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The '''Investigative Project on Terrorism''' (IPT) is private sector counter terror agency set up and run by [[Steven Emerson]] in 1995. It is essentially a vehicle for promoting Emerson's work but it has also produced several likeminded experts, notably [[Evan Kohlmann]].
 
The '''Investigative Project on Terrorism''' (IPT) is private sector counter terror agency set up and run by [[Steven Emerson]] in 1995. It is essentially a vehicle for promoting Emerson's work but it has also produced several likeminded experts, notably [[Evan Kohlmann]].
  
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==Funding==
 
==Funding==
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The [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]], which provided $100,000 for Emerson’s documentary film ''Jihad in America'', has also funded a study by [[Robert Satloff]], executive director of the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]], a think tank spun off by directors of the [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]]. The same foundation has also provided grants to the [[Foreign Policy Research Institute]] of Philadelphia, then headed by [[Daniel Pipes]] and an associate, [[Khaled Duran]], who also was Emerson’s collaborator producing ''Jihad in America''.<ref>Richard H. Curtiss, Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs, September 1999, [http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0999/9909138.html pp.138-140]</ref> Emerson also received money from the right-wing media tycoon [[Richard Mellon Scaife]], for ''Jihad in America''. During the cold war, Scaife had sponsored anti-communist crusader [[Brian Crozier]] and his foundations later provided $2.4 million over several years to'' American Spectator'' to pay for negative reporting on Bill Clinton, including hiring a private eye. Millions more went to other anti-Clinton groups.<ref>Brooks Jackson/CNN, [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/27/scaife.profile ‘Who Is Richard Mellon Scaife?’], 27 April 1998; (accessed 15 August 2008)</ref>
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The [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]], which provided $100,000 for Emerson’s documentary film ''[[Jihad in America]]'', has also funded a study by [[Robert Satloff]], executive director of the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]], a think tank spun off by directors of the [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]]. The same foundation has also provided grants to the [[Foreign Policy Research Institute]] of Philadelphia, then headed by [[Daniel Pipes]] and an associate, [[Khaled Duran]], who also was Emerson’s collaborator producing ''Jihad in America''.<ref>Richard H. Curtiss, Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs, September 1999, [http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0999/9909138.html pp.138-140]</ref> Emerson also received money from the right-wing media tycoon [[Richard Mellon Scaife]], for ''Jihad in America''. During the cold war, Scaife had sponsored anti-communist crusader [[Brian Crozier]] and his foundations later provided $2.4 million over several years to'' American Spectator'' to pay for negative reporting on Bill Clinton, including hiring a private eye. Millions more went to other anti-Clinton groups.<ref>Brooks Jackson/CNN, [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/27/scaife.profile ‘Who Is Richard Mellon Scaife?’], 27 April 1998; (accessed 15 August 2008)</ref>
  
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As for IPT (which was founded after Emerson made ''Jihad in America''), the organisation’s website states that it “does not accept funding from any government agency or religious institutions” and is funded through “charitable contributions from private U.S. individuals and foundations”.  Emerson has refused to disclose the identity of these individuals and foundations, however, it is evident from IRS filings made by IPT’s donors that it is funded by many of the same foundations that fund America’s powerful Israel lobby.
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As for IPT (which was founded after Emerson made ''Jihad in America''), the organisation’s website states that it “does not accept funding from any government agency or religious institutions” and is funded through “charitable contributions from private U.S. individuals and foundations”.  Emerson has refused to disclose the identity of these individuals and foundations, however, it is evident from IRS filings made by IPT’s donors that it is funded by many of the same foundations that fund America’s powerful Israel lobby.
  
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In 2002 IPT received $350,000 from the [[Smith Richardson Foundation]], $25,000 from the [[Reuben and Rose Mattus Foundation]] and $25,000 from the [[Blum-Kovler Foundation]].  That year the [[Reuben and Rose Mattus Foundation]] also gave grants to the [[One Israel Fund]] (which supports Israeli settlers in the occupied territories), the [[Jerusalem Reclamation Project]] and [[Americans for a Safe Israel]].
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===2002===
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*[[Smith Richardson Foundation]]: $350,000  
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*[[Reuben and Rose Mattus Foundation]]: $25,000 That year the [[Reuben and Rose Mattus Foundation]] also gave grants to the [[One Israel Fund]] (which supports Israeli settlers in the occupied territories), the [[Jerusalem Reclamation Project]] and [[Americans for a Safe Israel]].
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*[[Blum-Kovler Foundation]]: $25,000
  
