Institute for America's Future,
Inc.
1825 K Street
N.W.
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
http://institute.ourfuture.org/
Phone: (202) 955-5665
Fax: 202-955-5606
Email contact:
www.ourfuture.org/contact
EIN: 52-1971942
Registered March
25,
1996
(District of
Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs,
Corporate Division)
Exempt since: 1996
Institute for America's Future is
linked to
Campaign for America's Future.
Institute for America's Future
is mapped on
Muckety.
Self-Description:
Mission:
Educating
the public and policy makers, and conducting research about the
social, environmental, political, and economic challenges
confronting America as it enters the 21st Century; Promoting public
discussion and understanding of new economic and social policies
which can help reverse the increasing polarization of Americans, and
helping people to explore new strategies for out country that will
simultaneously promote increasing economic opportunities for the
middle class, women, minorities, and the poor.
Program:
Conducted research and publicized findings
concerning citizens' attitudes about economic options confronting
America.
 Actual:
Think tank (501c3) of
Campaign for America's Future(501c4),
a labor-dominated lobbying and electoral network
heavily influenced by progressive plutocrats and secret donors
working on anti-corporate, anti-military, welfare-state, and other
"progressive" programs.
Incubator for the
Apollo
Alliance, now a project of Tides Center.
Apollo's executive director, James Ringo, is paid by Institute for
America's Future.
A favorite of George Soros'
Open Society Institute.
Documentation in Ron Arnold's "Freezing in the Dark."
The 2004 diagram of
Institute for America's Future officials shows:
Who are these people?
-
Robert Borosage
is profiled
here (click link).
-
Roger Wilkins, Pulitzer Prize for his
Washington Post Watergate reporting, professor at George
Mason University. Publisher, NAACP journal Crisis,
editorial board, The Nation magazine.
-
Roger Hickey, co-founder, Economic
Policy Institute, founded CAF’s New Century Alliance for Social
Security and Medicare.
-
Susan Bianchi-Sand, director of United
American Nurses (labor arm of American Nurses Association).
-
W. Ford Schumann, money behind the
Schumann Center for Media and Democracy and The Florence Fund.
On April 6, 2004, the Florence Fund (TomPaine.com) merged into
the Institute for America’s Future. Ellen Miller and $1,088,855
went to IAF.
-
Ellen Miller, came to IAF/CAF in the
merger with The Florence Fund.
-
John Sweeney, president, AFL-CIO;
member, Democratic Socialists of America. His
international director, Barbara Shailor, is married to
Robert Borosage.
-
Margery Tabankin, executive director
of both the Barbra Streisand Foundation and Steven Spielberg’s
Righteous Persons Foundation, board member, the Arca Foundation
and Defenders of Wildlife.
-
Katrina Vanden
Heuvel, editor and co-owner of The Nation magazine,
trustee, The Nation Institute.
-
Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles City
Council (elected Mayor, 2005), former Speaker of the California
Assembly.
-
Warren Beatty, movie actor and mogul,
longtime Democratic campaign advisor (Kennedy 1968; McGovern
1972; Hart 1984, 1988); explored a presidential candidacy of his
own in 1999, did not run.
- Robert Reich, professor of public policy at the
University of California at Berkeley; was Clinton’s Secretary of
Labor; co-founded the Economic Policy Institute and The
American Prospect.
A social network diagram of these
individuals reveals these
connections:
Link lines show shared members or funding paths; lone blocks
indicate less-interactive connections. Bill
Moyers is profiled
here (click link).
Institute for America's Future
Officers and Directors 2007
| Name |
Title |
Compensation |
 ROGER
WILKINS |
CHAIRMAN |
$0 |
 ROBERT
BOROSAGE |
PRESIDENT/
CO-DIRECTOR |
Salary $117,751
Benefits $15,274 |
 ROGER
HICKEY |
SECRETARY.-TREASURER./
CO-DIRECTOR |
Salary $107,581
Benefits $24,754 |
 JEROME
RINGO |
Executive
Director.
