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{{Council for National Policy}}
==News and Controversies==
===CNP Received $210,000 From Political Committees FEC Records Show===
"Since 2004, political committees have disbursed $210,000 to the Council for National Policy," FEC records reviewed by Forbes detail.<ref>Zach Everson,[https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2022/04/05/checks--imbalances-the-billionaire-issue/?sh=9d2816d2648b Checks & Imbalances], ''Forbes'', April 5, 2022.</ref>
"The most-recent pay out came from the PAC that arose out of the congressional campaign of former Secretary of Health and Human Service Tom Price. It donated $5,000 to the CNP in February," Forbes reported.
===CMD Reveals Funders and Agenda of CNP's 40th Anniversary Celebration===
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Edwin Feulner, founder and former president of The [[Heritage Foundation]], delivered the keynote address that the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) obtained and published.<ref>Edwin Feulner, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21091645-edwin-feulner-remarks-at-council-for-national-policys-40th-anniversary-celebration-may-21-2021 Edwin Feulner Remarks at Council for National Policy's 40th Anniversary Black Tie Gala, May 21, 2021], ''Edwin Feulner'', May 21, 2021.</ref>
The full agenda of CNP 40th Anniversary Meeting is available [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21057063-council-for-national-policy-may-2021-meeting-a here].
The Council for National Policy 40th Anniversary Funders are:<ref name="damay"/>
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==Membership==
===Gold Circle Members===
As of February 2022:<ref name="cnpf22">Council for National Policy, [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/featured-documents/council-for-national-policy-meeting-program-february-24-26-2022/ Council for National Policy Meeting Program, February 24-26, 2022], ''Council for National Policy'', February 2022.</ref>
*Arthur Ally
*Tony Amaradio
*Philip F. Anschutz
*Michael Baller
*Gary L. Bauer
*Lee A. Bearman
*Lina Linda L. Bean
*John Bedrosian, board chairman, Center for Urban Renewal and Education
*Dale E. Bellis
*[[Brent Bozell]], founder and president of the [[Media Research Center]]
*[[Elsa Prince Broekhuizen]], board member [[Acton Institute]], former board member, [[Family Research Council]], [[Focus on the Family]]
*Spencer N. Brown
*Bob Burckle
*Ken Campbell
*LaRue ColemanCarlos Campo, president [[Ashland University]]
*Jeffrey Coors
*Anne Cori, chairman, [[Eagle Forum]]
*[[Marjorie Dannenfelser]]
*Cullen Davis
*Todd Dexter
*David A. Durell
*Melissa Emery
*Paavo Ensio
*[[Michael P. Farris]], CEO and general counsel for [[Alliance Defending Freedom]]
*Seymour H. Fein
*Tom Fitton, president, [[Judicial Watch]]
*Fostor Lynn Friess*Brant Frost IV, president First Liberty Building & Loan
*[[Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.]], founder and president of [[Center for Security Policy]]
*Jon Gibson
*Kent Glesener
*Rob Gluskin
*Joe Gregory
*Millie Hallow, managing director, [[National Rifle Association]]
*Ken Harrison
*H. Preston Hawkins
*Kristan Hawkins, president, [[Student for Life of America]]
*Ryan Helfenbein, executive director of the Standing for Freedom Center and the vice president of communications and public engagement at [[Liberty University]]
*Charles W. Herbster
*[[Heather Higgins]], chairman, [[Independent Women’s Forum]]
*Roland S. Hinz
*Robert Hilarides
*Valerie Foster Hoffman
*Kielle Horton, president of The Lindsey Foundation
*Ralph Hudgens
*J.C. Huizenga
*Bishop E.W. Jackson, Sr., founder STAND Foundation
*Jerry Johnson
*Bob Knapp
*Joy Lamb
*Tim LeFever
*Charlie Lewis
*Jenny Beth Martin
*Rod D. Martin
*Gary Marx,
*Lynette Mathis
*Colby M. May, Esq.
*Thomas McAuley*David McIntosh*[[Mark Meckler]], president and CEO, [[Citizens for Self-Governance]], [[Convention of States Action]], [[CSG Action]]*Barry Meguiar*Ann Martin MeyerCory Mills
*William P. Mills
*Lee Roy Mitchell
*Richard Norman
*Star Parker (CURE)
*Herman Pirchner, Jr.