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In 2003 IPT received another $250,000 from the [[Reuben and Rose Mattus Foundation]] and  $250,000 the [[Smith Richardson Foundation]].  It also received $25,000 from the [[Samuel and Julia Bernstein Foundation]].
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===2003===
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*[[Reuben and Rose Mattus Foundation]]: $250,000
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In 2006 IPT received $5,000 from the [[Bialkin Family Foundation]], and $10,000 from [[The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation]].  It also received $10,000 from the [[Aufzien Foundation]] and $6,000 from the [[Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation]].
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*[[Samuel and Julia Bernstein Foundation]]: $25,000
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*[[Smith Richardson Foundation]]: $250,000  
  
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That year [[The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation]] also donated $5,000 to [[Israel at Heart]] and $1,000 to [[Friends of the IDF]]. [[The Bialkin Family Foundation]] supported the [[Friends of Israel Center]], [[The Jerusalem Foundation]], the [[American Israel Friendship League]], and the [[Anti-Defamation League]]. [[The Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation]] supported the [[Anti-Defamation League]], [[The Israel Project]], the [[American Jewish Committee]] and the [[Israel on Campus Coalition]].
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===2006===
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*[[Bialkin Family Foundation]]: $5,000 - The Bialkin Family Foundation also supported the [[Friends of Israel Center]], [[The Jerusalem Foundation]], the [[American Israel Friendship League]], and the [[Anti-Defamation League]].
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*[[The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation]]: $10,000 - That year [[The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation]] also donated $5,000 to [[Israel at Heart]] and $1,000 to [[Friends of the IDF]].  
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*[[Aufzien Foundation]]: $10,000
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*[[Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation]]: $6,000 - [[The Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation]] supported the [[Anti-Defamation League]], [[The Israel Project]], the [[American Jewish Committee]] and the [[Israel on Campus Coalition]].
  