APOLLO PROJECT,
incubated by IAF,
now a project of
Tides Center |
Salary $99,013
Benefits $7,178 |
 ROBERT
JOHNSON |
BOARD MEMBER |
$0 |
 JAMES
FORMAN JR |
BOARD MEMBER |
$0 |
 MARGERY
TABANKIN |
BOARD MEMBER |
$0 |
 JOHN
SWEENEY |
BOARD MEMBER |
$0 |
| SCOTT WALLACE |
BOARD MEMBER |
$0 |
 SUSAN
BIANCHI-SAND |
BOARD MEMBER |
$0 |
 KATRINA
VANDEN HEUVEL |
BOARD MEMBER |
$0 |
 ANTONIO
VILLARAIGOSA |
BOARD MEMBER |
$0 |
 WARREN
BEATTY |
BOARD MEMBER |
$0 |
 MARIA
JOBIN-LEEDS |
BOARD MEMBER |
$0 |
Special linkage:
Apollo Alliance executive director paid by IAF
Jerome Ringo,
Apollo Alliance President
(formerly executive director)
This
laudatory bio of Mr. Ringo was posted on the Apollo
Alliance website in 2009. In fact, Ringo was shifted
from executive director into the staff position of
president when former California State Treasurer Phil
Angelides took over as Apollo's chairman of the board in
September 2007.
 Jerome
Ringo came to the Apollo Alliance in 2005 as a dedicated
champion of environmental justice and vocal advocate of
clean energy. He has first hand experience of the
challenges we face after working for more than 20 years
in Louisiana’s petrochemical industry. More than half of
that time was spent as an active union member working
with his fellow members to secure a safe work
environment and quality jobs. Louisiana’s petrochemical
industry focuses on the production of gasoline, rocket
fuel, and plastics – many of which contain cancer
causing chemicals. As he began observing the negative
impacts of the industry’s pollution on local communities
– primarily poor, minority communities – Jerome began
organizing community environmental justice groups.
Jerome’s experience organizing environmental and labor
communities and his drive to further diversify the
environmental movement bridges many of Apollo’s partners
to create a broad based coalition to provide real
solutions for our energy crisis. In 1996, Ringo was
elected to serve on the National Wildlife Federation
board of directors and, in 2005, Jerome became the chair
of the board. In so doing, he also became the first
African American to head a major conservation
organization. Jerome was the United States’ only black
delegate at the 1998 Global Warming Treaty Negotiations
in Kyoto, Japan, and represented the National Wildlife
Federation at the United Nations’ conference on
sustainable development in 1999. |
Institute for America's Future
5 Highest Paid Employees 2007
| Name |
Title |
Compensation |
| CHRIS COLLINS |
CHIEF OF STAFF |
$98,748 |
| IAN DAVID MISHALOVE |
MANAGER |
$77,332 |
| TOBY SUMANTA CHAUDHURI |
DIR. COMMUNICATIONS |
$75,475 |
| BRIAN ALBERT |
COO |
$74,250 |
| ERIC MILLS |
CONTROLLER |
$74,109 |
Institute for America's Future
Highest Paid
Independent Contractors for Professional Services 2007
| Name |
Title |
Compensation |
|
NGEN, LLC |
COMPUTER SERVICES |
$74,483 |
|
GETACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC |
WEBSITE |
$68,200 |
|
Institute for America's Future
financial condition 2007
|
Revenue |
|
Expenses |
|
Contributions |
$1,920,228 |
|
Government Grants |
$0 |
|
Program Services |
$115,280 |
|
Investments |
$173,806 |
|
Special Events |
$35,296 |
|
Sales |
$0 |
|
Other |
$21,803 |
|
|
|
Program Services |
$3,945,896 |
|
Administration |
$252,289 |
|
Other |
$205,992 |
|
Total Expenditures |
$4,404,177 |
|
|
Total Revenue |
$2,266,413
|
|
NET
GAIN/LOSS |
($2,137,764) |
|
Foundation
grants to Institute for America's Future 1999-2008
|
Donor Foundation |
Amount |
Year |
Grant Description |
ENFRANCHISEMENT
FOUNDATION
Washington
Dist Of Columbia |
$25,000 |
2008 |
|
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
OF AMERICA
Westport
Connecticut |
$100,000 |
2007 |
Project for an
accountable congress |
THE PHILIP D & TAMMY S
MURPHY FOUNDATION
