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In From July 2012 to June 2013, the John William Pope Foundation reported a total annual revenue of $9,373,410, $10,554,990 in expenses and contributions, and total assets of $145,857,004 (fair market value).<ref name="2013 2012 990">John William Williams Pope Foundation, [http://conservativetransparency207.org153.189.83/wpEINS/assets581691765/John-William-Pope-Foundation-2013581691765_2012_09bb8ea4.pdf 2013 PDF 2012 Form 990](for the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013), foundation's annual IRS filing, November 13, 2013.</ref>
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{{#badges: SPN|CoalSwarm|Front groups}}The '''John William Pope Foundation''' is a 501(c)(3) organization describing itself as "work[ing] to improve the well-being of the citizens of North Carolina and the nation through the advancement of individual freedom and personal responsibility." Chaired by North Carolina businessman [[Art Pope]], the John William Pope Foundation was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.<ref>John William Pope Foundation, [http://jwpf.org/about/ Foundation Overview], foundation website, accessed July 17,2013.</ref><ref name="2012 2011 990">John William Pope Foundation, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/581/691/2012-581691765-08b1e9ef-F.pdf 2012 2011 IRS Form 990 FOrm](for the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012), foundation document, November 9, 2012.</ref>
A 2010 Institute for Southern Studies (ISS) analysis of the Pope Foundation's tax filings shows it has given over $1.3 million to the [[Americans for Prosperity Foundation]] (AFPF) since 2004, making the Pope Foundation the group's second largest institutional backer in the country.<ref name=ck>Chris Kromm, Institute for Southern Studies, [http://www.southernstudies.org/2010/10/blessed-to-have-a-pope.html Blessed to have a Pope], ''Facing South'', Oct. 14, 2010.</ref> The principal organizers of [[Tea Party Patriots]] events have been [[Americans for Prosperity]] and [[Freedom Works]], according to ''ThinkProgress''.<ref>Lee Fang, [http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/lobbyists-planning-teaparties/ Spontaneous Uprising? Corporate Lobbyists Helping To Orchestrate Radical Anti-Obama Tea Party Protests], ''ThinkProgress.org'', April 9, 2009, accessed January 27, 2010.</ref> Overall, the 2010 ISS analysis of tax records found that the Pope Foundation supplies about 90 percent of the income of leading conservative nonprofits in North Carolina, such as the [[State Policy Network]] (SPN) members the [[John Locke Foundation]] and the [[Civitas Institute]], as well as the North Carolina branch of [[Americans for Prosperity]]. These groups have been active in opposing [[climate change]] legislation and [[renewable energy]].<ref>Chris Kromm, Institute for Southern Studies, [http://www.southernstudies.org/2010/10/north-carolinas-art-pope-staying-in-control.html North Carolina's Art Pope: Staying in control], ''Facing South'', Oct. 19, 2010.</ref>
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===Funding SPN and SPN State Think Tanks===
'''TOTAL to SPN and SPN Members and Associate Members 1994July 1, 1993 -June 30, 2013: $56,191,325.50''', broken down as follows:<ref name="2012 990 2013">John William Pope Foundation, [https://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2013/581/691/2013-581691765-09c7d9b0-FA.pdf 2013 Form 990], foundation IRS filing, November 22, 2013.</ref><ref name="2011 990 2012">John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2011_08b1e9ef.PDF 2012 Form 990], foundation IRS filing, November 9, 2012.</ref><ref name="990 2011">John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_201106_990PF.pdf 2011 Form 990], foundation IRS filing, November 21, 2011.</ref><ref name="990 2010">John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2009_068BA98F.PDF 2010 Form 990], foundation IRS filing, November 15, 2010.</ref><ref name="990 2009">John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_200906_990PF.pdf 2009 990 Form], foundation IRS filing, March 19th, 2010.</ref><ref name="990 2008">John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_200806_990PF.pdf 2008 990 Form], foundation IRS filing, November 24, 2008.</ref><ref name="990 2007">John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2006_037934AD.PDF 2007 Form 990], foundation IRS filing, November 14, 2007.</ref><ref name="990 2006">John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2005_02A2B2CE.PDF 2006 990 Form], foundation IRS filing, November 14, 2006.</ref><ref name="2005 990">John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2004_01e7fb9a.PDF 2005 Form 990], foundation IRS filing, November 8th, 2005.</ref><ref name="2004 990">John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2003_01BC1E37.PDF 2004 Form 990], Foundation IRS filing, July 20th, 2005.</ref><ref name="2003 990">John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2002_01BC226B.PDF 2003 Form 990], foundation IRS filing, July 20, 2005. </ref><ref name="2002 990">John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2001_01BC290E.PDF 2002 Form 990], foundation IRS filing, July 20th, 2005.</ref><ref name="2001 990">John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_200106_990PF.pdf 2001 990 Form], foundation IRS filing, July 28,2005.</ref><ref name="2000 990">John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_200006_990PF.pdf 2000 990 Form], foundation IRS filing, August 3rd, 2005.</ref><ref name="1999 990">John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_199906_990PF.pdf 1999 990 Form], foundation IRS filing, July 28, 2005.</ref><ref name="1998 990">John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_199806_990PF.pdf 1998 990 Form], foundation IRS filing, August 16, 2009.</ref><ref name="1997 990">John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_199706_990PF.pdf 1997 990 Form], foundation IRS filing, July 28, 2005.</ref><ref name="1994 990">John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_199406_990PF.pdf 1994 990 Form], foundation IRS filing, August 16, 2005.</ref>
