Investigative Project on Terrorism

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The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) is private sector counter terror agency set up and run by Steven Emerson in 1995. It is essentially a vehicle for promoting Emerson's work but it has also produced several likeminded experts, notably Evan Kohlmann.
==Blunders==
Steve Emerson claimed that the Oklahoma bombing was carried out by Islamists:
Emerson became widely known in the aftermath of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, when, appearing as an expert on CBS News, he theorized that the attack was the work of Islamic extremists. It turned out that Timothy McVeigh was responsible.Benjamin Wallace-Wells, PRIVATE JIHAD How Rita Katz got into the spying business, New Yorker, 29 May 2006, Posted 2006-05-22
In a lesser known incident, Emerson had promoted the case of Iftikhar Chaudhry Khan, who had claimed he was a top Pakistani nuclear scientist, but turned out to be a "former low-level accountant at a company that makes bathroom fixtures." According to Khan's lawyer "Emerson was helpful in corroborating information and making scientific clarifications."John F. Sugg, 'Steven Emerson's Crusade', Extra!, January/February 1999 Khan was the source behind an article in The Observer which had claimed that "military commanders have discussed pre-emptive nuclear strikes against India."Peter Beaumont, Paul Beaver, Anwar Iqbal, 'Pakistan's plan for a nuclear hit Scientist defects with list of Indian targets', The Observer, 28 June 1998
==Lobbying==
Andrew Cochran worked as a lobbyist for the Investigative Project from 2004-2006, as did Rachel Sullivan and Trey Barnes, both then also lobbyists at Public Policy Partners (which became GAGE in 2005). As well as representing Motley Rice, Trey Barnes has also lobbied for several private military and intelligence companies including Aegis Defence Services, the Strategic Communication Laboratories, Becatech and L-3 Communications. In 2005 the Investigative Project also hired the lobbying firm Baker Donelson which represents several arms and aviation corporations, the Newspaper Association of America and The Washington Post.
==Funding==
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, which provided $100,000 for Emerson’s documentary film Jihad in America, has also funded a study by Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a think tank spun off by directors of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The same foundation has also provided grants to the Foreign Policy Research Institute of Philadelphia, then headed by Daniel Pipes and an associate, Khaled Duran, who also was Emerson’s collaborator producing Jihad in America.Richard H. Curtiss, Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs, September 1999, pp.138-140 Emerson also received money from the right-wing media tycoon Richard Mellon Scaife, for Jihad in America. During the cold war, Scaife had sponsored anti-communist crusader Brian Crozier and his foundations later provided $2.4 million over several years to American Spectator to pay for negative reporting on Bill Clinton, including hiring a private eye. Millions more went to other anti-Clinton groups.Brooks Jackson/CNN, ‘Who Is Richard Mellon Scaife?’, 27 April 1998; (accessed 15 August 2008)
As for IPT (which was founded after Emerson made Jihad in America), the organisation’s website states that it “does not accept funding from any government agency or religious institutions” and is funded through “charitable contributions from private U.S. individuals and foundations”. Emerson has refused to disclose the identity of these individuals and foundations, however, it is evident from IRS filings made by IPT’s donors that it is funded by many of the same foundations that fund America’s powerful Israel lobby.
===2002===
*Smith Richardson Foundation: $350,000 
*Reuben and Rose Mattus Foundation: $25,000 That year the Reuben and Rose Mattus Foundation also gave grants to the One Israel Fund (which supports Israeli settlers in the occupied territories), the Jerusalem Reclamation Project and Americans for a Safe Israel.
*Blum-Kovler Foundation: $25,000
===2003===
*Reuben and Rose Mattus Foundation: $250,000
*Samuel and Julia Bernstein Foundation: $25,000
*Smith Richardson Foundation: $250,000 
===2006===
*Bialkin Family Foundation: $5,000 - The Bialkin Family Foundation also supported the Friends of Israel Center, The Jerusalem Foundation, the American Israel Friendship League, and the Anti-Defamation League.
*The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation: $10,000 - That year The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation also donated $5,000 to Israel at Heart and $1,000 to Friends of the IDF. 
*Aufzien Foundation: $10,000
*Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation: $6,000 - The Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation supported the Anti-Defamation League, The Israel Project, the American Jewish Committee and the Israel on Campus Coalition.
The Thomas Jefferson Rosenberg Foundation is also a funder. Dates TBC 
===2008===
*Fairbrook Foundation: $25,000The Fairbrook Foundation, Form 990 - Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax, 2008, accessed via foundationcenter.org, 20 September 2010.