New York
New York |
$25,000 |
2007 |
|
ARCA FOUNDATION
Washington
Dist Of Columbia |
$75,000 |
2007 |
For general support |
BOSTON FOUNDATION INC
Boston
Massachusetts |
$10,000 |
2007 |
Villers fund |
BOSTON FOUNDATION INC
Boston
Massachusetts |
$10,000 |
2007 |
Rodgers community fund |
STEWART R MOTT
CHARITABLE TRUST
Washington
Dist Of Columbia |
$20,000 |
2007 |
|
TIDES FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
$27,196 |
2007 |
|
TIDES FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
$125,000 |
2007 |
|
SCHUMANN CENTER FOR
MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY INC
Montclair
New Jersey |
$100,000 |
2007 |
Matching basis for
general support |
NATHAN CUMMINGS
FOUNDATION
New York
New York |
$50,000 |
2007 |
New Growth Project /
Apollo Project |
GOLDMAN SACHS
PHILANTHROPY FUND
New York
New York |
$5,000 |
2007 |
Public services |
ANGELICA FOUNDATION
La Jolla
California |
$7,700 |
2007 |
Campaign for America's
future |
GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION
Cleveland
Ohio |
$40,000 |
2007 |
Analysis on adapting
Northeast Ohio manufacturing capacity to renewable
energy market |
TOWN CREEK FOUNDATION INC
Easton
Maryland |
$40,000 |
2007 |
As fiscal sponsor for
Apollo alliance |
COYDOG FOUNDATION
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania |
$25,000 |
2007 |
|
OVERBROOK FOUNDATION
New York
New York |
$75,000 |
2007 |
The Apollo Alliance
for Clean Energy and Good Jobs |
BERNARD & AUDRE RAPOPORT FOUNDATION
Waco
Texas |
$100,000 |
2006 |
Program support |
WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION
Menlo Park
California |
$150,000 |
2006 |
For general support of
the Apollo project for good jobs and energy independence |
TOWN CREEK FOUNDATION INC
Easton
Maryland |
$40,000 |
2006 |
Association fiscal
sponsor for Apollo alliance |
BELDON FUND
New York
New York |
$50,000 |
2006 |
|
COYDOG FOUNDATION
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania |
$75,000 |
2006 |
Institutional support |
CATALYST FOUNDATION
Chicago
Illinois |
$20,000 |
2006 |
Institutional support |
ROBERT AND PATRICIA SWITZER FOUNDATION
Belfast
Maine |
$30,000 |
2006 |
To promote Jeremy Hays
into the position of western states organizing |
THE AGNES GUND FOUNDATION
E Liverpool
Ohio
|
$75,000 |
2006 |
|
NATHAN CUMMINGS FOUNDATION
New York
New York |
$200,000 |
2006 |
New growth initiative/apollo
project |
MAX & ANNA LEVINSON FOUNDATION
Santa Fe
New Mexico
|
$10,000 |
2006 |
Apollo alliance for
good jobs and energy independence |
OVERBROOK FOUNDATION
New York
New York |
$75,000 |
2006 |
The Apollo Alliance |
SCHUMANN CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY INC
Montclair
New Jersey |
$2,200,000 |
2006 |
A challenge grant of
$500,000 on a $1 for $1 matching basis to support
the "contract with
America" effort engaging progressive activists to
define issues and ideas
for political debate; a three-year challenge
grant of $3,000,000 on a $1
for $1 matching basis for general support. |
MARISLA FOUNDATION
Laguna Beach
California |
$75,000 |
2006 |
Tompaine.com |
ARCA FOUNDATION
Washington
Dist Of Columbia |
$50,000 |
2006 |
To support the
institute's project for an accountable congress |
BULLITT FOUNDATION
Seattle
Washington |
$25,000 |
2006 |
|
THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST
New York
New York |
$75,000 |
2005 |
|
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
Westport
Connecticut |
$100,000 |
2005 |
Project for an
accountable congress |
NEW-LAND FOUNDATION INC
New York
New York |
$10,000 |
2005 |
|
OVERBROOK FOUNDATION
New York
New York |
$100,000 |
2005 |
Continued support of
Institute work including the work of the Apollo Alliance
on Jobs and Energy Independence |
SANDLER FAMILY
SUPPORTING FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