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==Principals and Alumna==
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The [[Thomas Jefferson Rosenberg Foundation]] is also a funder. <ref> Dates TBC </ref>
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===2008===
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*[[Fairbrook Foundation]]: $25,000<ref>[http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990_pdf_archive/200/200993106/200993106_200812_990.pdf The Fairbrook Foundation], Form 990 - Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax, 2008, accessed via foundationcenter.org, 20 September 2010.</ref>
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*[[Tepper Family Foundation]]: $1,000<ref>[http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/tepper-family-foundation/ Tepper Family Foundation Donations], ''Conservative Transparency'', accessed 14 January 2016</ref>
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===2009===
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*[[Tepper Family Foundation]]: $1,000<ref>[http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/tepper-family-foundation/ Tepper Family Foundation Donations], ''Conservative Transparency'', accessed 14 January 2016</ref>
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===2010===
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Its revenue from grants and contributions was of $2,636,762 <ref>Investigative Project on Terrorism, 990 Form, 2010 </ref>, including:
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*[[Gotham Charitable Foundation]]: $65,000
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*[[Middle East Forum]]: $480,000 <ref name=project> [http://conservativetransparency.org/basic-search/?q=Investigative+Project+on+Terrorism+&sf[]=candidate&sf[]=donor&sf[]=recipient&sf[]=transaction&sf[]=finances Investigative Project on Terrorism], Conservative Transparency Database, accessed 9 June 2015 </ref>
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*[[Abstraction Fund]]: $36,000<ref> Abstraction Fund, 990 Form, 2010 </ref>
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*[[Newton and Rochelle Becker Foundation]]: $30,000<ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/top/?donor=25546&yr=2010&yr1=&yr2=&submit= Newton D. & Rochelle F. Becker Foundation, Top Recipients, 2010], accessed 21 October 2016 </ref>
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*[[Tepper Family Foundation]]: $1,000<ref>[http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/tepper-family-foundation/ Tepper Family Foundation Donations], ''Conservative Transparency'', accessed 14 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Russell Berrie Foundation]]: $233,334 <ref> Russell Berrie Foundation, 990 Form, 2011 </ref>
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*[[Aufzien Foundation]]: $10,000 <ref> Aufzien Foundation, 990 Form, 2010 </ref>
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*[[Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation]]: $4,000 <ref> Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation, 990 Form, 2010 </ref>
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*[[Bialkin Family Foundation]]: $4,000 <ref> Bialkin Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2010. </ref>
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*[[Abstraction Fund]]: $36,000 <ref> Abstraction Fund, 990 Form, 2010. </ref>
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*[[Diana Davis Spencer Foundation]]: $10,000<ref> Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, Form 990, 2010. </ref>
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*[[Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund]]: $51,000 <ref> Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund, 990 Form, 2010. </ref>
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*[[Donors Trust]]: $5,000 <ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/top/adv/4/?donor%5B0%5D=3184&yr=2010&yr1&yr2&submit Donors Trust 2010], ''Conservative transparency'', accessed 14 November 2016. </ref>
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*[[Eugene & Emily Grant Family Foundation]]: $10,000 <ref> Eugene & Emily Grant Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2010. </ref>
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*[[Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation]]: $10,000 <ref> Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, 990 Form, 2010. </ref>
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*[[Jewish Communal Fund]]: $26,800 <ref> Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2010. accessed 14 November 2016.</ref>
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*[[Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston]]: $39,500 <ref> Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, 990 Form, 2012. </ref>
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*[[Jacobson Family Foundation Trust]]: $40,000 <ref> Jacobson Family Foundation Trust, 990 Form, 2010 </ref>
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===2011===
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Its revenue from grants and contributions was of $2,836,719<ref>Investigative Project on Terrorism, 990 Form, 2011 </ref>, including:
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*[[Middle East Forum]]: $512,500<ref name=project/>
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*[[Anchorage Charitable Fund]]: $10,000<ref>[http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/images/uploads/Right_Web_Nov._2011_-_MEF_Funding_.pdf MEF Funding], ''rightweb.irc'', accessed 29 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation]]: $25,000 <ref> Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, Form 990, 2011 </ref>
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*[[Eugene and Emily Grant Family Foundation]]: $10,000 <ref> Eugene & Emily Grant Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2011. </ref>
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*[[Koret Foundation]]: $25,000 <ref> Koret Foundation, 990 Form, 2011. </ref>
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*[[Newton and Rochelle Becker Foundation]]: $35,000<ref> [http://conservativetransparency.org/top/?donor=25546&yr=2011&yr1=&yr2=&submit= Newton D. & Rochelle F. Becker Foundation, Top Recipients, 2011], accessed 21 October 2016 </ref>
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*[[Russell Berrie Foundation]]: $350,001 <ref> Russell Berrie Foundation, 990 Form, 2011 </ref>
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*[[The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation]]: $5,000 <ref> Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation, 990 Form, 2011 </ref>
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*[[Bialkin Family Foundation]]: $4,000 <ref> Bialkin Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2011. </ref>
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*[[Diana Davis Spencer Foundation]]: $20,000<ref> Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, Form 990, 2011. </ref>
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*[[Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation]]: $20,000 <ref> Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation, 990 Form, 2011 </ref>
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*[[Jewish Communal Fund]]: $51,500 <ref>  Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2011. accessed 14 November 2016.</ref>
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*[[Jacobson Family Foundation Trust]]: $40,000 <ref> Jacobson Family Foundation Trust, 990 Form, 2011 </ref>
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===2012===
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Its revenue from grants and contributions was of $2,513,142 <ref>Investigative Project on Terrorism, 990 Form, 2012 </ref>, including:
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*[[Gotham Charitable Foundation]]: $25,000
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*[[Middle East Forum]]: $167,085<ref name=project/>
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*[[Abstraction Fund]]: $25,000 <ref> Abstraction Fund, 990 Form, 2012 </ref>
