page_title: Media Research Center
section_title: Foundation and funding
hierarchical_section_title: Media Research Center / Foundation and funding
caption_attribution_description: Brent Bozell speaking in Phoenix, Arizona on February 26, 2011.
context_page_description: The Media Research Center is an American politically conservative content analysis group based in Reston, Virginia, founded in 1987 by L. Brent Bozell III. It characterizes itself as a media watchdog, whereas Brian Montopoli in the Columbia Journalism Review in 2005 considered it "propaganda clothed as critique".
  The nonprofit MRC has received financial support primarily from Robert Mercer, but with several other conservative-leaning sources, including the Bradley, Scaife, Olin, Castle Rock, Carthage and JM foundations, as well as ExxonMobil. It has been described as "one of the most active and best-funded, and yet least known" arms of the modern conservative movement. The organization rejects the scientific consensus on climate change, and criticizes media coverage that reflects the scientific consensus.
context_section_description: Bozell and a group of other conservatives founded the MRC on October 1, 1987. Their initial budget was at US$339,000. Prior to founding the MRC, Bozell was the chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee; he resigned from that position a month before establishing MRC. A wealthy donor whose name has been kept anonymous helped set up the MRC. The MRC has received financial support from several foundations, including the Bradley, Scaife, Olin, Castle Rock, Carthage and JM foundations. It also receives funding from ExxonMobil. The organization rejects the scientific consensus on climate change, and criticizes media coverage that reflects the scientific consensus. The MRC received over $10 million from Robert Mercer, its largest single donor.
  As of its 2015 reporting to the IRS, the organization had revenue approaching $15 million and expenses in excess of $15 million. Mr. Bozell's salary during this year was reported as close to $345,000, with nearly $122,000 in additional compensation from the organization and related organizations.
caption: L. Brent Bozell III founded the Media Research Center in 1987.
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