*Reince Priebus
*Ann Quest
*John E. Reese, III
*Clive Roberson
*Richard Rounsavelle
*Charles R. Saulsbury
*John Slavic
*[[Bradley A. Smith]], founder and board chairman, [[Institute for Free Speech]]; board chairman, [[Buckeye Institute]]; recipient, [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lynde_and_Harry_Bradley_Foundation#Prize_Recipients 2010 Bradley Prize]
*Robert T. Smith
*Christine Soule
*Glenn P. Story
*Mark S. Stuhlreyer
*Ray Thompson
*George Uribe
*Patrick Vollmer
*William L. Walton
*Rebecca Weber
*JC White
*Jerry C. Wilson
*Richard Wright
*Debbie Wuthnow
*Brent Yates
*Brandon Zehm
'''Former Gold Circle Members'''
*William Ames
*Adam Brandon, president, [[FreedomWorks]]; advisory council, [[Turning Point USA]]
*Christopher Bachelder
*[[Floyd G. Brown]]
*Jim Clymer
*LaRue Coleman
*J.P. De Gance
*Fostor Friess (deceased)
*Debbie Georgatos
*George Gersema
*John Graves
*Donna Rice Hughes
*Jeff Hunt (different from [[GCI]] Executive [[Jeff Hunt]])
*Darrel Johnson
*Daniel J. LaValley
*Jaci Leitgeb
*Ann Martin Meyer
*Barry Meguiar
*Will Mills
*Jim O’Hickey
*Roxanne Phillips
*David F. Pittman, Jr.
*Gerard Smith
*Donald Stoner
*[[Frank Wright]]
===Board of Governors Members===
{|align=right|{{#widget:Iframe|url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7280937-Council-for-National-Policy-Membership-Directory.html}}|}<br>{{clear}}As of September 2020:<ref name="cnp920"/>
*J. Christian Adams, president [[Public Interest Legal Foundation]]
*John F. Ankerberg
*Karen S. England
*Stuart W. Epperson
*Kathleen B. Flynn
*Steve Forbes
*Margaret H. Hartshom
*Richard D. Hayes
*Donald P. Hodel
*David A. Hodson
*Eaton Hopkins
*Jeffrey G. Hunt
*Judy Ikard
*Kay Cole James
*Joe Knott
*Robert H. Maclellan
*Haley E. Martin
*Bradley J. Mattes
*Daniel McCarthy
*Brandon McCrary
*[[Cleta Mitchell]]
*Stephen Moore
===Members===
As of September 2020:<ref name="cnp920"/>
*J. Christian Adams, president and general counsel, [[Public Interest Legal Foundation]]
*Nick Adams, [[Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness]]
==Meetings==
===2022===
CNP met February 24-26 at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, California. A copy of the meeting program obtained and published by the Center for Media and Democracy is available [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21409776-council-for-national-policy-meeting-program-february-24-26-2022 here.]
===2021===
====May====
CNP met May 19-21 at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida. A copy of the agenda obtained and published by the Center for Media and Democracy is available [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21057063-council-for-national-policy-may-2021-meeting-a here].
====September====
CNP met September 23-25 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
===2020===
====August====
CNP met August 19-21 at the Ritz -Carlton in Arlington, Virginia. A copy of the agenda is available [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7276284-Council-for-National-Policy-Meeting-Program-Aug.html here.]
CNP published four speeches from the event on its [https://cfnp.org/policy-counsel/august-2020/ website], including:<ref>Council for National Policy, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200920050908/https://cfnp.org/policy-counsel/august-2020/ August 2020 Policy Council Speeches], ''CNP'', accessed and archived September 20, 2020.</ref>
*It Takes a Family Foundation: $30,000 (2015, 2017)
*[[John William Pope Foundation]]: $522,500 (1994-2000)
*[[Judicial Watch]]: $95145,000 500 (2013-20172020)
*[[League of American Voters]]: $30,000 (2011)
*[[Let Freedom Ring]]: $42,700 (2012, 2014-2015)
==Core Financials==
<big>'''2022'''</big><ref name="IRS2022">, Council for National Policy, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24168643-council-for-national-policy-2022-990#document/p2/a2406790 2022 IRS Form 990], annual organizational tax filing, October 17, 2023.</ref>
*Total Revenue: $3,537,747
*Total Expenses: $3,347,664
*Net Assets: $2,776,111
<big>'''2021'''</big><ref name="IRS2021">, Council for National Policy, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23346549-council-for-national-policy-2021-990 2021 IRS Form 990], annual organizational tax filing, October 12, 2022.</ref>
*Total Revenue: $3,587,318
*Total Expenses: $3,384,139
*Net Assets: $3,010,858
