New America, formerly the New America Foundation, is a left-of-center think tank in the United States. It focuses on a range of public policy issues, including national security studies, technology, asset building, health, gender, energy, education, and the economy. The think tank’s scholars and affiliated commentators include former and some current journalists and former members of the Obama administration.
New America was criticized for firing a scholar in 2017 after that scholar had praised regulatory action against Google, whose former CEO, Eric Schmidt, is a major donor to the think tank. 1
Background
New America, based in Washington, D.C. is a left-of-center think tank founded in 1999, originally called New America Foundation. The organization also professes to develop political, legal and technological tools “to build democratic capacity.” 2
Ted Halstead founded New America and was president and CEO from 1999-2007. Halstead convinced liberal commentator Bill Moyers, the former press secretary for President Lyndon Johnson, to back the project. 3 Halstead had previously founded the center-left think tank Redefining Progress, which folded in 2008. 4
Halstead and New America fellow Michael Lind wrote the 2001 book, The Radical Center: The Future of American Politics. They claimed that their think tank would represent a “radical center” unrepresented by the two-party system. 5 The book argued that America was about to experience new political realignments in the midst of “increasingly dogmatic two-party system,” that were “captured by their extremes,” and many Americans could not “find even a faction within a major party with which they can identify.” 6
The foundation has focused heavily on California politics, and has a sister office in Sacramento, and includes a special section of the website for “New America California.” 7
Halstead passed away on September 2, 2020, at the age of 52 due to a hiking accident. 8
Obama Administration Ties
Despite claiming to reject ideology, the top echelon of the organization includes alumni from Democratic President Barack Obama’s administration. New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter served the administration as director of policy planning for the State Department from 2009 to 2011, working under then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She was previously the dean of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs from 2002 to 2009. 9
Slaughter took the helm of the organization in 2013. During a 2018 interview with Politico, she seemed to advocate for Democratic victories in the midterm elections:10
New America is non-partisan, but this presidency is imperiling our democracy, our national security, our commitment to the rule of law, our belief in the search for truth and knowledge, and our sense of common humanity […] In a system of party politics, we all have presidents we like and dislike, but we still respect the office of the presidency. This is different. Trump is defiling and degrading that office. I only hope that he provokes a counter-reaction so strong, at the polls and in our lives and hearts, that it provides the energy and vision for the scale of change we need to create the next America.
New America president and chief operating officer Tyra A. Mariani previously served as the chief of staff at the Department of Education during the Obama administration. 11
Cecilia Munoz is the think tank’s vice president for public interest technology and local initiatives. Munoz served for eight years on President Obama’s senior staff, first as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs followed by five years as Director of the Domestic Policy Council. Before working for the Obama White House, she was the senior vice president for UnidosUS (then the National Council of La Raza), an organization that supports granting legal status to illegal immigrants. 12
In 2009, at the start of the Obama administration, the think tank began getting federal contracts with the State Department to help development wireless networks for dissidents in Iran, Syria, Libya, and Cuba. This raised concerns among alumni of the organization who felt it could inhibit the group’s independence from government. 13
Even a conservative-sounding division—Fix the Debt—had an Obama connection. Fix the Debt became a division of the New America Foundation in 2012, with the former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY) and former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles running the division. President Obama had appointed the two to co-chair a bipartisan presidential commission to produce ways to reduce the debt that includes both tax hikes, spending cuts and entitlement reforms. Fix the Debt was one of the bigger moneymakers for the think tank, with Republican businessman Pete Peterson reportedly giving the most to the division. 14
Fix the Debt is no longer part of New America and is now a division of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. 15
Media Links
Others are top officials in the organization are tied to the left-leaning mainstream and openly left-wing media outlets.