*Tepper Family Foundation: $1,000Tepper Family Foundation Donations, Conservative Transparency, accessed 14 January 2016 
===2009===
*Tepper Family Foundation: $1,000Tepper Family Foundation Donations, Conservative Transparency, accessed 14 January 2016 
===2010===
Its revenue from grants and contributions was of $2,636,762 Investigative Project on Terrorism, 990 Form, 2010 , including:
*Gotham Charitable Foundation: $65,000
*Middle East Forum: $480,000 [=candidate&sf[]=donor&sf[]=recipient&sf[]=transaction&sf[]=finances Investigative Project on Terrorism], Conservative Transparency Database, accessed 9 June 2015 
*Abstraction Fund: $36,000 Abstraction Fund, 990 Form, 2010 
*Newton and Rochelle Becker Foundation: $30,000 Newton D. & Rochelle F. Becker Foundation, Top Recipients, 2010, accessed 21 October 2016 
*Tepper Family Foundation: $1,000Tepper Family Foundation Donations, Conservative Transparency, accessed 14 January 2016
*Russell Berrie Foundation: $233,334 Russell Berrie Foundation, 990 Form, 2011 
*Aufzien Foundation: $10,000 Aufzien Foundation, 990 Form, 2010 
*Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation: $4,000 Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation, 990 Form, 2010 
*Bialkin Family Foundation: $4,000 Bialkin Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2010. 
*Abstraction Fund: $36,000 Abstraction Fund, 990 Form, 2010. 
*Diana Davis Spencer Foundation: $10,000 Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, Form 990, 2010. 
*Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund: $51,000 Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund, 990 Form, 2010. 
*Donors Trust: $5,000 Donors Trust 2010, Conservative transparency, accessed 14 November 2016. 
*Eugene & Emily Grant Family Foundation: $10,000 Eugene & Emily Grant Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2010. 
*Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation: $10,000 Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, 990 Form, 2010. 
*Jewish Communal Fund: $26,800 Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2010. accessed 14 November 2016.
*Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston: $39,500 Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, 990 Form, 2012. 
*Jacobson Family Foundation Trust: $40,000 Jacobson Family Foundation Trust, 990 Form, 2010 
===2011===
Its revenue from grants and contributions was of $2,836,719Investigative Project on Terrorism, 990 Form, 2011 , including:
*Middle East Forum: $512,500
*Anchorage Charitable Fund: $10,000MEF Funding, rightweb.irc, accessed 29 January 2016
*Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation: $25,000 Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, Form 990, 2011 
*Eugene and Emily Grant Family Foundation: $10,000 Eugene & Emily Grant Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2011. 
*Koret Foundation: $25,000 Koret Foundation, 990 Form, 2011. 
*Newton and Rochelle Becker Foundation: $35,000 Newton D. & Rochelle F. Becker Foundation, Top Recipients, 2011, accessed 21 October 2016 
*Russell Berrie Foundation: $350,001 Russell Berrie Foundation, 990 Form, 2011 
*The Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation: $5,000 Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation, 990 Form, 2011 
*Bialkin Family Foundation: $4,000 Bialkin Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2011. 
*Diana Davis Spencer Foundation: $20,000 Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, Form 990, 2011. 
*Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation: $20,000 Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation, 990 Form, 2011 
*Jewish Communal Fund: $51,500 Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2011. accessed 14 November 2016.
*Jacobson Family Foundation Trust: $40,000 Jacobson Family Foundation Trust, 990 Form, 2011 
===2012===
Its revenue from grants and contributions was of $2,513,142 Investigative Project on Terrorism, 990 Form, 2012 , including: 
*Gotham Charitable Foundation: $25,000
*Middle East Forum: $167,085
*Abstraction Fund: $25,000 Abstraction Fund, 990 Form, 2012 
*Alan and Hope Winters Family Foundation: $25,000, Conservative Transparency, accessed 14 January 2016 
*Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston: $15,000 Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, 990 Form, 2012. 
*Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation: $25,000 Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, Form 990, 2012 
*Diana Davis Spencer Foundation: $20,000</ref> Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, Form 990, 2012. 
*Jewish Communal Fund: $88,500 Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2012. accessed 26 October 2016. 
*Koret Foundation: $25,000 Koret Foundation, 990 Form, 2012. 
