To: TigerPaw who wrote (277862 ) 7/19/2002 10:32:50 PM From: KLP Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670 By asking the source, I meant...WHO is behind the link... like this.... interesting, eh? Founder:publici.org Charles Lewis Charles Lewis is the founder and executive director of the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization in Washington that concentrates on ethics and public-service issues. He is the co-author of four Center books, The Cheating of America (Morrow 2001), The Buying of the President 2000 (Avon 2000), The Buying of the Congress (Avon 1998) and The Buying of the President (Avon 1996). Since the Center opened its doors in downtown Washington in 1990, Lewis has written or co-written several of its more than 100 investigative books, studies and newsletter reports. In 1998, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Their BOD:publici.org Advisors:publici.org Funderspublici.org The Center for Public Integrity is supported by contributions from foundations, individuals, revenue from the sale of publications, and editorial consulting with news organizations. The Center does not accept advertising or contributions from corporations, labor unions, and governments. Current IRS guidelines do not require nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) filing status to publicly disclose their sources of support. In the interest of public disclosure, the Center has chosen to provide the following list of institutions and individuals that contributed more than $500 in2001. Fred and Blake Albright The Arca Foundation Brodie Price Philanthropic Fund The Carnegie Corporation of New York Dr. Micheal W. Casey The Nathan Cummings Foundation Victor Elmaleh Foundation Edith and Henry Everett The Ford Foundation Foundation Open Society Institute The Goldman Environmental Foundation Andrew and Jamie Gagarin Robert Giles Hafif Family Foundation The Jeff B. Harmon Trust The Joyce Foundation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Fanny and Leo Koerner Charitable Trust William S. Lee Arthur D. Lipson Donna Mae Litowitz The Low Wood Fund The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation William and Gail Mattsson The Giles W. and Elise G. Mead Foundation Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust The John & Florence Newman Foundation The New York Community Trust-The Atlantic Fund Frances C. Nyce The Open Society Institute Park Foundation, Inc. Nick Penniman The Pew Charitable Trusts Charles Piller The Popplestone Foundation Princeton Class of 1969 The Ruben and Elisabeth Rausing Trust Rockefeller Family Fund Rockefeller Financial Services The Scherman Foundation, Inc. Schuckman Peace Foundation Ben Sherwood The Streisand Foundation Mark Thompson Town Creek Foundation, Inc. Cynthia M. Von Maerstetten For further information, please contact Regina Russell.