The former CEO of New America from 2007 to 2012, Steve Coll, is a Pulitzer Prize winner and former managing editor at the Washington Post. While at the helm of New America, he wrote the book Private Empire, a book highly critical of ExxonMobil. This occurred after the environmentalist-aligned Rockefeller Foundation—also a critic of ExxonMobil—contributed more than $1 million to New America. After departing New America, Coll became the dean of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. 16
New America’s vice president for global studies Peter Bergen is an author and journalist who has made numerous documentaries for HBO, PBS and CNN. 17
The think tank’s board is intermingled closely with several mainstream media outlets. The board of directors includes David Bradley, chairman of Atlantic Media; New York Times columnist David Brooks; James Fallows, a national correspondent for The Atlantic; and CNN talk show host Fareed Zakaria. 18
Mark Schmitt, the director of the government reform program, is a former executive editor of the liberal magazine the American Prospect. 19
Controversies
Barry Lynn Firing
When Eric Schmidt first joined the New America board of directors, he was till the CEO of software company Novell, and said, “the government is no longer ignoring us, so we have to get organized,” adding, “The ideas that come out may well include some I might not agree with.” 20 Schmidt later become CEO of Google (later reorganized under Alphabet, Inc.).
In 2017, New America fired the head of its pro-antitrust-enforcement Open Markets division, Barry Lynn, after he criticized Google. Lynn praised a $2.7 billion fine levied by the European Union against Google, saying the EU “is protecting the free flow of information and commerce upon which all democracies depend.” 21
The Google corporation and Schmidt’s family foundation had donated $21 million to New America over the years, while New America’s main conference room was reportedly named the “Eric Schmidt Ideas Lab,” after the then-CEO of Google’s parent company. 22
In emails reported on in the media, New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter seemed to take the side of Meredith Hanley, New America’s director of development over Lynn in a dispute about critique of Google. As published by far-left website the Intercept, Slaughter reportedly wrote, “I have to say I am with Meredith on this. We worked so hard with you to get you 11th Hour funding; just THINK about how you are imperilling [sic] funding for others.” 23 Susan Molinari, a former Republican member of Congress and now a lobbyist for Google, reportedly spoke to Slaughter amid the controversy. 24
In a public statement Slaughter said the organization fired Lynn because he “repeatedly refused to adhere to New America’s standards of openness and institutional collegiality.” 25
Funding
According to data from USASpending.gov as of August 2020, New America received over $1.4 million from the federal government from fiscal years 2018-2019.26 Nearly all of this was awarded by the U.S. Department of State.
Financial Overview
| New America Foundation Financial Overview | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total Revenues | Total Expenditures | Grants Paid | Net Assets |
| 2018 | $36,798,952 | $38,460,621 | $3,139,354 | $24,902,327 |
| 2017 | $39,313,077 | $36,069,449 | $44,150 | $26,788,098 |
| 2016 | $37,973,732 | $37,245,071 | $2,020,119 | $23,571,601 |
| 2015 | $33,509,594 | $25,649,786 | $94,705 | $22,843,096 |
| 2014 | $20,315,920 | $21,539,240 | $0 | $14,983,288 |
| 2013 | $19,874,779 | $19,408,369 | $0 | $16,206,608 |
| 2012 | $22,258,222 | $21,634,831 | $0 | $15,740,198 |
| 2011 | $17,188,491 | $15,424,254 | $0 | $15,116,807 |
| 2010 | $15,836,375 | $15,695,563 | $0 | $13,352,570 |
| 2009 | $15,695,224 | $15,637,436 | $0 | $13,211,758 |
| 2008 | $14,193,707 | $12,272,915 | $117,337 | $13,153,970 |
| 2007 | $11,578,608 | $9,263,087 | $0 | $11,233,178 |
| 2006 | $9,916,957 | $7,374,053 | $0 | $8,917,657 |
| 2005 | $9,034,840 | $6,276,937 | $0 | $6,374,753 |
| 2004 | $4,733,381 | $3,914,864 | $0 | $3,616,850 |
| 2003 | $3,404,737 | $2,888,727 | $0 | $2,798,333 |
| 2002 | $2,943,592 | $2,558,736 | $0 | $2,282,323 |
| 2001 | $2,876,396 | $2,534,318 | $0 | $1,897,367 |
| $317,446,584 | $293,848,257 | $5,415,665 | ||
Donors to New America
Between 1999 and 2018, New America had grants from foundations totaling $170 million. 27 The group has also reported taking in substantial contributions from a number of corporations and foreign governments. 28 The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Ford Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bloomberg Family Foundation, Foundation to Promote Open Society, and JPMorgan Chase Foundation are all among the substantial contributors to New America. A list of known donors and grants to New America is available below: 29
