EIN: 52-2004697
American Civil Rights Institute
Sacramento, CA 95816-5755
Ward Connerly is one of the country's leading opponents of affirmative action. In 1995, as a member of the University of California Board of Regents, he introduced the resolution that overturned affirmative action in that state's university system, the largest in the country.
Two years later he founded an organization called the American Civil Rights Institute, funded in large part by the ultra-conservative Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation of Milwaukee. The ACRI led the California Civil Rights Initiative, a successful campaign for a ballot referendum (Proposition 209) to end all affirmative action programs in California state government.
Web address: www.acri.org
| Total Grants to American Civil Rights Institute | |
| Total $ Granted: | $ 5,640,000 |
| For Years: | 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 |
| # Grants: | 48 |
Grants to American Civil Rights Institute
| Date | Amount | Purpose | Funder |
| 12-30-2005 | 150,000 | General operating support | Sarah Scaife Foundation |
| 6-14-2005 | 450,000 | To support general operations and public education about racial preferences in Michigan | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-30-2004 | 100,000 | General operating support | Sarah Scaife Foundation |
| 12-30-2004 | 40,000 | General operating support | The Carthage Foundation |
| 11-16-2004 | 300,000 | To support general operations | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 10-7-2004 | 125,000 | To support general operations | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 9-9-2004 | 125,000 | To support general operations | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 1-14-2004 | 100,000 | Programs and activities to promote equal opportunity | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-9-2003 | 87,500 | To support general operations and public education about the elimination of governmental racial classifications in California | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 10-9-2003 | 50,000 | To support general operations | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 9-9-2003 | 87,500 | To support general operations and public education about the elimination of governmental racial classifications in California | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 2-13-2003 | 100,000 | To support general operations | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-2002 | 50,000 | General Fund | Hickory Foundation |
| 12-15-2002 | 100,000 | To support general operations | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-2001 | 100,000 | General Fund | Hickory Foundation |
| 12-31-2001 | 150,000 | programs and activities to promote equal opportunity | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-12-2001 | 200,000 | To support general operations and a public education campaign on racial classifications | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 10-21-2001 | 250,000 | To support general operations and a public education campaign on racial classifications | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 8-2-2001 | 250,000 | To support general operations and a public education campaign on racial classifications | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-2000 | 200,000 | No purpose given. | Sarah Scaife Foundation |
| 12-31-2000 | 150,000 | Programs and activities to promote equal opportunity | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-2000 | 100,000 | General Fund | Hickory Foundation |
| 10-9-2000 | 75,000 | To support general operations | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 7-9-2000 | 75,000 | To support general operations | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1999 | 75,000 | No purpose given. | Sarah Scaife Foundation |
| 12-31-1999 | 150,000 | Programs and activities to promote equal opportunity. | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1999 | 45,000 | No purpose given. | William H. Donner Foundation |
| 1-6-1999 | 70,000 | No purpose given. | Randolph Foundation |
| 12-31-1998 | 175,000 | No purpose given | Sarah Scaife Foundation |
| 12-31-1998 | 125,000 | Programs and activities to promote equal opportunity | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1998 | 25,000 | To support public education about equal opportunity | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1998 | 125,000 | To support general operations | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1998 | 65,000 | No purpose given. | William H. Donner Foundation |
| 9-9-1998 | 300,000 | To support a public education initiative | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 8-9-1998 | 50,000 | To support general operations in 1998 | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 6-9-1998 | 34,000 | To support a book project entitled "Toward One Nation" | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 4-8-1998 | 50,000 | To support general operations during 1998 | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 3-26-1998 | 70,000 | No purpose given. | Randolph Foundation |
| 3-9-1998 | 33,000 | To support a book project entitled "Toward One Nation" | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 1-8-1998 | 8,000 | To support a book project entitled "Toward One Nation" | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1997 | 125,000 | Programs and activities to promote equal opportunity | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1997 | 100,000 | Activities and programs on race relations in the U.S. | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1997 | 275,000 | no description given | Sarah Scaife Foundation |
| 12-14-1997 | 25,000 | To support a book project entitled "Toward One Nation" | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 8-19-1997 | 50,000 | To support general operations | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 4-6-1997 | 50,000 | To support general operations | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1996 | 100,000 | Programs and activities to promote equal opportunity | John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
| 12-31-1996 | 100,000 | CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS INITIATIVE PROJECT | Sarah Scaife Foundation |