*Newton and Rochelle Becker Foundation: $10,000 Conservative Transparency database, Newton D. & Rochelle F. Becker Foundation, accessed 2 March 2015 
*Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund: $57,270.16 Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund, Form 990, 2012 
*Aufzien Foundation: $5,000 Aufzien Foundation, 990 Form, 2012 
*Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation: $5,000 Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation, 990 Form, 2012 
*Jacobson Family Foundation Trust: $40,000 Jacobson Family Foundation Trust, 990 Form, 2012 
===2013===
Its revenue from grants and contributions was of $2,699,625 Investigative Project on Terrorism, 990 Form, 2013 , including:
*Russell Berrie Foundation: $115,000 IRS 990 Filing, Russell Berrie Foundation, Citizen Audit.org, accessed 2 March 2015, p15 
*Abstraction Fund: $25,000 Form 990 2013, foundationcenter.org, accessed 14 January 2016
*Alan and Hope Winters Family Foundation: $20,000, Conservative Transparency, accessed 14 January 2016 
*Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston: $54,800 Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, 990 Form, 2013. 
*Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation: $30,000 Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, Form 990, 2013 
*Diana Davis Spencer Foundation: $25,000</ref> Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, Form 990, 2013. 
*Emerson Family Foundation: $10,000 Emerson Family Foundation, Form 990 PF 2013.
*Gotham Charitable Foundation: $20,000 990 Form 2013, Foundation Center, accessed 18 January 2016
*Jewish Communal Fund: $51,250 Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2013. accessed 26 October 2016. 
*Koret Foundation: $25,000 Koret Foundation, 990 Form, 2013. 
*Tepper Family Foundation: $1,000Tepper Family Foundation Donations, Conservative Transparency, accessed 14 January 2016 
*Thomas Jefferson Rosenberg Foundation: $8,000Form 990 2013, Foundation Center, accessed 19 January 2016
*Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund: $57,000 Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund, Form 990, 2013 
*Aufzien Foundation: $5,000 Aufzien Foundation, 990 Form, 2013 
*Bialkin Family Foundation: $5,000 Bialkin Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2013. 
*Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation: $5,000 Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation, 990 Form, 2013 
===2014===
*Middle East Forum: $30,000 Middle East Forum, Form 990, 2014 
*Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston: $45,500 Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, 990 Form, 2014. 
*Davis Family Charitable Foundation: $1,000 Form 990 2013, Foundation Center, accessed 14 January 2016 
*Diana Davis Spencer Foundation: $50,000 Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, Form 990, 2014. 
*Eugene and Emily Grant Family Foundation: $3,000,000 in two tranches of $1million (11/6/2014) and $2million $2,000,000 (Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund) on 21/11/2014 Eugene & Emily Grant Family Foundation, 990 Form, 2014. 
*Jewish Communal Fund: $84,800 Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2014. accessed 26 October 2016. 
*MZ Foundation: $30,000 MZ Foundation, 990 Form, 2014. 
*Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation: $10,000 Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation, 990 Form, 2014 
*Jacobson Family Foundation Trust: $25,000 Jacobson Family Foundation Trust, 990 Form, 2014 
===2015===
*James E and Patricia D Cayne Charitable Trust: $1.800 Guidestar, Form 990 James E. & Patricia D. Cayne Charitable Trust, 2015 
==Principals and Alumni==
*Steve Emerson
*Evan Kohlmann
*Rita Katz
*Ilan Weinglass
*Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
*Janice Kephart
*Matthew Epstein
*Tamar TeslerKevin Keenan, ‘Analysts say fundraising for terrorists went on without notice’, Telegram and Gazette, 11 September 2006, (accessed via The Investigative Project website on 17 April 2008)
*Joan Ullman - Covered the 1993 WTC bombing trial for the Investigative Project.Michael Isikoff and David Corn, Hubris (2006), 74
==Affiliations==
*SAE Productions - a for-profit organization which has profited from tax-exempt donations to the non-profit IPT.Bob Smietana, Does anyone profit from spreading anti-Muslim fear? Some do, The Tennessean, 24 October 2010 
*The Spittoon - republishes IPT articles
*Counterterrorism & Security Education and Research Foundation (CTSERF)Eli Clifton, More Insights Into Steven Emerson’s Tangled Funding Web, Lobelog.com, 4 November 2010
==Resources==
*Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, 'Terror Watch: How Clarke 'Outsourced' Terror Intel', Newsweek.com, 22 July 2008
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==Notes==
 
Category:Terrorism Industry
Category:Israel Lobby
Category:Counterjihad
Category:Islam Watchers
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