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KejriwalAdmits,HisNGOTookMoneyFromFordFoundation2YearsBack
CIAlaystheFoundationofIndianPolicymaking
TheFordFoundation,whichcompletessixdecadesinIndianextyear,providesacontinuingflowofgrants
toinstitutions,thinktanks,civilsociety,andevenfarmergroups,tocarryoutresearchandadvocacywork.
Thesumsarenotinconsequentialabout$15million(aboutRs70crore)ayear.Andtherecipients320
grants,overthepastfouryearsarethewhoswhoofcivilsocietyandadvocacygroupsinIndia.
Itsrepresentative,StevenSolnick,saidtheFoundationslastinstallmenttoKabir(anNGOrunbyArvind
KejriwalandManishSisodia)wasin2010.OurfirstgranttotheNGOwasof$1,72,000in2005;the
secondwasin2008of$1,97,000,hetoldBusinessStandard.
StevenSolnickFordFoundationsrepresentativeinIndia
Kabir,runbyArvindKejriwalandManishSisodia,keyfiguresinAAP(AamAadmiParty),hasreceived
$400,000fromtheFordFoundationinthelastthreeyears.
Linkfor$197,000nowremovedbyFord.Referscreenshotofthesamebelow.
http://www.fordfoundation.org/grants/grantdetails?grantid=107117
KabirFordFoundationCIA
InreplytoanRTIquerythatquestionedthefundingandexpenditureofKabir,theorganisationhas
disclosedthattheyhavereceivedfundsfromtheFordFoundation(Rs86,61,742),PRIA(Rs2,37,035),
ManjunathShanmugamTrust(Rs3,70,000),DutchEmbassy(Rs19,61,968),AssociationforIndias
Development(Rs15,00,000),IndiasfriendsAssociation(Rs7,86,500),UnitedNationalsDevelopment
Programme(Rs12,52,742)whileRs11,35,857werecollectedfromindividualdonationsbetween2007to
2010.
KejriwalAdmits,HisNGOTookMoneyFromFordFoundation2YearsBack
KejriwalAdmits,HisNGOTookMoneyFromFordFoundation2YearsBack
Interestingly,amajorpartofthefundingtoanorganisationthatisprominentintheWaragainst
corruptionhascomefromabroadandmainlyfromtheUnitedStates.AparfromtheUNDP,Ford
FoundationandtheIndiaFriendsAssociationareUSbasedorganisations,whilePRIAandAssociationfor
IndiasDevelopmentareheadquarteredinAsia.

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