| Donor | Amount | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund | $750,000 | 2018 |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | $500,000 | 2018 |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | $500,000 | 2018 |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | $275,000 | 2018 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $250,000 | 2018 |
| Digital Trust Foundation | $245,254 | 2018 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $120,000 | 2018 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $115,000 | 2018 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $100,000 | 2018 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $100,000 | 2018 |
| Open Society Foundations | $4,500 | 2018 |
| Democracy Fund | $100,000 | 2018 |
| Democracy Fund | $125,000 | 2018 |
| Tides Foundation | $500,000 | 2018 |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | $5,012,500 | 2017 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $2,400,000 | 2017 |
| Aphorism Foundation | $2,000,000 | 2017 |
| Ford Foundation | $2,000,000 | 2017 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $1,200,000 | 2017 |
| Ford Foundation | $1,162,500 | 2017 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $800,000 | 2017 |
| Ford Foundation | $800,000 | 2017 |
| Ford Foundation | $587,500 | 2017 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | $527,000 | 2017 |
| Rockefeller Foundation | $475,000 | 2017 |
| W.K. Kellogg Foundation | $450,001 | 2017 |
| Craig Newmark Foundation | $450,000 | 2017 |
| Heising-Simons Foundation | $425,000 | 2017 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $334,000 | 2017 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $275,000 | 2017 |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | $275,000 | 2017 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $256,000 | 2017 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $250,000 | 2017 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | $246,150 | 2017 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | $243,800 | 2017 |
| Kresge Foundation | $230,000 | 2017 |
| W.K. Kellogg Foundation | $224,999 | 2017 |
| Kresge Foundation | $210,000 | 2017 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $200,000 | 2017 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $200,000 | 2017 |
| Ford Foundation | $200,000 | 2017 |
| Rockefeller Foundation | $197,500 | 2017 |
| Siemens Foundation | $175,000 | 2017 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $162,500 | 2017 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | $156,200 | 2017 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $150,000 | 2017 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | $149,000 | 2017 |
| Digital Trust Foundation | $146,000 | 2017 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $144,178 | 2017 |
| Ford Foundation | $142,000 | 2017 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $125,000 | 2017 |
| Ford Foundation | $125,000 | 2017 |
| Skoll Fund | $125,000 | 2017 |
| Skoll Fund | $125,000 | 2017 |
| Ford Foundation | $110,500 | 2017 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | $105,500 | 2017 |
| Chicago Community Trust | $100,000 | 2017 |
| New Venture Fund | $90,000 | 2017 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $5,000,000 | 2016 |
| Ford Foundation | $2,025,000 | 2016 |
| Aphorism Foundation | $1,800,000 | 2016 |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | $1,000,000 | 2016 |
| Ford Foundation | $825,000 | 2016 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $800,000 | 2016 |
| Bloomberg Family Foundation | $750,000 | 2016 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $650,000 | 2016 |
| Citi Foundation | $600,000 | 2016 |
| Citi Foundation | $600,000 | 2016 |
| Citi Foundation | $600,000 | 2016 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $600,000 | 2016 |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | $600,000 | 2016 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $400,000 | 2016 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $398,715 | 2016 |
| Foundation For Child Development | $385,000 | 2016 |
| Schmidt Family Foundation | $380,000 | 2016 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | $380,000 | 2016 |
| Ford Foundation | $300,000 | 2016 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $300,000 | 2016 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $299,679 | 2016 |
| Heising-Simons Foundation | $275,000 | 2016 |
| Digital Trust Foundation | $262,535 | 2016 |
| Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation | $257,500 | 2016 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $250,000 | 2016 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $250,000 | 2016 |
