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| 1997 1997 Philip Morris Staff (Corporate Affairs) controlling Think-Tank Donations | |||
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1997:Philip Morris International 's Corporate Affairs division was headed by Senior VP Stephen C Parrish, under corporate lawyer Murray H Bring
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| 1997 AEI Payments from Philip Morris to Policy Institutes and Think-tanks in 1997. | |||
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| Organisation | 1997 Funding | Notes | PM Staff Controller |
| Libertad | $100,000 | This was a totally fake Philip Morris 'member-less' institute personally controlled by Senior VP Andrew Whist. It had a PM budget of $150,000 in 1995 (supposedly paid by Tom Borelli's Science & Technology division). It's only function appears to be to run conferences, launder bribes to politicians, etc. The name was a play on the Latin-American catch-cry of "Liberty" and also a variation on "Liberty to Advertise" in English.. | Andrew Whist |
| Freedom of Expression Foundation | $20,000 | This was run by Dr Craig R Smith as a front for Senator Robert Packwood. This privately-funded foundation eventually endowed the Californian State Uni, Long Beach with a chair, and Smith became the Professor. Packwood and Smith both provided witness services for the tobacco industry. | Tom Borelli |
| American Enterprise Institute (AEI) | $100,000 | The AEI was run originally by William Baroody Jr, then by Christopher C DeMuth. They took over Cato's magazine "Regulation." PM's grant money came from its Worldwide Regulatory Affairs budget: and the AEI had received annual grants from PM since 1977 (or before). RJ Reynolds had given them $100,000 in 1983 (probably an annual grant). In 1995 PM didn't give AEI any money directly -- probably handled via RJR, B&W or C&B. The AEI sloughed off the Heritage Foundation, (founded by two AEI members, Paul Weyrich and Edwin Feulner). The AEI became the home of the neo-con hawks from the Republican Party (guru Irving Kristol, Pres. Gerald Ford, Richard Cheney and was actively involved in the Iran 'Weapons of Mass Destruction" fiasco. In 1998 AEI and Brookings created the "AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies to evaluate the impact of regulation". | Tom Borelli |
| Cato Institute | $175,000 | In 1995 PM had given $150,000 | Tom Borelli |
| Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) | $125,000 | Philip Morris gave the CEI $200,000 in 1995 | Tom Borelli |
| Educational TV of South Carolina | $300,000 | In 1995 PM gave them $300,000 also (probably a genuine grant to a tobacco-growing state) | Tom Borelli |
| Free Congress Foundation | $300,000 | Tom Borelli | |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU) | $75,000 | (Worldwide Regulatory Affairs project/Issues Management) | Tracy Mihas |
| Defenders of Property Rights (Wise-Use group) | $45,000 | Tom Borelli | |
| Roper Center for Public Opinion Research | $5,000 | (Annual charge against 'Issues Management') | Daniel Turner |
| Manhattan Institute (Atlas Network) | $20,000 | Roy Marden | |
| Hudson Institute | $25,000 | Roy Marden | |
| The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC) | $200,000 | (run by Steven J Milloy for Philip Morris) | Tom Borelli |
| Reason Foundation | $20,000 | PM gave them $25,000 in 1995 split between Corporate and USA divisions | Roy Marden |
| Municipal Treasurers Association of US and Canada | $2,500 | Slavitt/Dunham | |
| Heartland Institute | $50,000 | Roy Marden | |
| New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce | $125,000 | (paid from 'External Affairs' budget, probably for Gov. Pataki bribe) | Roy Marden |
| Small Business Survival Committee Small Business Survival Foundation | $40,000 $60,000 | Run by Karen Kerrigan who previously ran Get the Government Off Our Backs for RJ Reynolds. It is a group of 40,000 small businesses (tobacconists, etc) who were given between $60-80K annually from Issues Management budget to lobby Congress. They attacked the Superfund Cleanup program, excised taxes, etc. | Tom Borelli |
| Ohio Public Expenditure Council | $5,000 | Derek Crawford | |
| Tax Research Analysis Center (TRAC) | $85,000 | Working with CART (Coalition Against Regressive Tax) in 1987. TRAC received $15,000 directly from the Tobacco Institute (Nov 1992). [1] | Derek Crawford |
| Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE) | $100,000 | Run by C Boyden Gray (RJ Reynolds heir and presidential aide.) Paid via Washington Regulatory Office budget. In 1995 PM gave 1/3 of tobacco industry donation of $985,000 which was paid via lawyers C&B | Juanita Duggan |
| Tax Education Foundation | $5,000 | Fisher | |
| Georgia Public Policy Foundation | $1,500 | Listed twice (second for $10,000) | Hunt/Bring |
| Barry Goldwater Institute | $5,000 | PM gave only $5,000 in 1995 | Pam Innmann |
| Frontiers of Freedom Institute | $5,000 | (see also $100,000 below) | Pam Innman |
| Acton Institute | $10,000 | "For the study of Religion and Liberty" - received $10,000 from PM in 1995 | Roy Marden |
| Alexis de Toqueville Institution | $50,000 | They had received $75,000 in 1995 + another $75,00 via the Center for Democracy. | Roy Marden |
| George Mason Law & Economics Center | $10,000 | (Cash-for-comments center + Atlas Network.) Received $85,000 in 1995 (Prof Walter Williams projects) | Roy Marden |
| Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation (IRET) | $50,000 | In 1995 they'd received $80,000 | Roy Marden |
| Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) (London) | $10,000 | (linked to Atlas Network) | Roy Marden |
| Mackinac Center | $10,000 | Roy Marden | |
| Uni of Kansas Law & Organisational Economics Cntr. | $10,000 | (unknown) | Roy Marden |
| Americans for Tax Reform Foundation | $60,000 | In 1995 PM gave them $175,000 | Slavitt/Dunham |
| Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy | $80,000 | (Affiliate of Citizen for Tax Justice) | Slavitt/Dunham |
| James Madison Institute | $2,500 | Slavitt/Dunham | |
| Tax Foundation | $125,000 | Received $80,000 from PM in 1995 | Slavitt/Dunham |
| Institute Cultural Ludwig von Mises | $10,000 | offshoot of Mont Pelerin Society. | Roy Marden |
| Public Policy Institute of New York State | $3,000 | (Her husband was lobbyist in New York) | Sharon Portnoy |
| Tax Foundation of Hawaii | $10,000 | Tracey Scott | |
| Citizens Against Government Waste | $50,000 | Slavitt/Dunham | |
| Commonwealth foundation for Public Policy Alternatives | $1000 | Slavitt/Dunham | |
| Georgia Public Policy Foundation | $10,000 | Murray Bring | |
| Washington Legal Foundation | $275,000 | Tort reform lobbying to block large liability payments. In 1995 the gave $250,000 | Tom Borelli |
| The' American Spectator American Spectator Foundation | $50,000 | PM gave them $50,000 also in 1995 for tort reform lobbying. Money from Issues Management budget. | Tom Borelli |
| Capitol Research Center | $40,000 | (tort reform lobbying) | Roy Marden |
| Claremont Institute | $25,000 | Cash for comments economists - (also tort reform lobbying) PM gave them $25,000 per year | Roy Marden |
| Consumer Alert | $10,000 | (tort reform lobbying) | Roy Marden |
| Frontiers of Freedom | $100,000 | (tort reform lobbying) | Roy Marden |
| Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy | $20,000 | (part of Atlas Network tort reform lobbying) | Roy Marden |
| Independence Institute | $25,000 | (Colorado) run by Tom Tancredo for Coors - Helped on 'Regulatory Isssues' (Pam Inmann of Arizona recommended) | Slavitt/Dunham |
| Independent Institute | $10,000 | (California, funded in 1995 to take over Cash-for-Comments Economists Network - Regulatory Issues) | Slavitt/Dunham |
| Policy Research and Education Project | $25,000 | PM gave them $25,000 in 1995 also. | Tom Borelli |
| Business Roundtable | $75,000 | (worked on NAFTA project for decades) PM gave them $75,000 in 1995 | Roy Marden |
| 'Center for the Study of American Business | $35,000 | Roy Marden | |
| The Conference Board (TCB) | $65,000 | (has large library and European contacts) | Roy Marden |
| Heritage Foundation | $53,000 | Roy Marden | |
| Institute for Justice | $20,000 | Roy Marden | |
| National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) | $130,000 | (globally the term is also used generically to mean tobacco manufacturers.) | Roy Marden |
| National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) | $50,000 | (Dallas -Koch Brothers) | Roy Marden |
| US Chamber of Commerce | $50,000 | Roy Marden | |
| New York Society for International Affairs (NSYS and NYSIA) | $150,000 | (fake 'membershipless' front-group) | Andrew Whist |
| Progress and Freedom Foundation | $50,000 | (Became Newt Gingrich's GOPAC run by Jeffrey A Eisenach) | Ellis Woodward |
| Annapolis Center | $25,000 | (aka Institute .."for Science-based Public Policy") Founded/funded by Richard Seibert, VP of National Association of Manufacturers; PM gave them $25,000 each year. | Tom Borelli |
| Education Research Institute | $60,000 | (quarterly payments of $20K) PM gave them $60,000 in 1995 | Tom Borelli |
| Americans for Affordable Electricity | $50,000 | Juanita Duggan | |
| Center for National Policy | $50,000 | Democratic think tank in Washington (did focus group studies) | Juanita Duggan |
| Foundation for Older Americans | $25,000 | Juanita Duggan | |
| Independent Women's Forum | $15,000 | Juanita Duggan | |
| Institute for Youth Development | $200,000 | Juanita Duggan | |
| International Management & Development Institute | $12,000 | Juanita Duggan | |
| Lincoln Heritage Institute | $1000 | Juanita Duggan | |
| The Renaissance Foundation | $20,000 | (top level general business meeting group) | Juanita Duggan |
| The Rutherford Institute | $10,000 | Juanita Duggan | |
| The Seniors Coalition | $15,000 | Juanita Duggan | |
| Citizens Outreach | $5,000 | (California) | Tracey Scott |
| Cascade Policy Institute | $5,000 | Run for Tracey Scott in California | Slavitt/Dunham |
| Hungarian-American Chamber of Commerce of NY and NJ Inc. | $175,000 | ( used to fund NY Governor Pataki's junkets to Hungary) | Andrew Whist |
| Spain-US Chamber of Commerce Inc. | $10,000 | (Used to run political junkets to Spain) | Andrew Whist |
| US-Spain Council | $10,000 | ( Used to run political junkets to Spain) | Andrew Whist |
| The American-European Community Association USA Inc | $300,000 | (fake international association. Run in USA by Philip Morris; in Europe by tobacco IEA/smokers group FOREST and Mont Pelerin Society | Andrew Whist |
| See original list [2]. Corporate structure details [3] [4] | |||
| Major changes since the 1995 lists | |||
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Many think-tanks have disappeared for unknown reason. Some have merged; some payments have been subdivided, some have probably been passed over to the other tobacco companies. At about 1996 the three main companies decided to share 1/3 of the costs of this kind of funding each. So some disappeared from PM's list. | |||
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