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CMPA's claim to be 'non-partisan' is undermined by an analysis of its sources of funding. ''Media Transparency'' documents that between 1986 and 2005 CMPA received 55 grants totaling $2,960,916 (unadjusted for inflation).<ref>[http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?573 "Center for Media and Public Affairs, Inc."], ''Media Transparency'', accessed February 2008.</ref> The data reveals that the overwhelming proportion of CMPA's funding comes from [[conservative]] foundations.
The funding information, covering 1986-20022005, lists the following donors(note: all figures are unadjusted for inflation):
* [[Carthage Foundation]], part of the [[Scaife Foundations]] - $512,000 from 8 donations
* [[John M. Olin Foundation]] - $730,000 from 15 donations between 1986 and 2001;
* [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]]
* Sarah Scaife Foundation, part of the [[Scaife Foundations]] - $760,000 from 9 donationsspanning the period between 1991 and 2003;* [[Smith Richardson Foundation]] - $416,916 from 3 donationsbetween 1998 and 2001;
Thus, out of the total of $2,523,916, nearly all of it ($2,173,916) came from just three sources: the John M. Olin, Scaife, and Smith Richardson foundations. In other words, CMPA received 86% of its funding from those 3 donors. Here is a sample of other right-wing causes funded by these 3 donors, as listed by their respective SourceWatch articles: