Institute for Public Accuracy

From The Insittute for Public Accuracy's About Us Web Page:


 * The Institute for Public Accuracy was founded in mid-1997 by its current executive director, Norman Solomon, with the support of a two-year $100,000-per-year Public Interest Pioneer grant from the Stern Family Fund . IPA opened its national office in San Francisco in October 1997. Several months later, IPA established its media office in the National Press Building in Washington, D.C. It is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Board of Directors

 * Norman Solomon: IPA's founder and executive director
 * Judy Hatcher
 * Peggy Law
 * Robert McChesney
 * Gwendolyn Mink
 * Beth Schulman
 * Deborah Toler

Other Executive Staff

 * Layla Cooper: associate director
 * Sam Husseini: communications director
 * Hollie Ainbinder: program and development director
 * David Zupan: independent contractor doing broadcast media outreach and database updating.
 * Zeynep Toufe: independent contractor specializing in bringing media attention to structural issues

Major Funding Sources

 * Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program
 * Ford Foundation
 * Park Foundation
 * Bydale Foundation
 * Stewart Mott Charitable Trust
 * CarEth Foundation
 * Rockefeller Brothers Fund
 * Streisand Foundation
 * Arca Foundation
 * Wallace Global Fund

Contact
Website: www.accuracy.org

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Mark Engler