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RECIPIENT GRANTS

EIN: 52-1543156

Center for Equal Opportunity

Sterling, VA 20165

Formerly the Equal Opportunity Foundation. All grants prior to 2000 were to the Equal Opportunity Foundation. Former Reagan appointee Linda Chavez is president of the Center. Abigail Thernstrom and Roy Unz (author of the anti-bilingual Proposition 227 in California) are on the board. Published a Parents Guide to Bilingual Education that educates parents to "learn how to remove their children from harmful [bilingual education] programs."

Web address: www.ceousa.org

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Total Grants to Center for Equal Opportunity
Total $ Granted: $ 4,482,500
For Years: 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1988
# Grants: 76

Grants to Center for Equal Opportunity

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Date Amount Purpose Funder
12-30-2005 50,000 Project support Sarah Scaife Foundation
6-14-2005 125,000 To support general operations and a study of racial preferences in admissions at the University of Wisconsin The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-30-2004 50,000 General operating support Sarah Scaife Foundation
11-9-2004 50,000 To support general operations The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
9-28-2004 50,000 To support general operations The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
1-14-2004 150,000 The programs of the Center for Equal Opportunity John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-30-2003 25,000 Center for Equal Opportunity Sarah Scaife Foundation
11-9-2003 45,000 To support general operations The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
9-9-2003 45,000 To support general operations The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
1-27-2003 165,000 The programs of the Center for Equal Opportunity John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-2002 1,000 Media and public briefing programs Philip M. McKenna Foundation, Inc.
12-31-2002 125,000 Melting Pot or Boiling Point: Assimilation of Ameria's Newest Immigrants
Linda Chavez will research and write a book on the assimilation of immigrants into the economic, political, and social mainstream of American life. She will review and synthesize existing data and research on patterns of assimilation among Americans who emigrated from Latin America, Asia, and predominantly Muslim countries. She will also conduct a series of interviews with key leaders in these immigrant communities.		 Smith Richardson Foundation
12-31-2002 60,000 General Fund Hickory Foundation
12-19-2002 75,000 To support the Center for Equal Opportunity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
9-9-2002 25,000 To support the Center for Equal Opportunity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
1-9-2002 25,000 To support the Center for Equal Opportunity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-2001 7,500 General support F.M. Kirby Foundation
12-31-2001 25,000 No comment provided Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-2001 165,000 the programs of the Center for Equal Opportunity John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-2001 25,000 Center for Equal Opportunity Jaquelin Hume Foundation
12-31-2001 25,000 General Fund Hickory Foundation
10-11-2001 25,000 To support the Center for Equal Opportunity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
9-26-2001 5,000 To support litigation concerning university admissions policies The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
6-26-2001 40,000 No purpose given. Randolph Foundation
1-10-2001 25,000 To support general operations of the Center for Equal Opportunity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-2000 50,000 Center for Equal Opportunity Jaquelin Hume Foundation
12-31-2000 25,000 General Fund Hickory Foundation
12-31-2000 165,000 The programs of the Center for Equal Opportunity John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-2000 25,000 No purpose given. Sarah Scaife Foundation
10-9-2000 25,000 To support general operations of the Center for Equal Opportunity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
7-31-2000 40,000 No purpose given. Randolph Foundation
1-5-2000 25,000 To support general operations of the Center for Equal Opportunity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1999 12,000 General Operations [NOTE: This grant was designated as to the "Center for Equal Opportunity," which is a project of the Equal Opportunity Foundation] Philip M. McKenna Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1999 25,000 General Fund Hickory Foundation
12-31-1999 50,000 No purpose given. Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1999 35,000 READ Project. Castle Rock Foundation
12-31-1999 165,000 The programs of the Center for Equal Opportunity. John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1999 125,000 No purpose given. Scaife Family Foundation
1-6-1999 25,000 Center for Equal Opportunity Randolph Foundation
12-31-1998 12,000 General Operations (Note: In the 990, the grant says it is to the "Center for Equal Opportunity") Philip M. McKenna Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1998 75,000 No purpose given Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1998 200,000 Center for Equal Opportunity Jaquelin Hume Foundation
12-31-1998 25,000 To support the Center for Equal Opportunity's project on racial preferences in undergraduate admissions The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1998 25,000 To support the general operations of the Center for Equal Opportunity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1998 40,000 Funding for "Denver Public Schools Project" to study progress at English-acquisition and bilingual schools Castle Rock Foundation
12-31-1998 150,000 Mexico’s New Active Public Diplomacy
Robert Leiken will research and write a policy monograph and convene a conference to examine Mexico’s public diplomacy among Americans of Mexican descent.		 Smith Richardson Foundation
12-31-1998 25,000 General Fund Hickory Foundation
12-31-1998 80,000 Research Program Support. [Editor's note: This grant listed the "Center for Equal Opportunity" as the recipent - which is an error on the Lambe Foundation's part. It should read: "Equal Opportunity Foundation," which Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation
12-31-1998 175,000 The programs of the Center for Equal Opportunity John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
8-9-1998 25,000 To support the Center for Equal Opportunity's project on racial preferences in undergraduate admissions The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
4-8-1998 12,500 To support general operations The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1997 100,000 Educational Programs Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation
12-31-1997 25,000 General Fund Hickory Foundation
12-31-1997 60,000 no description given Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1997 25,000 No purpose given Scaife Family Foundation
12-31-1997 10,000 General Operations Philip M. McKenna Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1997 175,000 The programs of the Center for Equal Opportunity John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
10-9-1997 12,500 To support general operations The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
4-9-1997 12,500 To support general operations The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1996 10,000 Center for Equal Opportunity
Project on Higher Education
[Editor's note: This grant said it was to the Center for Equal Opportunity - an error - since it should really be to the Equal Opportunity Foundation - where we put it.]		 Philip M. McKenna Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1996 60,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1996 15,000 During 1997 to support preparation of a book, THE NEW PATERNALISM: HOW UNCLE SAM REPLACES MR. RIGHT IN WOMEN'S LIVES, Linda Chavez, Research Principal. Earhart Foundation
12-31-1996 60,000 Center for Equal Opportunity
Educational Programs		 Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation
12-31-1996 150,000 The programs of the Center for Equal Opportunity John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
10-9-1996 12,500 To support general operations The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1995 150,000 The programs of the Center for Equal Opportunity John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1995 150,000 The programs of the Center for Equal Opportunity John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1995 15,000 Center for Equal Opportunity
To support educational programs and publications		 JM Foundation
12-31-1995 25,000 CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Scaife Family Foundation
12-31-1995 75,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Sarah Scaife Foundation
8-20-1995 15,000 To support The Center for Equal Opportunity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
2-19-1995 15,000 To support The Center for Equal Opportunity The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1994 75,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1994 150,000 Programs at the Center for Equal Opportunity under the direction of Linda Chavez John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1994 15,000 To provide support during 1995 for preparation of a book, A HOUSE DIVIDED: RACE AND THE POLITICS OF MULTICULTURALISM, Linda Chavez, Research Principal. Earhart Foundation
12-4-1988 25,000 Study of Hispanic educational, economic, and social assimilation in U.S. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.

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