Update: summation posted here.
The Valentine's Day exposure of key Heartland Institute internal documents, exposing (inter alia) a scheme to "dissuade teachers from teaching science", made national and international news. This story has now been covered at length on DK and elsewhere. Throughout this story, a recurrent but unanswered question has been the identity of the "Anonymous Donor" who ponied up the support for Heartland's "science" "education" campaign.
This is part of a series of diaries exploring the person I contend is by far the most likely candidate for this role: Chicago industrialist Barre Seid.
Previously: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
In this diary, I will list all donations via Donors Capital (other than Heartland's) that can be linked to Barre Seid with a reasonable degree of confidence, starting with those where his involvement is virtually certain. This involves rehashing some material already reviewed in previous diaries.
It is not my intention here to pass judgment on any of these donations. Many of them are commendable. My only interest here is in using these donations to identify broader patterns of behavior that may or may not match up with the Heartland Institute's "Anonymous Donor".
This is supplementary material for a diary to be posted shortly, summarizing the case developed in the previous three diaries. I am posting this material separately because my last two diaries on this topic have gotten a little bogged down in details, making it difficult to follow the core argument.
Since this is intended to serve as reference material rather than a diary in its own right, I will edit it if & when more information becomes available, or if there are mistakes that need to be corrected.
Acknowledgments: The connections between Barre Seid and many of the donations listed below were originally traced by (other) members of the extraordinary Shimer College community in the course of repelling Seid's attempted takeover in 2009-2010. Any errors are, of course, my own. In addition, the Clarion Fund connection was first publicly identified by Salon journalist Justin Elliott, and the FJC connection by Richard Silverstein.
990s are available from various online sources, including GuideStar and FoundationCenter. But here are convenient Scribd links to all public filings for Donors Capital: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; Donors Trust: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; and the Heartland Institute: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
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