<big>'''2020'''</big><ref name="IRS2020">, Council for National Policy, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21154297-council-for-national-policy-2020-990 2020 IRS Form 990], annual organizational tax filing, November 10, 2021.</ref>
*Total Revenue: $3,018,919
==Personnel==
As of September 2020December 2022:<ref name="cnp920IRS2022"/>
===Staff===
*Bob McEwen, Executive Director*Nancy Austin, Constituent Services*Geneva Cole, director Director of membershipMembership*Ethan G. Davis, Staff Assistant*Amy D. Greene, Director of Programs*Mary Margaret Hathway, Director of Conferences*Diana L. Honsey, Director of Constituent Services*Randy J. Keefe, Director of Special Projects, CNP; Managing Director, CNP Action*Jennifer Rutledge, Director of Finance and Administration*Alex R. Tokie, Special Assistant to the Executive Director*Timothy J. Ward, Security Specialist '''Former Staffers'''
*Sherri D. Francescon, Managing Director at CNP Action
*Thomas Olson, staff assistant
===CNP Executive Committee===
*William WaltonThomas Fitton, President*Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.Kenneth Blackwell, Vice President
*Jenny Beth Martin, Secretary
*Morton CJerry A. BlackwellJohnson, Treasurer
*Arthur Ally
*Millie Hallow
*Jerry AWilliam G. JohnsonBoykin, LTG(R) US Army*Tim LefeverColby May
*Joan Holt Lindsey
*Barry Meguiar*William MillsMichael P. Farris
*Penny Y. Nance
*Roxanne PhillipsChad Connelly*T. Kenneth Cribb, JR.
*John Scribante, executive committee finance chairman
*Nancy Schulze*Alan Sears*Becky Norton Dunlop*Stuart W. Epperson*Donald P. Hodel*Edwin Meese III*James C. Miller III*Tony Perkins*Richard Viguerie, senior executive committee member
'''Former Members'''
*Jim DeMint
*William Mills
*Roxanne Phillips
*William Walton, President
*Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq., Vice President
*Morton C. Blackwell, Treasurer
*[[L. Brent Bozell III]]
*Tim Lefever
*Barry Meguiar
*J. Keet Lewis III
*Anthony Perkins, president
===CNP Action Board of Directors===
*Kelly J. ShackelfordKenneth Blackwell, chairmanChairman*Michael W. Thompson, Jr., secretary Secretary and treasurerTreasurer
*Bob McEwen, President
*Rachel A. Bovard
*Adam BrandonThomas Fitton
*Gary A. Marx
*Virginia Thomas
'''Former Directors'''
*Kelly J. Shackelford, chairman
*Adam Brandon
*William L. Walton
444 N Capitol Street NW Suite 830 <br>
Washington, DC 20001<br>
Website: [https://cfnp.org CNFP.org]<br>
Journal website: [https://cfnp.org/policy-counsel/ ''Policy Counsel'']<br>
Phone: (202) 207-0165<br>
Email: cnp@cfnp.org
==Articles and Resources==
===IRS Form 990s===
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*[[Wayne LaPierre]]
*[[William G. Boykin]]
===Books===
*Anne Nelson, ''Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right'', October 29, 2019.
===Articles===
*Sean Beckner-Carmitchel, [https://knock-la.com/sheriff-villanueva-far-right-supporters/ Why Does ‘Democrat’ Sheriff Villanueva Have So Many Far-Right Supporters?], ''Knock LA'', June 28, 2022.
*Emma Brown, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/05/20/ginni-thomas-arizona-election-emails/ Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, pressed Ariz. lawmakers to help reverse Trump’s loss, emails show], ''The Washington Post'', May 20, 2022.
*David Armiak, [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2022/04/14/christian-right-redeploy-astroturf-strategy-used-virginia-win-midterms/ Christian Right to Redeploy Astroturf Strategy Used in Virginia to Win Midterms], ''ExposedbyCMD'', April 14, 2022.
*David Armiak, [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2022/03/24/dont-say-roe/ Don't Say Roe], ''ExposedbyCMD'', March 24, 2022.
*David Armiak, [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2022/03/11/revealed-new-leaders-of-council-for-national-policy-set-extremist-agenda/ Revealed: New Leaders of Council for National Policy Set Extremist Agenda], ''ExposedbyCMD'', March 11, 2022.
*David Armiak, [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/11/02/revealed-council-for-national-policy-40th-anniversary-funders/ Revealed: Council for National Policy 40th Anniversary Funders], ''ExposedbyCMD'', November 2, 2021.
*Robert O'Harrow, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/10/25/god-trump-closed-door-world-council-national-policy/ God, Trump and the Closed-Door World of a Major Conservative Group], ''The Washington Post Magazine'', October 25, 2021.