*[[Acton Institute]]: $10,000 (2010-2011)
===Additional Conservative Think Tank Organizations===
'''TOTAL to Additional Right Wing Think Tanks 1994July 1, 1993 -June 30, 2013: $2,829,500''', broken down as follows:<ref name="2012 990 2013"/><ref name="990 2012"/><ref name="2011 990 2011"/><ref name="990 2010"/><ref name="990 2009"/><ref name="990 2008"/><ref name="990 2007"/><ref name="990 2006"/><ref name="2005 990"/><ref name="2004 990"/><ref name="2003 990"/><ref name="2002 990"/><ref name="2001 990"/><ref name="2000 990"/><ref name="1999 990"/><ref name="1998 990"/><ref name="1997 990"/><ref name="1994 990"/>
*[[Alexis de Tocqueville Institution]]: $29,500 (1994-2005)
===Forms 990===
*John William Williams Pope Foundation, [http://conservativetransparency207.org153.189.83/wpEINS/assets581691765/John-William-Pope-Foundation-2013581691765_2012_09bb8ea4.pdf 2013 PDF 2012 Form 990](for the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013), foundation's IRS filing, November 13, 2013.*John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2011_08b1e9ef.PDF 2012 2011 Form 990](for the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012), foundation IRS filing, November 9, 2012.*John Williams Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2010_07b6f7dd.PDF 2011 2010 Form 990](for the period July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011), foundation IRS filing, November 14, 2011.*John Williams Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2009_068BA98F.PDF 2010 2009 Form 990](for the period July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010), foundation IRS filing, November 15, 2010.*John Williams Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_200906_990PF.pdf 2009 2008 Form 990](for the period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009), foundation IRS filing, processed March 19th, 2010.*John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_200806_990PF.pdf 2008 2007 Form 990](for the period July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008), foundation IRS filing, processed November 24, 2008. *John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2006_037934AD.PDF 2007 2006 Form 990](for the period July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007), foundation IRS filing, November 17, 2007.*John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2005_02A2B2CE.PDF 2006 2005 Form 990](for the period July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006), foundation IRS filing, November 14, 2006.*John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2004_01e7fb9a.PDF 2005 2004 Form 990](for the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005), foundation IRS filing, November 8th, 2005.*John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2003_01BC1E37.PDF 2004 2003 Form 990](for the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004), foundation IRS filing, July 20th, 2005.*John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2002_01BC226B.PDF 2003 2002 Form 990](for the period July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003), foundation IRS filing, July 20th, 2005.*John William Pope Foundation, [http://207.153.189.83/EINS/581691765/581691765_2001_01BC290E.PDF 2002 2001 Form 990](for the period July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002), foundation IRS filing, July 20th, 2005.*John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_200106_990PF.pdf 2001 2000 Form 990](for the period July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001), foundation IRS filing, July 28th, 2005.*John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_200006_990PF.pdf 2000 1999 Form 990](for the period July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000), foundation IRS filing, August 3rd, 2005.*John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_199906_990PF.pdf 1999 1998 Form 990](for the period July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999), foundation IRS filing, July 28, 2005.*John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_199806_990PF.pdf 1998 1997 Form 990](for the period July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998), foundation IRS filing, August 16th, 2003.*John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_199706_990PF.pdf 1997 1996 Form 990](for the period July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997), foundation IRS filing, August 16th, 2003.*John William Pope Foundation, [http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/581/581691765/581691765_199406_990PF.pdf 1994 1993 Form 990](for the period July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994), foundation IRS filing, August 16, 2005.
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