to the BBC and, according to one
report, is considering increasing that aid.”
(http://blog.heritage.org/2011/03/23/u-s-funding-for-the-bbc)
Government Funding for the Homeless
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(http://www.docstoc.com/docs/5490411/Government-Funding-for-Homeless-Programs-GovernmentFunding-for-homeless)
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(http://www.huduser.org/publications/homeless/homelessness/ch_4e.html)
List of US Federal Government Funding Programs:
http://funding-programs.idilogic.aidpage.com/
There Are Currently Over:
1,600 Federal Programs
24,000 State Programs
150,000 Local Programs
(http://www.government-grants-funding.com/free_grant_money.htm)