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George Landrith===Foundation Funding===Media Transparency reports that FoF has also received some $580, President of FoF told 450 in 25 grants between 1996 and 2005 from the ''New York Times''following five conservative foundations: “They've determined that we are effective at what we do”<ref>[http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?recipientID=133 "Frontiers of Freedom Institute"], He said Exxon essentially took the attitudeMediaTransparency website, “We like to make it possible to do more of that”accessed February 2009.</ref>
FoF has also received some $388,450 in 13 grants from the following five conservative foundations:
==Other policy topics==
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{{#Show badges: | Tobaccowiki|Climate change}}The '''Frontiers of Freedom Foundation, Inc.,''' operating "simply as" '''Frontiers of Freedom''' (FF) was founded in 1996 by Republican ex-Republican Senator [[Malcolm Wallop]] of Wyoming", a [[Yale University]] graduate.
== Mission==
According to the organization's [http://www.ff.org/about/index.html web site], "Frontiers of Freedom is a cutting-edge, forward-looking [[policy group]] advancing center-right principles in today's fast-paced news and information age. We work with grassroots activists throughout the country to protect private property rights, secure our national security, and promote sensible public policies critical to our country's liberty.
"Since our founding, Frontiers has grown from a start-up organization with big ideas to a preeminent think tank that is making a real and tangible difference advancing common sense ideas for government. One of our greatest sources of pride has been our position on the front lines in the battle to make a national missile defense system a reality. Our efforts earned us a seat across the table, literally, from President Bush on the day he announced our withdrawal from the ABM Treaty. In addition, we have both provided and received briefings from Vice President [[Dick Cheney]], Secretary of Defense [[Donald Rumsfeld]], and his Deputy [[Paul Dundes Wolfowitz]]. We are proud to be considered an asset to the national security community during these times of serious global insecurity."
===Public policy centers===
FoF groups its work under the banner of six "policy centers":
* [[Center for Constitutional Government]]
* [[Center for Free Market Environmentalism and Conservation]]
* [[Center for Civic, Family, and Societal Progress]]
* [[Science and Public Policy Institute|Center for Science and Public Policy]]
== Funding==
Frontiers of Freedom receives has received money of from tobacco and oil companies, including [[Philip Morris]] Cos, [[ExxonMobil]] and [[R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company|RJ Reynolds Tobacco]]. ===Exxon Funding=== According to the a 2003 ''New York Times'': report, "Frontiers of Freedom, which has about a $700,000 annual budget, received $230,000 from Exxon in 2002, up from $40,000 in 2001, according to Exxon documents. George Landrith, President of FoF told the ''New York Times'' "They've determined that we are effective at what we do" and that Exxon essentially took the attitude, "We like to make it possible to do more of that".<ref> J. Lee, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E1D91131F93BA15756C0A9659C8B63 "Exxon Backs Groups That Question Global Warming"], ''New York Times'', May 28, 2003, page 5.</ref> Funding from Exxon includes:* 2002: $100,000 for the "[[Center for Science and Public Policy|Center for Sound Science and Public Policy]]" (sic), $97,000 for "Global Climate Change Outreach Activities", and a further $35,000 for "Global Climate Change Science Projects";<ref>Exxon, [https://www.sourcewatch.org/images/6/6f/Public_policy1_2002.pdf "Public Information and Policy Research"], Exxon website, 2002, page 3.(Pdf)</ref>* 2003: $95,000 for "Global Climate Change Outreach" and a further $50,000 for "Project Support - Sound Science Center";<ref>Exxon, [https://www.sourcewatch.org/images/9/92/Exxon_Public_Policy_Contributions_2003.pdf "Public Information and Policy Research"], Exxon website, 2003, page 3.(Pdf)</ref>* 2004: $50,000 for "Climate Change Efforts", $90,000 for "Global Climate Change Outreach", $40,000 as "Project Support - Climate Change" and a further $70,000 for "Project Support- Science Center & Climate Change";<ref>Exxon, [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Image:Exxon_Public_Policy_Contributions_2004.pdf "Public Information and Policy Research"], Exxon website, 2004, page 4.(Pdf)</ref>* 2005: $50,000 for the "Annual Gala and General Operating Support" and a further $90,000 for "General Operating Support"<ref>Exxon, [https://www.sourcewatch.org/images/0/00/Exxon_Public_Policy_Contributions_2005.pdf "Public Information and Policy Research"], Exxon website, 2005, page 3.(Pdf)</ref>;* 2006: $90,000 for "General Operating Support" and a further $90,000 for the "Science ”Policy Center"<ref>Exxon, [http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/Files/Corporate/gcr_contributions_public06.pdf "Public Information and Policy Research"], Exxon website, 2006, page 2.(Pdf)</ref>;and* 2007: $90,000 for "energy literacy".<ref>Exxon, [http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/files/gcr_contributions_public07.pdf "Public Information and Policy Research"], Exxon website, 2006, page 2.(Pdf)</ref>
*[[Earhart Foundation]]
*[[John M. Olin Foundation]], Inc.