| John S. and James L. Knight Foundation | $250,000 | 2016 |
| Siemens Foundation | $250,000 | 2016 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $211,500 | 2016 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | $208,400 | 2016 |
| Mcknight Foundation | $200,000 | 2016 |
| Rockefeller Foundation | $200,000 | 2016 |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $200,000 | 2016 |
| Henry Luce Foundation | $200,000 | 2016 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $200,000 | 2016 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | $185,000 | 2016 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $180,000 | 2016 |
| Omidyar Network Fund | $172,270 | 2016 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $164,775 | 2016 |
| Joyce Foundation | $150,000 | 2016 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $150,000 | 2016 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $150,000 | 2016 |
| Walton Family Foundation | $137,500 | 2016 |
| Compton Foundation | $125,000 | 2016 |
| Charles G. Koch Foundation | $120,000 | 2016 |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | $120,000 | 2016 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | $104,200 | 2016 |
| Kresge Foundation | $100,000 | 2016 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | $100,000 | 2016 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $100,000 | 2016 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $100,000 | 2016 |
| W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation | $100,000 | 2016 |
| Democracy Fund | $75,000 | 2016 |
| Democracy Fund Voice | $115,000 | 2016 |
| Energy Foundation | $25,000 | 2016 |
| New Venture Fund | $100,000 | 2016 |
| Aphorism Foundation | $2,500,000 | 2015 |
| Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation | $1,250,000 | 2015 |
| Ford Foundation | $900,000 | 2015 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $800,000 | 2015 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $700,000 | 2015 |
| Ford Foundation | $660,000 | 2015 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $435,000 | 2015 |
| Foundation For Child Development | $385,000 | 2015 |
| Heising-Simons Foundation | $365,000 | 2015 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $350,000 | 2015 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | $335,000 | 2015 |
| Ford Foundation | $300,000 | 2015 |
| Omidyar Network Fund | $300,000 | 2015 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | $291,600 | 2015 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $287,602 | 2015 |
| Pritzker Family Foundation | $280,000 | 2015 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $250,000 | 2015 |
| Rattner Family Foundation . | $250,000 | 2015 |
| Mcknight Foundation | $200,000 | 2015 |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $200,000 | 2015 |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $200,000 | 2015 |
| Save Children Federation | $172,783 | 2015 |
| W.K. Kellogg Foundation | $172,564 | 2015 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $165,000 | 2015 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $162,500 | 2015 |
| Joyce Foundation | $150,000 | 2015 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $150,000 | 2015 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $150,000 | 2015 |
| John S. and James L. Knight Foundation | $150,000 | 2015 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $150,000 | 2015 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | $145,800 | 2015 |
| H. Smith Richardson Charitable Trust | $143,626 | 2015 |
| Smith Richardson Foundation | $143,626 | 2015 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | $143,403 | 2015 |
| John S. and James L. Knight Foundation | $142,000 | 2015 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $133,333 | 2015 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $125,000 | 2015 |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | $120,000 | 2015 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $110,000 | 2015 |
| Digital Trust Foundation | $105,540 | 2015 |
| Smith Richardson Foundation | $104,860 | 2015 |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | $100,000 | 2015 |
| W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation | $100,000 | 2015 |
| Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund | $35,000 | 2015 |
| New Venture Fund | $90,000 | 2015 |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | $3,500,000 | 2014 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $1,000,000 | 2014 |
