American Council for Capital Formation
 |
|
Follow the money in the Koch wiki. |
American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) is a think tank that prides itself on "economic growth through sound tax, regulatory, and environmental policies." ACCF is a very influential in Washington D.C. with ACCF's President Mark Bloomfield as being, "one of the most influential figures operating behind the scenes in the Congress," Robert Novak, 1997.
ACCF has a conservative perspective of economic policy and favors policies that favor big business. ACCF's Officers and Board of Directors included former high-ranking politicians (predominantly Republican) in the U.S. government along with representatives of industry associations, including individuals from the American Petroleum Institute, Principal Financial Group, American Chemistry Council, American Farm Bureau Federation, American Business Conference, American Forest & Paper Association, Edison Electric Institute, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and other pro-industry trade associations and corporations. Individuals from the American Enterprise Institute, and the Hoover Institution are members of ACCF's Board of Scholars.
| Documents Contained at the Anti-Environmental Archives |
|---|
Documents written by or referencing this person or organization are contained in the Anti-Environmental Archive, launched by Greenpeace on Earth Day, 2015. The archive contains 3,500 documents, some 27,000 pages, covering 350 organizations and individuals. The current archive includes mainly documents collected in the late 1980s through the early 2000s by The Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research (CLEAR), an organization that tracked the rise of the so called "Wise Use" movement in the 1990s during the Clinton presidency. Access the index to the Anti-Environmental Archives here.
|
Contents
Ties to the Koch Brothers
| Koch Wiki |
|---|
Charles Koch is the right-wing billionaire owner of Koch Industries. As one of the richest people in the world, he is a key funder of the right-wing infrastructure, including the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the State Policy Network (SPN). In SourceWatch, key articles on Charles Koch and his late brother David include: Koch Brothers, Americans for Prosperity, Stand Together Chamber of Commerce, Stand Together, Koch Family Foundations, Koch Universities, and I360. |
ACCF received $365,000 in funding from the Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation between 2005 and 2011.[1]The Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation is a subsidiary of the Koch Family Foundations and is controlled by Charles Koch.[2]
Financial Profile
- 2013 Revenues = $1,051,465
- Associations = 21%
- Corporations =79%
- Individuals = 0%
- 2013 Expenses = $1,009,280
- Special Research Projects = 44%
- Membership Relations = 10%
- Administration = 7%
- Fundraising = 6%
- Government Relations = 20%
- Economic Education = 9%
- Publications = 4%[3]
Personnel
As of June 2014:[4] Advisors
- Mark A. Bloomfield - President and Chief Executive Office, American Council for Capital Formation
- Margo Thorning, Ph.D. - Senior Vice President and Chief Economist
- Tracy Ellis - Secretary
- John R. Maguire - Treasurer
Board of Directors
As of June 2014:[5]
- Mark A. Bloomfield - President and Chief Executive Office, American Council for Capital Formation
- Dr. Gary C. Hufbauer - Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
- M. Christine Jacobs - Chief Executive Officer and President, Theragenics Corporation
- Richard W. Rahn - Chairman, Institute for Global Economic Growth
- Steven A. Wechsler - President and Chief Executie Officer, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts
Board of Advisors
As of June 2014:[6]
- Bill Archer - Former Chairman, House Committee on Ways and Means
- Andrew Card - Former Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush
- Kenneth M. Duberstein - Former Chief of Staff to President Reagan
- John Engler - Former Governor, State of Michigan
- Glenn English - Chief Executive Officer, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
- William H. Gray, III - Former Chairman, House Committee on Budget
- Donna A. Harman - President and Chief Executive Officer, American Forest & Paper Association
- James R. Jones - Former Chief of Staff to President Lyndon Johnson
- Jim Kolbe - Former Member of Congress
- Thomas R. Kuhn - President, Edison Electric Institute
- Donald L. Lucas - Venture Capitalist
- Frederic V. Malek - Founder and Chairman, Thayer Capital Partners, L.P.
- Jim McCrey - Former Member of Congress
- Dave McCurdy - President and Chief Executive Officer, American Gas Association
- Don Nickles - Former Chairman, Senate Committee on the Budget
- Michael G. Oxley - Former Chairman, House Committee on Financial Services
- Gerald L. Parsky - Chairman, Aurora Capital Group
- {George P. Shultz]] - Former Secretary of State
- Charles W. Stenholm - Former Member of Congress
- Robert S. Strauss - Former U.S. Trade Representative
- Mark A. Weinberger - Former Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy), U.S. Department of Treasury
- John C. Whitehead - Former Deputy Secretary of State
Staff
As of June 2014:[7]
- Mark A. Bloomfield - President and Chief Executive Office
- Dr. Margo Thorning - Senior Vice President and Chief Economist
- Dr. Pinar Cebi Wilber - Research economist
- Mike Burita - Communications Director
- John Maguire - Vice President of Strategic Planning
- Tracy Ellis - Vice President of Membership
Contact details
1750 K Street, N.W.
Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20006
Phone: (202) 293-5811
Fax: (202) 785-8165
Web: http://www.accf.org
External links
- Jonathan Weisman,"White House Intensifies Push for Tax Plan", Washington Post, Jan 16, 2003.
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch
References
- ↑ Greenpeace, [1] accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ [2] CounterPunch, Pam Martens, October 19, 2010, accessed June 10, 2014.
- ↑ guidestar.org, [3], accessed June 24, 2014
- ↑ ACCF.org, [4], "about us", accessed June 24, 2014
- ↑ ACCF.org, [5], "about us", accessed June 24, 2014
- ↑ ACCF.org, [6], "about us", accessed June 24, 2014
- ↑ accf.org, [7], "about us", accessed June 24, 2014
