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As shown through the organizations that the couple is involved, they place a particular emphasis on funding organizations working to either privatize the public school system through charter schools or to render it obsolete via voucher systems … The Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation has funded the charter school movement as well, providing $25,000 to the Michigan Association of Public School Academies, a group supporting the charter schools movement, and $179,000 to New Urban Learning, a charter school management nonprofit in Detroit. They have also given $50,000 to Grove City College, a college that has received national attention for its refusal to abide by Title IX of the Civil Rights Act and now refuses students who receive federal tuition assistance. In addition to funding nonprofits through their foundation, the couple has funded and taken active roles in political advocacy groups around the country as well as organizing the failed Kids First! Yes! ballot proposal in 2000 that would have provided partial tuition vouchers to all parents sending their children to private or religious schools, regardless of income.
The couple’s funding of efforts to privatize schools must also be seen within the context of their funding of the economic right. In addition to funding the Acton Institute, the couple has funded a variety think-tanks promoting free-market economics and the privatization of public services.
Here in Michigan, the couple has provided $30,000 to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, an organization that has aggressively attacked national health insurance, welfare, unions, and the minimum wage, while promoting unrestricted free-market economics. It is also worth noting that Dick DeVos served on the Mackinac Center’s board in the 1990s. The couple has given several thousand dollars to nationally recognized think-tanks promoting similar positions, with the couple giving $30,000 to the Heritage Foundation and $5,000 to the American Enterprise Institute.
Fundador:
Richard “Dick” M. DeVos, Jr.
Hijo de Richard DeVos, fundador de Amway Corporation
CEO de Amway Corporation entre 1993 y 2002
En 2006 realizó la campaña gubernamental más cara de la historia de Michigan, desembolsando $41,000,000
Presidente:
Richard “Dick” M. DeVos, Jr.
Religión:
Bautista (Southern Baptist Convention)
Orientación dominionista
Año de fundación:
1990
Sede:
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Origen de la riqueza:
Productos de salud, belleza y menaje
Empresas:
Amway Corporation
Acusada de timo piramidal y no condenada, pero sancionada por forzar la fijación de precios
Prince Automotive
The Windquest Group
Alticor
Activos de la fundación
$17,368,304 (2008, valor máximo)
Financiación total documentada:
$39,110,317 (1999-2008)
Misión declarada:
Destinos de la financiación:
Think Tanks
American Enterprise Institute $9,000
Cato Institute $5,000
Center for Individual Rights $35,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute $1,000
Hudson Institute $10,000
Mackinac Center for Public Policy $150,000
National Center for Policy Analysis
Activismo judicial
American Justice Parthnership $100,000
Ave Maria School of Law $4,000
Federalist Society $31,000
Institute for Justice $40,000
Institute for Marriage and Public Policy $250,000
Southeastern Legal Foundation $10,000
Soporte a delincuentes
Prison Fellowship Ministries $175,000
Fundamentalismo cristiano
Acton Institute for the Study of Liberty and Religion $414,750
Bethany Christian Services $194,750
Calvin College $630,600
Campus Crusade for Christ $8,350
CLC Network $128,000
CLC Network (Christian Learning Center) $55,000
Council of National Policy $2,500
Focus on the Family $275,000
Haggai Institute $2,000,000
Inner City Christian Federation $890,000
Joy of Jesus $175,000
Mars Hill Bible Church $2634,000
Michigan Christian Citizens Alliance $100,000
North American Mission Board $250,000 (Southern Baptist Convention)
National Day of Prayer Task Force $35,000
RidgePoint Community Church $636,000
Willow Creek Association $1,965,000
Activismo educativo
Alliance for School Choice $150,000
American Education Reform Council $106,000
Black Alliance for Educational Options – Detroit $50,000
Black Alliance for Educational Options $55,900
Black Educational Excellence Program $4,600
Choices for Children $670,000
Florida School Choice Fund $25,000
Grand Rapids Christian School Association $567,000
Holland Christian Schools $128,000
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship $12,500
Kids Hope USA $1039,000
LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church $119,5,000
Michigan Association of Public School Academies $200,000
Orlando Magic Youth Foundation $90,000
Rehoboth Christian School $700,000
Right to Life of Michigan Educational Foundation $201,000
Wedgwood Christian Youth & Family Services $35,000
Young Life – National Office $566,800
Young Life Greater Grand Rapids $173,000
Colegios mayores y Universidad
Cornerstone University $105,000
Davenport University $362,100
Grand Valley State University $132,500
Grand Valley University $22,500
Michigan State University – Michigan Political Leadership Program $2,250
Michigan State University $25,110
Princeton University – James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions $100,000
Princeton University $103,500
Activismo politico
Center for Military Readiness $1,000
National Constitution Center $10,000
Antifeminismo
Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women $200,000
Medios de comunicación
Act One, Inc. $345,000
Direct Selling Education Foundation $1,000
Fringe Communications $260,000
Gospel Communications International $204,500
Mastermedia International $7,500
Filantropía
Grand Rapids Art Museum $149,560
Grand Rapids Symphony $40,075,000
Health Intervention Services $210,000
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Foundation $2,037,000
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts $845,962
National Symphony Orchestra Association $57,970
World of Hope Foundation $100,000
World Vision $173,756
Redes de filantropía
International Aid $613,200
Innovation Network for Communities $200,000
Hope College $123,500
Hope Network $32,500
Hope Network Foundation $65,000
Hope Summer Repertory Theatre $3,000
Heart of West Michigan United Way $273,000
Philanthropy Roundtable $28,000
Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation Inc. $400,000
Listado ampliado y detallado de destinos de financiación
Fuentes
Notas:
edcutlip – Dick and Betsy DeVos Funding the Far Right through Foundation Grants – Media Mouse – 05/10/2006 – http://www.mediamouse.org/news/2006/10/dick-and-betsy-1.php
«As shown through the organizations that the couple is involved, they place a particular emphasis on funding organizations working to either privatize the public school system through charter schools or to render it obsolete via voucher systems … In addition to funding nonprofits through their foundation, the couple has funded and taken active roles in political advocacy groups around the country as well as organizing the failed Kids First! Yes! ballot proposal in 2000 that would have provided partial tuition vouchers to all parents sending their children to private or religious schools, regardless of income.»
edcutlip – Dick and Betsy DeVos Funding the Far Right through Foundation Grants – Media Mouse – 05/10/2006 – http://www.mediamouse.org/news/2006/10/dick-and-betsy-1.php
«Here in Michigan, the couple has provided $30,000 to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, an organization that has aggressively attacked national health insurance, welfare, unions, and the minimum wage, while promoting unrestricted free-market economics. It is also worth noting that Dick DeVos served on the Mackinac Center’s board in the 1990s. The couple has given several thousand dollars to nationally recognized think-tanks promoting similar positions, with the couple giving $30,000 to the Heritage Foundation and $5,000 to the American Enterprise Institute.»
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