Why was freedom house founded?
www.freedomhouse.org...
Freedom House was created in 1941 by prominent Americans concerned about the U.S. policy of isolationism as Nazism threatened to engulf Europe. The
organization's name was intended to counter the Brown House, the Nazi party headquarters in Germany where Adolf Hitler maintained an office. After
World War II, Freedom House turned its focus to the struggle against Communism and other threats to freedom irrespective of ideology and embraced the
organization's mission to expand freedom worldwide and strengthen human rights and civil liberties in the United States.
How is Freedom House funded?
www.freedomhouse.org...
Freedom House receives funding from a mix of private foundations and individuals, as well as from
democratic governments.
In regards to U.S. government funding, Freedom House has received grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department
for specific projects and publications, usually as a result of public competition.
Freedom House has also received grants from other governments and international bodies, including Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United
Kingdom, Norway, the European Union, and the United Nations Democracy Fund.
Freedom House never accepts funds in the form of contracts from government institutions, including the U.S., and never functions as an extension of
any government.
Freedom House does not accept funds for its research and analysis from any governments of countries evaluated in that research. For this reason, its
global surveys, Freedom in the World and Freedom of the Press, are entirely privately funded. For a full list of current funders, read Freedom
House’s annual report
Freedom House Annual Report 2007
Produced October 2008
Page 22
Donors
$250,000 +
Australian Agency for International Development
Peter Ackerman
Government of the Netherlands, Human Rights and Peacebuilding Department
The National Endowment for Democracy
The Smith Richardson Foundation
U.S. Agency for International Development
U.S. Department of State
$100,000 - $250,000
The Annenberg Foundation
William S. Edgerly
The Lilly Endowment, Inc.
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Walter J. Schloss
$50,000 - $99,999
Jay Mazur
John C. Whitehead
$25,000 - $49,999
The F.M. Kirby Foundation
Carleton Fiorina
Freedom Forum
The 21st Century ILGWU Heritage Fund
Paul and Karen Isaac
William L. Walton
$10,000 - $24,999
Ned and Jean Bandler
Bette Bao Lord
The Bridgewood Fieldwater Foundation
Philip D. Harvey
The Irfan Kathwari Foundation, Inc
Farooq Kathwari
David Nastro
Mark and Sushma Palmer
$1,000 - $9,999
Jacqueline Adams
Kenneth Adelman
The Amgen Foundation
Bernard Aronson
The Center for Communications, Health and the Environment
The Charles Engelhard Foundation
Wayne Collins and Mary Ann Bradshaw
Antonia Cortese
The Craig and Barbara Barrett Foundation
Mitchell Daniels, Jr.
The East West Management Institute
Stuart Eizenstat
Steve Forbes
Global Impact- Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area
Jeff Gore
Sidney Harman
Robert D. Hormats
Marjorie S. Isaac
John T. Joyce
Max M. Kampelman
Kathryn Dickey Karol
Nancy Lane
Thomas Melia and Amy Conroy
Morgan Stanley
Diana Villiers Negroponte
Open Society Institute
P.J. O’Rourke
Carlos Pascual
Ariel and Tal Recanati
Jay and Amy Regan
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Edwin and Maureen Schloss
Stephanie Cassel Scott
Scott Siff
John and Barbara Vogelstein
Wendell L. Willkie, II
Jennifer Windsor and John Bradshaw
The list of donor names continues ranging from $1dollar to $999.
Interesting:
In 2007
$250,000+ came from:
U.S. Agency for International Development and
U.S. Department of State,
Government of the Netherlands, Human Rights and Peacebuilding Department and
The National Endowment for Democracy
With
Open Society Institute only contributing up to $10,000 for that same time frame
Freedom House
Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization that supports the expansion of freedom around the world. Freedom House supports democratic
change, monitors freedom, and advocates for democracy and human rights.
Since its founding in 1941 by prominent Americans concerned with the mounting threats to peace and democracy, Freedom House has been a vigorous
proponent of democratic values and a steadfast opponent of dictatorships of the far left and the far right. Eleanor Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie
served as Freedom House’s first honorary co-chairpersons.
Throughout its history, Freedom House has opposed tyranny around the world, including dictatorships in Latin America, apartheid in South Africa,
Soviet domination of Central and Eastern Europe, and religiously-based totalitarian regimes such as those governing Sudan, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Freedom House has promoted the growth of freedom by encouraging U.S. policymakers, international institutions, and the governments of established
democracies to adopt policies that advance human rights and democracy around the world. At the same time, Freedom House provides support to
individuals working in the world's young democracies to overcome debilitating legacies of tyranny, dictatorship and political repression; as well as
to activists working in repressive societies to bring about greater freedom and openness.
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It looks like boon and his supporters in this thread are against organisations like this
edit on 24-12-2010 by Ellen15 because: (no reason given)