*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]]
*[[Sarah Scaife Foundation]]
*[[Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation]]*[[Carthage Foundation]] ==IRS nonprofit status==The IRS "Search for Charities" does show "Frontiers of Freedom Institute Inc.".<ref>[http://www.mediatransparencyirs.gov/app/pub-78/] Accessed 2011-04-03</ref> But on Guidestar.org, of the 3 "Frontiers of Freedom" nonprofits that come up in a search<ref>[http://recipientgrantswww2.guidestar.php?133org/SearchResults.aspx]Accessed 2011-04-03</ref>, none has an IRS Form 990 filing available<ref>(at least, not available on Guidestar</ref> more recently than 2006:* Frontiers of Freedom Inc, 12011 Lee Jackson Mem Hwy 3rd Fl, Fairfax, Va; EIN 52-1904528<ref>{{cite web|title=Info: Foundation, Nonprofit: Frontiers Of Freedom|url=http://frontiers-of-freedom.idilogic.aidpage.com/frontiers-of-freedom/|accessdate=2011-04-18|quote=Organization activities as reported to IRS: Advocacy, Influencing Public Opinion — Government spending; Grantor: Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc (NEW YORK, New York), 2003 - $ 12,000;Financial data as reported to IRS for tax period ending: Dec 1, 2001Assets: $31,880; Total Revenue: $340,298; Income: $340,298;}}</ref>; founded in 1995 (No 990s available);* 501(c)(4) Frontiers of Freedom Foundation, PO Box 69, Oakton, Va; EIN 54-2050093; founded in 2003; Category (NTEE): International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security / (Alliance/Advocacy Organizations); 990s available for 2004 and 2006;* 501(c)(3) Frontiers of Freedom Institute Inc, 4094 Majestic Ln #380, Fairfax, Va; EIN 54-1773197; founded in 1996; Category (NTEE): International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security / (Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis); 990s available for 2003, 2004 and 2006; The accounting firm preparing the FoFI and FoFF 2006 tax returns was [[Hendershot, Burkhardt and Reed]], used by many like-minded groups. But oddly, the 2004 and 2003 returns seem to have the tax preparer blacked out.
==Frontiers of Freedom and Tobacco==
:One sure gauge of our growth took place recently when we presented 15 members of Congress with our 'Defender of Freedom' award. When we returned to the office, we had calls from a handful of other Members asking why they had not been recognized by Frontiers.[http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/rgr23c00]
==FoF Achievement: founder Wallop guest-hosts Armstrong Williams show==
One of the "Achievements" Frontiers lists for 1996 was Wallop's guest-hosting of the [[Armstrong Williams]] talk show. Armstrong Williams was recently revealed to have accepted $240,000 in taxpayer funds from the George W. Bush administration to comment positively on his show about Bush's "No Child Left Behind" education act. A USA Today article about the scandal can be seen at
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-01-06-williams-whitehouse_x.htm
Other policy topics on which Frontiers of Freedom was active include privatizing Social Security, privacy and anti-terrorism legislation (and, ironically, this was all back in 1996).