| Ford Foundation | $660,000 | 2014 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $600,000 | 2014 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $450,000 | 2014 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $430,000 | 2014 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $370,000 | 2014 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $348,978 | 2014 |
| W.K. Kellogg Foundation | $327,436 | 2014 |
| Ford Foundation | $300,000 | 2014 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | $300,000 | 2014 |
| Schmidt Family Foundation | $275,000 | 2014 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $270,000 | 2014 |
| Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation | $250,000 | 2014 |
| John S. and James L. Knight Foundation | $250,000 | 2014 |
| Rattner Family Foundation . | $250,000 | 2014 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $235,000 | 2014 |
| Citi Foundation | $200,000 | 2014 |
| John S. and James L. Knight Foundation | $200,000 | 2014 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $183,334 | 2014 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $180,000 | 2014 |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $175,000 | 2014 |
| Save Children Federation | $167,918 | 2014 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | $166,700 | 2014 |
| Mcknight Foundation | $150,000 | 2014 |
| Rockefeller Foundation | $150,000 | 2014 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $150,000 | 2014 |
| John S. and James L. Knight Foundation | $150,000 | 2014 |
| Smith Richardson Foundation | $103,894 | 2014 |
| Greater Washington Community Foundation | $100,000 | 2014 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $100,000 | 2014 |
| Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund | $85,000 | 2014 |
| Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund | $35,000 | 2014 |
| New Venture Fund | $145,000 | 2014 |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | $1,000,000 | 2013 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $725,000 | 2013 |
| Ford Foundation | $600,000 | 2013 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $500,000 | 2013 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $450,000 | 2013 |
| John and Mary R. Markle Foundation | $450,000 | 2013 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $350,400 | 2013 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | $333,300 | 2013 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $321,022 | 2013 |
| Foundation For Child Development | $310,000 | 2013 |
| Nathan Cummings Foundation | $300,000 | 2013 |
| Ford Foundation | $300,000 | 2013 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $300,000 | 2013 |
| Pritzker Family Foundation | $280,000 | 2013 |
| Schmidt Family Foundation | $250,000 | 2013 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $250,000 | 2013 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $200,002 | 2013 |
| Joyce Foundation | $150,000 | 2013 |
| Kresge Foundation | $150,000 | 2013 |
| Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation | $150,000 | 2013 |
| Peter G Peterson Foundation | $150,000 | 2013 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | $150,000 | 2013 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $140,000 | 2013 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $100,000 | 2013 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $100,000 | 2013 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $100,000 | 2013 |
| Rattner Family Foundation . | $100,000 | 2013 |
| W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation | $100,000 | 2013 |
| Proteus Fund | $70,000 | 2013 |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | $1,000,000 | 2012 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $725,000 | 2012 |
| Ford Foundation | $600,000 | 2012 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $500,000 | 2012 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $500,000 | 2012 |
| Ford Foundation | $475,000 | 2012 |
| Foundation For Child Development | $354,500 | 2012 |
| James Irvine Foundation | $350,000 | 2012 |
| Omidyar Network Fund | $343,367 | 2012 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $300,000 | 2012 |
| Ford Foundation | $300,000 | 2012 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $250,000 | 2012 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $250,000 | 2012 |
| National Philanthropic Trust | $250,000 | 2012 |
| Peter G Peterson Foundation | $250,000 | 2012 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | $250,000 | 2012 |
| Mcknight Foundation | $200,000 | 2012 |
| Citi Foundation | $200,000 | 2012 |
| Nathan Cummings Foundation | $175,000 | 2012 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $160,000 | 2012 |
| Schmidt Family Foundation | $150,000 | 2012 |
| Ford Foundation | $150,000 | 2012 |
| Hauser Foundation | $150,000 | 2012 |
| Peter G Peterson Foundation | $150,000 | 2012 |
