American Civil Rights Coalition

The American Civil Rights Coalition is Ward Connerly's conservative, anti-affirmative action organization based in Sacramento, California. It shares the same address as the American Civil Rights Institute.

History
On its website the coalition states that Connerly co-founded the group in 1997 with Dusty Rhodes.

Funding
On its website the coalition states that it is a 501(c)(4) non-profit group that is "funded through private donations from individuals and major charitable organizations."

From their links page
Their website links to conservative organizations/people such as:
 * Center for Individual Rights
 * Claremont Institute
 * Heritage Foundation
 * Independent Women's Forum, an anti-feminist organization predominately funded by conservative U.S. foundations
 * Institute for Justice, US libertarian public interest law firm
 * Michelle Malkin, conservative nationally syndicated columnist
 * Pacific Research Institute

Contact details
American Civil Rights Coalition/American Civil Rights Institute PO Box 188350 Sacramento, CA 95818 Phone: (916) 444-2278 Fax: (916) 444-2279 Email: feedback AT acrc1.org (substitute an @ sign for the "AT") Web: http://www.acrc1.org

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Thomas L. Rhodes
 * Ward Connerly

External articles

 * Naomi Zeveloff, "Ritter: Anti-affirmative action initiative will 'destroy years of progress'", The Times, September 29, 2008.