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*[[Alan and Hope Winters Family Foundation]]: $25,000<ref name="Contran">[http://conservativetransparency.org/basic-search/?q=Alan+and+Hope+Winters+Family+Foundation+&sf%5B%5D=candidate&sf%5B%5D=donor&sf%5B%5D=recipient&sf%5B%5D=transaction&sf%5B%5D=finances], ''Conservative Transparency'', accessed 14 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston]]: $15,000<ref> Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, 990 Form, 2012. </ref>
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*[[Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation]]: $25,000<ref> Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, Form 990, 2012 </ref>
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*[[Diana Davis Spencer Foundation]]: $20,000</ref> <ref> Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, Form 990, 2012. </ref>
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*[[Jewish Communal Fund]]: $88,500<ref> Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2012. accessed 26 October 2016. </ref>
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*[[Koret Foundation]]: $25,000 <ref> Koret Foundation, 990 Form, 2012. </ref>
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*[[Newton and Rochelle Becker Foundation]]: $10,000 <ref> Conservative Transparency database, [http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/newton-d-rochelle-f-becker-foundation/ Newton D. & Rochelle F. Becker Foundation], accessed 2 March 2015 </ref>
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*[[Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund]]: $57,270.16 <ref> Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund, Form 990, 2012 </ref>
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*[[Aufzien Foundation]]: $5,000 <ref> Aufzien Foundation, 990 Form, 2012 </ref>
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*[[Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation]]: $5,000 <ref> Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation, 990 Form, 2012 </ref>
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*[[Jacobson Family Foundation Trust]]: $40,000 <ref> Jacobson Family Foundation Trust, 990 Form, 2012 </ref>
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===2013===
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Its revenue from grants and contributions was of $2,699,625 <ref>Investigative Project on Terrorism, 990 Form, 2013 </ref>, including:
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*[[Russell Berrie Foundation]]: $115,000 <ref> [http://pdfs.citizenaudit.org/2014_11_PF/22-2620908_990PF_201312.pdf IRS 990 Filing], Russell Berrie Foundation, Citizen Audit.org, accessed 2 March 2015, p15 </ref>
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*[[Abstraction Fund]]: $25,000 <ref name="IRS2013">[http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/205/205327719/205327719_201312_990PF.pdf?_ga=1.68816849.1967659302.1451562689 Form 990 2013], ''foundationcenter.org'', accessed 14 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Alan and Hope Winters Family Foundation]]: $20,000<ref name="Contran">[http://conservativetransparency.org/basic-search/?q=Alan+and+Hope+Winters+Family+Foundation+&sf%5B%5D=candidate&sf%5B%5D=donor&sf%5B%5D=recipient&sf%5B%5D=transaction&sf%5B%5D=finances], ''Conservative Transparency'', accessed 14 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston]]: $54,800<ref> Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, 990 Form, 2013. </ref>
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*[[Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation]]: $30,000 <ref> Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, Form 990, 2013 </ref>
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*[[Diana Davis Spencer Foundation]]: $25,000</ref> <ref> Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, Form 990, 2013. </ref>
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*[[Emerson Family Foundation]]: $10,000 <ref name="990PF2013">Emerson Family Foundation, Form 990 PF 2013.</ref>
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*[[Gotham Charitable Foundation]]: $20,000 <ref>[http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=Gotham+Charitable+Foundation+&st=&zp=&ei=&fy=&action=Find 990 Form 2013], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 18 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Jewish Communal Fund]]: $51,250 <ref> Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2013. accessed 26 October 2016. </ref>
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*[[Koret Foundation]]: $25,000 <ref> Koret Foundation, 990 Form, 2013. </ref>
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*[[Tepper Family Foundation]]: $1,000<ref>[http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/tepper-family-foundation/ Tepper Family Foundation Donations], ''Conservative Transparency'', accessed 14 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Thomas Jefferson Rosenberg Foundation]]: $8,000<ref>[http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=Thomas+Jefferson+Rosenberg+Foundation&st=&zp=&ei=&fy=&action=Find Form 990 2013], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 19 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund]]: $57,000 <ref> Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund, Form 990, 2013 </ref>
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*[[Aufzien Foundation]]: $5,000 <ref> Aufzien Foundation, 990 Form, 2013 </ref>
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*[[Bialkin Family Foundation]]: $5,000 <ref> Bialkin Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2013. </ref>
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*[[Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation]]: $5,000 <ref> Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation, 990 Form, 2013 </ref>
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===2014===
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*[[Middle East Forum]]: $30,000 <ref> Middle East Forum, Form 990, 2014 </ref>
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*[[Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston]]: $45,500<ref> Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, 990 Form, 2014. </ref>
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*[[Davis Family Charitable Foundation]]: $1,000 <ref>[https://fdo.foundationcenter.org/grantmaker-profile/?collection=grantmakers&key=DAVI483&state=%22Massachusetts%22&page=1&from_search=1&activity=facet_refine&country=%22United%20States%22 Form 990 2013], ''Foundation Center'', accessed 14 January 2016</ref>
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*[[Diana Davis Spencer Foundation]]: $50,000<ref> Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, Form 990, 2014. </ref>
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*[[Eugene and Emily Grant Family Foundation]]: $3,000,000 in two tranches of $1million (11/6/2014) and $2million $2,000,000 ([[Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund]]) on 21/11/2014 <ref> Eugene & Emily Grant Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2014. </ref>
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*[[Jewish Communal Fund]]: $84,800 <ref> Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2014. accessed 26 October 2016. </ref>
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*[[MZ Foundation]]: $30,000<ref> MZ Foundation, 990 Form, 2014. </ref>
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*[[Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation]]: $10,000 <ref> Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation, 990 Form, 2014 </ref>
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*[[Jacobson Family Foundation Trust]]: $25,000 <ref> Jacobson Family Foundation Trust, 990 Form, 2014 </ref>
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===2015===
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*[[James E and Patricia D Cayne Charitable Trust]]: $1.800<ref> Guidestar, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2015/137/100/2015-137100859-0be58e67-F.pdf  Form 990 James E. & Patricia D. Cayne Charitable Trust], 2015 </ref>
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==Principals and Alumni==
  