$100,000 |
2005 |
|
BARBRA STREISAND
FOUNDATION
Santa Monica
California |
$20,000 |
2005 |
|
ARCA FOUNDATION
Washington
Dist Of Columbia |
$100,000 |
2005 |
For the Americans
United to Protect Social Security coalition effort, to
educate citizens about the real impacts of social
security privatization |
STEWART R MOTT
CHARITABLE TRUST
Washington
Dist Of Columbia |
$20,000 |
2005 |
|
TIDES FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
$218,791 |
2005 |
|
IRENE DIAMOND FUND INC
New York
New York |
$100,000 |
2005 |
Support of the
expansion program |
OTTINGER FOUNDATION INC
New York
New York |
$25,000 |
2005 |
|
SCHUMANN CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY INC
Montclair
New Jersey |
$300,000 |
2005 |
|
OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE
New York
New York |
$150,000 |
2005 |
To support an
education campaign on social security |
OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE
New York
New York |
$15,000 |
2005 |
To fund an 'Emerging
Leaders' presence at IAFs annual Take Back America
Conference |
OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE
New York
New York |
$300,000 |
2005 |
To provide general
support |
RETIREMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Chicago
Illinois |
$25,000 |
2005 |
Social security
information project |
TOWN CREEK FOUNDATION INC
Easton
Maryland |
$40,000 |
2005 |
As fiscal sponsor for
apollo project |
WALLACE GLOBAL FUND
Washington
Dist Of Columbia |
$150,000 |
2005 |
|
WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION
Menlo Park
California |
$150,000 |
2005 |
For general support of
the Apollo Project for good jobs and energy,
independence |
EDWARDS MOTHER EARTH FOUNDATION
Seattle
Washington |
$50,000 |
2005 |
|
THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION
Seattle
Washington |
$9,000 |
2004 |
Promote renewable
energy |
TOWN CREEK FOUNDATION INC
Easton
Maryland |
$30,000 |
2004 |
As fiscal sponsor for
Apollo Project |
JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND
New York
New York |
$200,000 |
2004 |
|
TIDES FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
$225,000 |
2004 |
|
OVERBROOK FOUNDATION
New York
New York |
$75,000 |
2003 |
Apollo Project for
Good Jobs and Energy Independence |
THE ENERGY FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
$50,000 |
2003 |
To develop a consensus
between local labor and clean energy advocates on policy
recommendations for renewable portfolio standards |
GENERAL SERVICE FOUNDATION
Aspen
Colorado |
$25,000 |
2003 |
For a convening of
NGOs interested in collaboration and engagement efforts |
21ST CENTURY ILGWU HERITAGE FUND
New York
New York
|
$25,000 |
2002 |
|
NATHAN CUMMINGS FOUNDATION
New York
New York |
$8,000 |
2002 |
Project on Economic
Revitalization |
THE JKW FOUNDATION
New York
New York
|
$150,000 |
2002 |
|
SURDNA FOUNDATION INC
New York
New York |
$15,000 |
2002 |
For a symposium on
developing and using the latest technology tools for
online advocacy |
BARBRA STREISAND FOUNDATION
Santa Monica
California |
$10,000 |
2002 |
General use |
IRENE DIAMOND FUND INC
New York
New York |
$250,000 |
2002 |
Support of program
expansion |
TIDES FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
$100,000 |
2001 |
General operating
support |
BARBRA STREISAND FOUNDATION
Santa Monica
California |
$7,500 |
2001 |
|
BARBRA STREISAND
FOUNDATION
Santa Monica
California |
$7,500 |
2000 |
|
IRENE DIAMOND FUND INC
New York
New York |
$50,000 |
1999 |
|
OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE
New York
New York |
$100,000 |
1999 |
|
JOHN D & CATHERINE T
MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
Chicago
Illinois |
$155,000 |
1999 |
|
LEAR FAMILY FOUNDATION
Beverly Hills
California |
$100,000 |
1999 |
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