== Personnel==
===Board of directors===
Directors do not appear to be listed on the ff.org website, as of April 2011.
====Directors in 2006====
FoF Inc's 2006 Form 990 reports FoF's directors as:
*[[Grover Norquist]]
*[[Randall Roe]], lobbyist for [[Burns and Roe Group]][http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2001/07/10/1016681.php]
*[[Diemer True]], "Casper WY independent oil baron and former politician", [[Independent Petroleum Association of America]]
*[[Ronald Docksai]], [[Council for Inter-American Security]] founder
*[[J.A. Parker]], president of [[J.A. Parker and Associates]] consulting firm, and (as of 1998) president of [[Lincoln Institute for Research and Education]], Inc and of the [[Abraham Lincoln Foundation for Public Policy Research]][http://research.greenpeaceusa.org/?a=download&d=2558]]
*[[Joseph Schuchert]], was board member of [[Salem Communications]] Holding Co.
====Directors in 1998====
Available from Greenpeace is a Jan. 1998 FoF document listing directors and brief bios, including Wallop, Parker, Schuchert, True, [[Lawrence A. Kudlow]], and [[Ellen R. Sauerbrey]] (former Republican nominee for governor of MD; Columnist, talk show host, commentator; former national chair of [[ALEC]]).[http://research.greenpeaceusa.org/?a=download&d=2558]]
===Staff===
====Staff, 2010====
As of January 2010, the staff were:<ref >{{cite web |publisher=Frontiers of Freedom |title=Staff |url=http://www.ff.org/about/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=38 |accessdate=2010-01-02 }}</ref>
*[[George C. Landrith]], President
*[[Belinda Rankin]], Vice President, External Relations
*[[Miklos K. Radvanyi]], Vice President, International Policy
*[[Christopher C. Horner]] of [[CEI]], as General Counsel and Senior Policy Adviser
*[[Paul Georgia]] of [[CEI]], Chief Economist and Executive Director of the [[Center for Science and Public Policy]]
*[[Amrita Singh]], Director of Publications
*[[Aaron Lee]], Director of Special Projects
====Staff, earlier====
Sometime previously (date?), the staff were:
*[[Malcolm Wallop]]
*[[George C. Landrith]] - President. Landrith was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's Fifth Congressional District.
*[[Amanda E. Telford]] - Director of Operations
*[[Aaron Lee|Aaron "Al" Lee]], Director of Special Projects
*[[Robert Ferguson (Science and Public Policy Institute)|Robert Ferguson]], former [[CSPP]] head, then head of [[Science and Public Policy Institute]] [http://ff.org/centers/celpr/press/90520061225.html]
In July 2004 Aaron Lee was added to the 'staff' page and 2 people were no longer listed:
*[[S. Fred Singer]], former Adjunct Fellow
*[[Christopher C. Horner]], former Senior Adjunct Fellow
Other alumni:
*[[L. Francis Bouchey|Lynn Bouchey]], circa Sept 2003
*[[Myron Ebell]] was FoF policy director before joining [[CEI]].
(In 1998, Bouchey and Ebell represented FoF on the 1998 [[Global Climate Science Communications Team]], whose leaked memo laid out plans for a climate disinformation campaign.)
===Consultants===According to FoF's Form 990s for 2004 and 2006, [[Willie Soon]] was paid $60,000 in 2004 and an unknown amount in 2006 as a consultant. == Contact Details==
12011 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway<br>
Earlier in its life, FF hosted other but now defunct websites including http://www.SpinFreeNews.com and http://www.BanzhafWatch.com
== Other Articles and Resources===== Related SourceWatch Resources Articles ===*[[Global warming skeptics]]
*[[Think tanks]]
*[[L. Francis Bouchey]]
===References===<references/> ===External linksresources===* http://research.greenpeaceusa.org/?a=download&d=2558 List of FoF directors with brief bios, date unknown; from Greenpeace. ===External articles===
* J. Lee, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E1D91131F93BA15756C0A9659C8B63 "Exxon Backs Groups That Question Global Warming"], ''New York Times'', May 28, 2003, page 5.
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