| Wyncote Foundation | $140,000 | 2012 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $125,000 | 2012 |
| Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation | $125,000 | 2012 |
| Smith Richardson Foundation | $125,000 | 2012 |
| Omidyar Network Fund | $110,400 | 2012 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $110,000 | 2012 |
| Nathan Cummings Foundation | $100,000 | 2012 |
| Warburg Pus Foundation | $100,000 | 2012 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $100,000 | 2012 |
| W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation | $100,000 | 2012 |
| Proteus Fund | $290,000 | 2012 |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | $1,000,000 | 2011 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $650,000 | 2011 |
| Ford Foundation | $550,000 | 2011 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $525,000 | 2011 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $500,000 | 2011 |
| Nathan Cummings Foundation | $300,000 | 2011 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $300,000 | 2011 |
| Ford Foundation | $300,000 | 2011 |
| Ford Foundation | $300,000 | 2011 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $300,000 | 2011 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | $300,000 | 2011 |
| New York Community Trust | $270,000 | 2011 |
| Foundation For Child Development | $260,000 | 2011 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $250,000 | 2011 |
| John S. and James L. Knight Foundation | $250,000 | 2011 |
| Schmidt Family Foundation | $225,000 | 2011 |
| California Endowment | $225,000 | 2011 |
| California Endowment | $215,000 | 2011 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $200,000 | 2011 |
| Save Children Federation | $151,692 | 2011 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | $145,000 | 2011 |
| Wyncote Foundation | $135,000 | 2011 |
| Smith Richardson Foundation | $125,000 | 2011 |
| Surdna Foundation | $125,000 | 2011 |
| James Irvine Foundation | $110,000 | 2011 |
| Rockefeller Foundation | $100,000 | 2011 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $100,000 | 2011 |
| Citi Foundation | $100,000 | 2011 |
| W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation | $100,000 | 2011 |
| Proteus Fund | $201,000 | 2011 |
| Rockefeller Foundation | $1,135,000 | 2010 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $650,000 | 2010 |
| New York Community Trust | $623,000 | 2010 |
| Ford Foundation | $600,000 | 2010 |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | $500,000 | 2010 |
| James Irvine Foundation | $440,000 | 2010 |
| New York Community Trust | $425,000 | 2010 |
| California Physicians Service Foundation | $332,500 | 2010 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $300,000 | 2010 |
| Rockefeller Foundation | $293,000 | 2010 |
| Ford Foundation | $250,000 | 2010 |
| Foundation For Child Development | $210,000 | 2010 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | $200,000 | 2010 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $200,000 | 2010 |
| Foundation For Child Development | $200,000 | 2010 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $200,000 | 2010 |
| Ford Foundation | $150,000 | 2010 |
| Ploughshares Fund | $150,000 | 2010 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | $150,000 | 2010 |
| James Irvine Foundation | $125,000 | 2010 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $125,000 | 2010 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $125,000 | 2010 |
| Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund | $125,000 | 2010 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $100,000 | 2010 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $100,000 | 2010 |
| Citi Foundation | $100,000 | 2010 |
| Ford Foundation | $100,000 | 2010 |
| Ford Foundation | $100,000 | 2010 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $100,000 | 2010 |
| Greater Washington Community Foundation | $100,000 | 2010 |
| Hauser Foundation | $100,000 | 2010 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $100,000 | 2010 |
| Smith Richardson Foundation | $100,000 | 2010 |
| W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation | $100,000 | 2010 |
| Proteus Fund | $85,000 | 2010 |
| Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation | $1,250,000 | 2009 |
| James Irvine Foundation | $1,000,000 | 2009 |
| New York Community Trust | $870,000 | 2009 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $745,300 | 2009 |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | $500,000 | 2009 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $450,000 | 2009 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | $450,000 | 2009 |
| California Physicians Service Foundation | $332,500 | 2009 |
