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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="2011 990">John William Pope Foundation, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/581/691/2012-581691765-08b1e9ef-F.pdf 2011 IRS Form 990] (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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