 
*[[Steve Emerson]]
 
*[[Steve Emerson]]
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*[[Matthew Epstein]]
 
*[[Matthew Epstein]]
 
*[[Tamar Tesler]]<ref>Kevin Keenan, [http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/146 ‘Analysts say fundraising for terrorists went on without notice’], ''Telegram and Gazette'', 11 September 2006, (accessed via The Investigative Project website on 17 April 2008)</ref>
 
*[[Tamar Tesler]]<ref>Kevin Keenan, [http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/146 ‘Analysts say fundraising for terrorists went on without notice’], ''Telegram and Gazette'', 11 September 2006, (accessed via The Investigative Project website on 17 April 2008)</ref>
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*[[Joan Ullman]] - Covered the 1993 WTC bombing trial for the Investigative Project.<ref>Michael Isikoff and David Corn, ''Hubris'' (2006), 74</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
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*[[SAE Productions]] - a for-profit organization which has profited from tax-exempt donations to the non-profit IPT.<ref>Bob Smietana, [http://www.app.com/article/20101024/NEWS06/101024020/Does-anyone-profit-from-spreading-anti-Muslim-fear-Some-do], The Tennessean, 24 October 2010</ref>  
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*[[SAE Productions]] - a for-profit organization which has profited from tax-exempt donations to the non-profit IPT.<ref>Bob Smietana, [http://www.app.com/article/20101024/NEWS06/101024020/Does-anyone-profit-from-spreading-anti-Muslim-fear-Some-do Does anyone profit from spreading anti-Muslim fear? Some do], ''The Tennessean'', 24 October 2010</ref>  
 
*[[The Spittoon]] - republishes IPT articles
 
*[[The Spittoon]] - republishes IPT articles
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*[[Counterterrorism & Security Education and Research Foundation]] (CTSERF)<ref>Eli Clifton, [http://www.lobelog.com/more-insights-into-steven-emersons-tangled-funding-web/ More Insights Into Steven Emerson’s Tangled Funding Web], ''Lobelog.com'', 4 November 2010</ref>
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
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[[Category:Terrorism Industry]]
 
[[Category:Terrorism Industry]]
 
[[Category:Israel Lobby]]
 
[[Category:Israel Lobby]]
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[[Category:Counterjihad]]
 
[[Category:Islam Watchers]]
 
[[Category:Islam Watchers]]
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[[Category:Islam Critics]]

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IPT logo,circa 2015 Credit: Twitter

The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) is private sector counter terror agency set up and run by Steven Emerson in 1995. It is essentially a vehicle for promoting Emerson's work but it has also produced several likeminded experts, notably Evan Kohlmann.

Blunders

Steve Emerson claimed that the Oklahoma bombing was carried out by Islamists:

Emerson became widely known in the aftermath of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, when, appearing as an expert on CBS News, he theorized that the attack was the work of Islamic extremists. It turned out that Timothy McVeigh was responsible.[1]

In a lesser known incident, Emerson had promoted the case of Iftikhar Chaudhry Khan, who had claimed he was a top Pakistani nuclear scientist, but turned out to be a "former low-level accountant at a company that makes bathroom fixtures." According to Khan's lawyer "Emerson was helpful in corroborating information and making scientific clarifications."[2] Khan was the source behind an article in The Observer which had claimed that "military commanders have discussed pre-emptive nuclear strikes against India."[3]

Lobbying

Andrew Cochran worked as a lobbyist for the Investigative Project from 2004-2006, as did Rachel Sullivan and Trey Barnes, both then also lobbyists at Public Policy Partners (which became GAGE in 2005). As well as representing Motley Rice, Trey Barnes has also lobbied for several private military and intelligence companies including Aegis Defence Services, the Strategic Communication Laboratories, Becatech and L-3 Communications. In 2005 the Investigative Project also hired the lobbying firm Baker Donelson[4] which represents several arms and aviation corporations, the Newspaper Association of America and The Washington Post.