| Ford Foundation | $250,000 | 2009 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | 2009 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $225,000 | 2009 |
| Nathan Cummings Foundation | $200,000 | 2009 |
| California Physicians Service Foundation | $200,000 | 2009 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $200,000 | 2009 |
| Ford Foundation | $200,000 | 2009 |
| Foundation For Child Development | $200,000 | 2009 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $200,000 | 2009 |
| Open Society Foundations | $200,000 | 2009 |
| Smith Richardson Foundation | $200,000 | 2009 |
| Christopher Reynolds Foundation | $176,000 | 2009 |
| John S. and James L. Knight Foundation | $175,000 | 2009 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $160,000 | 2009 |
| Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund | $150,000 | 2009 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $150,000 | 2009 |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $150,000 | 2009 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | $150,000 | 2009 |
| Foundation For Child Development | $135,000 | 2009 |
| James Irvine Foundation | $125,000 | 2009 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $125,000 | 2009 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $125,000 | 2009 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $100,000 | 2009 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $100,000 | 2009 |
| California Physicians Service Foundation | $100,000 | 2009 |
| Elbridge Stuart Foundation | $100,000 | 2009 |
| Ford Foundation | $100,000 | 2009 |
| Hauser Foundation | $100,000 | 2009 |
| Public Welfare Foundation | $100,000 | 2009 |
| Public Welfare Foundation | $100,000 | 2009 |
| Surdna Foundation | $100,000 | 2009 |
| W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation | $100,000 | 2009 |
| Rockefeller Foundation | $7,500,000 | 2008 |
| James Irvine Foundation | $1,200,000 | 2008 |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | $1,000,000 | 2008 |
| Lumina Foundation For Education | $450,000 | 2008 |
| Rockefeller Foundation | $400,000 | 2008 |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | $350,000 | 2008 |
| Open Society Foundations | $300,000 | 2008 |
| California Physicians Service Foundation | $250,000 | 2008 |
| Ford Foundation | $250,000 | 2008 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | 2008 |
| Ford Foundation | $245,000 | 2008 |
| Nathan Cummings Foundation | $235,000 | 2008 |
| California Physicians Service Foundation | $200,000 | 2008 |
| Ford Foundation | $200,000 | 2008 |
| Open Society Foundations | $200,000 | 2008 |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | $187,500 | 2008 |
| Christopher Reynolds Foundation | $150,000 | 2008 |
| Healthone | $150,000 | 2008 |
| Foundation For Child Development | $135,000 | 2008 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $125,000 | 2008 |
| Hand Foundation | $125,000 | 2008 |
| Open Society Foundations | $115,000 | 2008 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $100,000 | 2008 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $100,000 | 2008 |
| California Physicians Service Foundation | $100,000 | 2008 |
| Foundation For Child Development | $100,000 | 2008 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | $100,000 | 2008 |
| Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation | $1,250,000 | 2007 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $754,700 | 2007 |
| Rockefeller Foundation | $750,000 | 2007 |
| New York Community Trust | $417,000 | 2007 |
| Smith Richardson Foundation | $261,500 | 2007 |
| James Irvine Foundation | $250,000 | 2007 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $250,000 | 2007 |
| California Physicians Service Foundation | $250,000 | 2007 |
| California Physicians Service Foundation | $250,000 | 2007 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | 2007 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | 2007 |
| Ford Foundation | $200,000 | 2007 |
| Open Society Foundations | $200,000 | 2007 |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | $175,000 | 2007 |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | $153,465 | 2007 |
| California Wellness Foundation | $150,000 | 2007 |
| Rockefeller Brors Fund | $150,000 | 2007 |
| Tides Foundation | $150,000 | 2007 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $125,000 | 2007 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $125,000 | 2007 |
| Hand Foundation | $125,000 | 2007 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $100,000 | 2007 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $100,000 | 2007 |
| Christopher Reynolds Foundation | $100,000 | 2007 |
| Ford Foundation | $100,000 | 2007 |
| Foundation For Child Development | $100,000 | 2007 |
