EIN: 23-2745763

National Fatherhood Initiative

Gaithersburg, MD 20877

According to a story in the Washington Post the NFI was created by Don E. Eberly, who is now (2005) the deputy director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, in 1994.

TalkingPointsMemo
January 24, 2005

Universal Press Syndicate columnist Maggie Gallagher covertly paid $21,500 to plug Bush marriage policies

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/004547.php

Payments funneled through National Fatherhood Initiative, organization founded by Wade Horn, who hired Gallagher for the HHS

Maggie Gallagher got $21,500 from HHS to flack Bush administration marriage and family policy. That's the story Howie Kurtz lands in tomorrow's Post.

On top of that, says Kurtz: "Gallagher received an additional $20,000 from the Bush administration in 2002 and 2003 for writing a report, titled 'Can Government Strengthen Marriage?', for a private organization called the National Fatherhood Initiative."

When you read a bit further down into the piece you find this fact: The fellow who hired Gallagher at HHS is Wade Horn, HHS assistant secretary for children and families. And what'd he do before he started work for the Bush administration? Right, he headed the National Fatherhood Initiative.