Tides Center
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The Tides Center, which is administratively linked to but separate from the Tides Foundation is an institution that handles financial donations for progressive groups like the Institute for Global Communications. They make an effort to make greatest use of their finances within the limits of the law.
The Tides Center is classified a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization by the IRS.
Along with other local foundations, The Heinz Endowments, of which Teresa Heinz Kerry is Chair, has contributed several million dollars to the Tides Center, mainly for community projects in southwestern Pennsylvania.
The Heinz Endowments gave a total $230,000 to the Tides Foundation from 1994 to 1998, but has not given grants to theTides Foundation since.
The Tides Center handles administrative functions such as payroll, benefits, insurance, and tax form 990 in exchange for a 9% fee, which is taken out of grant monies.
The Tides Foundation established the Iraq Peace Fund, the Peace Strategies Fund and contributed US$376,000 to Indymedia.
The Americans For Gun Safety Foundation is a project of the Tides Center.
After the original November 25, 2003 broadcast of 24, Kiefer Sutherland broke character to address the issue of gun safety, most likely to waive Fox of liability in case someone attempted to recreate the Russian Roulette scenes. Sutherland gave a promotion for an organization called Americans For Gun Safety Foundation.
Several conservative news publications have accused Ms. Heinz Kerry of laundering donations to her husband's campaign, but these reports have since been inconclusive.
External links
- Tides (http://www.tides.org/) Official site
- Tides Foundation and Tides Center Respond to Recent Inaccuracies in the Media (http://www.tidesfoundation.org/press_rel_03.cfm)
- Teresa Heinz Kerry: Bag Lady for the Radical Left (http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=12187)