| Hauser Foundation | $100,000 | 2007 |
| Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation | $1,000,000 | 2006 |
| California Physicians Service Foundation | $600,000 | 2006 |
| New York Community Trust | $383,000 | 2006 |
| James Irvine Foundation | $250,000 | 2006 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $250,000 | 2006 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | 2006 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $200,000 | 2006 |
| Ford Foundation | $200,000 | 2006 |
| Foundation For Child Development | $200,000 | 2006 |
| Open Society Foundations | $200,000 | 2006 |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | $152,250 | 2006 |
| Ford Foundation | $150,000 | 2006 |
| Rockefeller Brors Fund | $150,000 | 2006 |
| Smith Richardson Foundation | $127,500 | 2006 |
| F.B. Heron Foundation | $125,000 | 2006 |
| Hand Foundation | $125,000 | 2006 |
| Joyce Foundation | $100,000 | 2006 |
| Rockefeller Foundation | $100,000 | 2006 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $100,000 | 2006 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $100,000 | 2006 |
| James Irvine Foundation | $2,500,000 | 2005 |
| Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation | $1,250,000 | 2005 |
| California Physicians Service Foundation | $800,000 | 2005 |
| Ford Foundation | $800,000 | 2005 |
| California Physicians Service Foundation | $600,000 | 2005 |
| New York Community Trust | $551,000 | 2005 |
| F.B. Heron Foundation | $500,000 | 2005 |
| Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation | $396,770 | 2005 |
| James Irvine Foundation | $250,000 | 2005 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $200,000 | 2005 |
| Ford Foundation | $200,000 | 2005 |
| Open Society Foundations | $200,000 | 2005 |
| Rockefeller Brors Fund | $200,000 | 2005 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $187,000 | 2005 |
| Pew Charitable Trusts | $175,000 | 2005 |
| Ford Foundation | $150,000 | 2005 |
| Casey Family Programs | $125,000 | 2005 |
| Hand Foundation | $125,000 | 2005 |
| Joyce Foundation | $100,000 | 2005 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $100,000 | 2005 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $100,000 | 2005 |
| Hauser Foundation | $100,000 | 2005 |
| James Irvine Foundation | $750,000 | 2004 |
| Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation | $750,000 | 2004 |
| California Physicians Service Foundation | $500,000 | 2004 |
| Ford Foundation | $251,000 | 2004 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $250,000 | 2004 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $250,000 | 2004 |
| Ford Foundation | $200,000 | 2004 |
| Open Society Foundations | $200,000 | 2004 |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | $140,000 | 2004 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $100,000 | 2004 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $100,000 | 2004 |
| Ford Foundation | $100,000 | 2004 |
| California Physicians Service Foundation | $940,000 | 2003 |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | $560,000 | 2003 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $300,000 | 2003 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $250,000 | 2003 |
| Ford Foundation | $200,000 | 2003 |
| Pew Memorial Trust | $189,000 | 2003 |
| Open Society Foundations | $150,000 | 2003 |
| Casey Family Programs | $125,000 | 2003 |
| Ford Foundation | $100,000 | 2003 |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $600,000 | 2002 |
| John and Mary R. Markle Foundation | $345,000 | 2002 |
| Pew Memorial Trust | $255,000 | 2002 |
| John D. and Carine T. Macarthur Foundation Consolidated | $250,000 | 2002 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $125,000 | 2002 |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $125,000 | 2002 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation | $113,000 | 2002 |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $600,000 | 2001 |
| Pew Memorial Trust | $500,000 | 2001 |
| John and Mary R. Markle Foundation | $307,500 | 2001 |
| Ford Foundation | $300,000 | 2001 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $125,000 | 2001 |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $125,000 | 2001 |
| Open Society Foundations | $100,000 | 2001 |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $600,000 | 2000 |
| Pew Memorial Trust | $500,000 | 2000 |
| John and Mary R. Markle Foundation | $192,500 | 2000 |
| Lear Family Foundation | $100,000 | 2000 |
| Lear Family Foundation | $200,000 | 1999 |
| John Merck Fund | $150,000 | 1999 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $100,000 | 1999 |
| Schumann Media Center | $200,000 | 1998 |
| Total: | $172,274,821 |
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