The 'Offended' 911 Group “Peaceful Tomorrows” is funded largely by Teresa Heinz

various sources, mostly Tom Randall of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | 3/5/04

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“Peaceful Tomorrows” is being portrayed as an independent group of relatives of victims of the 911 attacks. They are getting a lot of press claiming to be outraged over the new Bush ads.

Call me insensitive if you like, but I wonder if this outrage could possibly be a tad overblown, and more likely attributable to the millions and millions of dollars this group has received from endowments chaired by Teresa Heinz, wife of Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry.

According to their own contribution page, “Peaceful Tomorrows is a project of the Tides Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.”

According to an article in the Pittsburgh Review, “Between 1995 and 2001, $4.3 million of that money came from the Howard Heinz Endowment. In 2002, it and the Vira Heinz Endowment blessed The Tides Center, a San Francisco spin-off of the Tides Foundation, with another $190,000 while the two endowments gave $1.6 million to the new Tides Center for Western Pennsylvania.” (The Heinz Endowments have teamed up with a secretive left-wing group)

The money that flows into The Tides also flows out. They have given grants totaling $489,000 to the Iraq Peace Fund, who used that money to fund the anti-war marches and media costs of 27 groups, including MoveOn.org, whose purpose is to defeat George W. Bush.

Other Tides Center projects include The Youth Gender Project, which seeks to "empower and support transgender, gender-variant, intersexed and gender-questioning youth and young adults."

They also shoveled $200,000 towards The Ruckus Society - founded in 1995 to train activists in violent protest against biotechnology, globalization and the World Bank. It incited property destruction in the Seattle riots of 1999 and Washington, D.C., the following year.

Now, if you really want to get mad, you should also know that $8,000,000 in taxpayer money flowed into the Tides Center in the form of federal grants made by eight different agencies between 1997 and 2001.

[mystery-ak]

I hope this is sent to Brit Hume and Chrissy...Chrissy had two family members on last night...when asked by Chrissy who she voted for in 2000, one of the women said she couldn't remember...LOL...give me a break!

[Republican Red]

I called CNN to give them a piece of my mind.

They have a line about a grieving father of a 9/11 victim upset at the ads scrolling at the bottom of the screen. I let them know who this father was and who he was being funded by. How much you want to bet they already know this info?

Viewer Response:
404-827-0234

It amazes me how stupid these people think we are.

[IGOTMINE]

I am SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell you!

[MizSterious]

Wonder if anyone's sent it to Rush yet? He was really on the case this morning, and might appreciate it.

[VRWCTexan]

Great! - Get this into Fox News - see if run with it!!

[LowOiL]

More Kerry anti-Americanism proof. BTTT, Great find Dead!

[Dog]

Look what I found..

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported that the Tides Center had given the Independent Media Center $376,000, ironically, from its "9/11 fund." The Independent Media Center serves as an organizing outpost for protests and was the virtual staging ground for the April 20, 2002, anti-war protest in Washington.

Tides foundation is tied to A.N.S.W.E.R

[philetus]

"This will be buried by the press of course!"


Let's not let them do that this time!

[Samwise]

PAGING FOX NEWS!

[LowOiL]

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/s_169770.html

The link in your article is very very interesting on how the rich funnel money to whatever wacko left wing group they want through this Kerry organization.

[samtheman]

The Left by any other name...

[FlashBack]

Haven't heard this ANYWHERE else yet!!
Great job on digging this story up!!
Rudy is on Sean's show now and when firefighter Mike Moran was on Rush's show his comments really struck home!!!
Keep trying to get this info out there...this is the kind of stuff that needs to be brought to light!!

G.

[Shermy]

Tides foundation is tied to A.N.S.W.E.R

Has ANSWER yet had to disclose their funding? I wouldn't be surprised if it was laundered from France.

[Darnright]

Not surprised one bit, bump.

[AppyPappy]

Yet another mere coincidence.

Good find. You get a gold star

[Fenris6]

Doesn't this violate campaign finance law?

Or can Bush's wife set up a "foundation" to bankroll a special interest group? LOL

[Shermy]

Must read for Heinz and "Tides Foundation" Check it out, esp. starting page 2

http://www.gristmagazine.com/pdf/crc.pdf

[Roarkdude]

bttt

[philetus]

I sent it to Hannity, shep, Greta, Neil, and WND, so far.

[Fenris6]

won't hold my breath until the national media picks up on this. Fox News maybe, but the NY Times. CNN, CBS etc. pigs will fly first.

Somebody email the leftist networks too, so we can track the bias. cc Media Watch.

I've already said that the best example of liberal bias in the media is "censorship by ommision". They tilt the coverage by ommiting vital information. This will be a perfect example...