The [NEA] nearly tripled its contributions [to advocacy groups] from the previous fiscal year. The expenditures include a host of payments connected with ballot initiatives in both November 2006 and the first eight months of 2007. They range from $2.3 million to Citizens for Education, who campaigned in favor of a school funding initiative in Michigan, down to several smaller grants to groups such as Rainbow/PUSH, FairTest, Amnesty International, Sierra Club and Human Rights Campaign. Here is an alphabetic list of the recipients of NEA’s largesse, with relevant web links:
NEA dollars at work for whom?
This is a long one. But if you like following the money, it is pretty interesting. A friend passed on an analysis of the National Education Association’s financial disclosure report for 2006-7. And you wonder why certain special interests support higher taxes and government largesse to the non-profit sector. As you read this list of advocacy groups who received funding from the NEA, remember that Pioneer takes no money from government sources and therefore can be objective about how to improve government. We don’t take your money via government and that’s why we ask for your support.
ACORN – $218,452
American Council on Education – $10,000
American Library Association – $5,000
American Rights at Work – $5,000
Americans United for Change – $350,000
Amnesty International – $7,500
Arizona Minimum Wage Coalition – $28,000
Arizona State University Office for Research & Sponsored Projects Administration – $250,000
Asian American Justice Center – $5,000
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund – $6,000
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies – $5,000
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance – $5,000
Bloggerpower.org – $10,000
Business and Professional Women/USA – $5,000
Campaign for America’s Future – $40,000
CAP Charitable Foundation – $5,000
Celebrate ME – $50,000
Center for Community Change – $25,000
Center for Equity and Biliteracy Education Research – $8,000
Center for Law and Education – $50,000
Center for Policy Alternatives – $10,000
Center for Teaching Quality – $277,485
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – $81,500
Children’s Defense Fund – $10,000
The Citizenship Project – $25,000
Citizens for Education – $2,316,000
Citizens United to Protect Our Public Safety, Schools and Communities – $550,000
Citizens Who Support Maine’s Public Schools – $195,000
Coloradans for Excellent Schools – $792,000
Coloradans for a Fair Minimum Wage – $20,000
Coloradans for Responsible Reform – $50,000
Committee for Education Funding – $18,902
Committee to Protect Our Children’s Legacy – $560,000
Communities for Quality Education – $273,000
Communities United to Strengthen America – $150,000
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. – $40,000
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute – $90,825
Conserving Arizona’s Future – $50,000
Creating Arizona’s Future – $425,000
Democratic GAIN – $10,000
Democratic Leadership Council – $40,150
East Meadow Jewish Center – $5,000
Economic Policy Institute – $150,000
Educational Testing Service – $21,134
Everybody Wins DC – $8,000
FairTest – $35,000
Ford’s Theatre – $10,000
Funniest Celebrity in Washington – $10,000
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation – $6,000
Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network – $130,000
Give Missourians A Raise – $200,000
Give Nevada A Raise – $25,000
Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice – $300,000
Harvard Labor and Worklife Program – $5,000
Harvard University Office for Sponsored Research – $50,000
Healthy Schools Network – $5,000
Human Rights Campaign – $15,000
Invest In Our Kids’ Education – $720,000
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy – $15,000
Japanese American Citizens League – $5,000
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies – $15,000
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement – $15,000
Latina Initiative – $25,000
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights – $15,000
League of Rural Voters – $15,000
League of United Latin American Citizens – $5,000
Learning First Alliance – $54,240
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund – $15,300
NAACP – $56,500
National Alliance of Black School Educators – $11,000
National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education – $5,500
National Association for Bilingual Education – $5,000
National Association for the Education and Advancement of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans – $5,000
National Association of Hispanic Journalists – $5,000
National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund – $10,000
National Association of Legislative and Political Specialists for Education – $14,021
National Baptist Voice – $15,450
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards – $8,000
National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training – $10,000
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation – $10,000
National Conference of Black Mayors – $10,000
National Conference of State Legislatures – $42,275
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education – $348,585
National Council of La Raza – $14,700
National Hispanic Media Coalition – $5,000
National League of Cities – $40,000
National Partnership for Women and Families – $5,000
National Parent Teachers Association – $5,000
National Public Pension Coalition – $135,000
National Staff Development Council – $70,500
National Urban League – $10,180
National Women’s Law Center – $10,000
Nebraskans Against 423 – $500,000
Nebraskans for the Good Life – $250,000
Not In Montana – $310,000
Ohioans for a Fair Minimum Wage – $680,000
Organizations Concerned About Rural Education – $5,000
Partnership for 21st Century Skills – $55,803
People for the American Way – $275,000
Project New West – $86,000
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition – $10,000
Rebuild America’s Schools – $20,000
Second District Religious, Educational Charitable Development Project – $5,000
SEIU – $15,000
Sierra Club – $50,000
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center – $5,000
Southern Christian Leadership Conference – $12,771
Task Force Foundation – $10,000
Teachers Count – $50,000
U.S. Action – $100,000
U.S. Fund for UNICEF – $7,500
Vote Early Denver – $25,000
Women’s Campaign Forum – $15,000
Women’s Voices Women Vote – $75,000
Workers Independent News Service – $5,000
Working America – $150,000
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