The chairman of the Foundation, a group which the American Institute of Philanthropy is linked to, led the Ford Foundation’s (ann dunham link?) “Peace and Social Justice” program. That says something to me.
this is one of AIP’s links, i think i know where they come from and what direction they tilt
Shaping the Agenda
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InterAction is the nation’s leading advocate for international relief and development programs and the prime representative of U.S.-based international NGOs in forging alliances to further common objectives domestically and around the world.
By creating meaningful relationships with legislators and policymakers, InterAction maximizes our community’s capacity to advance poverty alleviation and humanitarian relief as foreign assistance priorities. Members work to increase U.S. development assistance and improve its effectiveness and to promote U.S. support for the Millennium Development Goals. InterAction’s Foreign Affairs Briefing Book, presented to the Obama administration transition team, reflects our community’s wealth of experience and best thinking on the issues and key areas and sectors in need of serious attention.
InterAction works to protect NGO space by challenging regulatory restraints and the growing involvement of the U.S. military in humanitarian and development activities. Our members’ ability to attract private funding—which currently outweighs U.S. government funding by a ratio of 2 to 1—helps promote recognition that U.S. NGOs are significant and independent development actors in their own right.
Our coalition’s willingness to partner globally positions it to take a lead role in shaping the broader international development and humanitarian debate. InterAction facilitates and coordinates U.S. NGO input into the agenda of annual G8 and G20 summits, and also coordinates advocacy efforts with NGO platform counterparts from around the world. InterAction continues to form strategic alliances with key civil society organizations and networks around particular issues such as aid effectiveness, strengthening NGO influence on the decisions of the UN and other multilateral institutions.