Funding

The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, which provided $100,000 for Emerson’s documentary film Jihad in America, has also funded a study by Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a think tank spun off by directors of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The same foundation has also provided grants to the Foreign Policy Research Institute of Philadelphia, then headed by Daniel Pipes and an associate, Khaled Duran, who also was Emerson’s collaborator producing Jihad in America.[5] Emerson also received money from the right-wing media tycoon Richard Mellon Scaife, for Jihad in America. During the cold war, Scaife had sponsored anti-communist crusader Brian Crozier and his foundations later provided $2.4 million over several years to American Spectator to pay for negative reporting on Bill Clinton, including hiring a private eye. Millions more went to other anti-Clinton groups.[6]

As for IPT (which was founded after Emerson made Jihad in America), the organisation’s website states that it “does not accept funding from any government agency or religious institutions” and is funded through “charitable contributions from private U.S. individuals and foundations”. Emerson has refused to disclose the identity of these individuals and foundations, however, it is evident from IRS filings made by IPT’s donors that it is funded by many of the same foundations that fund America’s powerful Israel lobby.

2002

2003

2006

The Thomas Jefferson Rosenberg Foundation is also a funder. [7]

2008

2009

2010

Its revenue from grants and contributions was of $2,636,762 [11], including:

2011

Its revenue from grants and contributions was of $2,836,719[29], including:

2012

Its revenue from grants and contributions was of $2,513,142 [42], including:

2013

Its revenue from grants and contributions was of $2,699,625 [55], including:

2014

2015

Principals and Alumni

Affiliations

Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ Benjamin Wallace-Wells, PRIVATE JIHAD How Rita Katz got into the spying business, New Yorker, 29 May 2006, Posted 2006-05-22
  2. ↑ John F. Sugg, 'Steven Emerson's Crusade', Extra!, January/February 1999
  3. ↑ Peter Beaumont, Paul Beaver, Anwar Iqbal, 'Pakistan's plan for a nuclear hit Scientist defects with list of Indian targets', The Observer, 28 June 1998
  4. ↑ Baker Donelson Lobbying Report for the Investigative Project 2005
  5. ↑ Richard H. Curtiss, Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs, September 1999, pp.138-140
  6. ↑ Brooks Jackson/CNN, ‘Who Is Richard Mellon Scaife?’, 27 April 1998; (accessed 15 August 2008)
  7. ↑ Dates TBC
  8. ↑ The Fairbrook Foundation, Form 990 - Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax, 2008, accessed via foundationcenter.org, 20 September 2010.
  9. ↑ Tepper Family Foundation Donations, Conservative Transparency, accessed 14 January 2016
  10. ↑ Tepper Family Foundation Donations, Conservative Transparency, accessed 14 January 2016
  11. ↑ Investigative Project on Terrorism, 990 Form, 2010
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 [=candidate&sf[]=donor&sf[]=recipient&sf[]=transaction&sf[]=finances Investigative Project on Terrorism], Conservative Transparency Database, accessed 9 June 2015
  13. ↑ Abstraction Fund, 990 Form, 2010
  14. ↑ Newton D. & Rochelle F. Becker Foundation, Top Recipients, 2010, accessed 21 October 2016
  15. ↑ Tepper Family Foundation Donations, Conservative Transparency, accessed 14 January 2016
  16. ↑ Russell Berrie Foundation, 990 Form, 2011
  17. ↑ Aufzien Foundation, 990 Form, 2010
  18. ↑ Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation, 990 Form, 2010
  19. ↑ Bialkin Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2010.
  20. ↑ Abstraction Fund, 990 Form, 2010.
  21. ↑ Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, Form 990, 2010.
  22. ↑ Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund, 990 Form, 2010.
  23. ↑ Donors Trust 2010, Conservative transparency, accessed 14 November 2016.
  24. ↑ Eugene & Emily Grant Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2010.
  25. ↑ Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, 990 Form, 2010.
  26. ↑ Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2010. accessed 14 November 2016.
  27. ↑ Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, 990 Form, 2012.
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