NEW: At least 3 environmental nonprofits have cut ties with Pittsburgh-based Colcom Foundation, after discovering the large donations the foundation gives to anti-immigrant groups.
News comes on heels of efforts to expose Colcom’s “greenwashing” tactics. pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/how…
News comes on heels of efforts to expose Colcom’s “greenwashing” tactics. pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/how…
.@americanrivers & @GASPPgh & @EHPinfo cut ties with Colcom last year and won’t seek funding from them moving forward.
Two other groups expressed wariness, and even condemnation, of Colcom’s anti-immigrant boosting, but wouldn’t say if they cut funding. pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/how…
Two other groups expressed wariness, and even condemnation, of Colcom’s anti-immigrant boosting, but wouldn’t say if they cut funding. pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/how…
Advocates have launched a campaign to expose Colcom’s white nationalism roots & anti-immigrant donations. Colcom nearly doubled anti-immigrant donations in 2017, first year of Trump admin. Colcom’s biggest benefactors have heavily influenced Stephen Miller pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/how…
PGH @LCLAA @tmcpgh @PghVFP @bendthearcpgh want all to cut ties w/ Colcom, who also gives to environ groups
Perez of LCLAA “This isn’t an environmental org that dabbles in white supremacy, this is a white supremacist group that dabbles in environmentalism” pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/how…
Perez of LCLAA “This isn’t an environmental org that dabbles in white supremacy, this is a white supremacist group that dabbles in environmentalism” pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/how…
Colcom denies ties to white nationalism & anti-immigrant sentiment saying it “refuses to fund groups promulgating such activities”
81% of its 2017 donations were to anti-immigrant groups, most prominent being FAIR & CIS, deemed hate groups by @splcenter pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/how…
81% of its 2017 donations were to anti-immigrant groups, most prominent being FAIR & CIS, deemed hate groups by @splcenter pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/how…
Colcom’s founder, Cordelia Scaife May, has deep connections to modern day anti-immigrant movement. May gave $180 million to this movement and once wrote U.S. was “being invaded on all fronts” by immigrants and that foreigners “breed like hamsters.”
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.@HMAesq has done research on Colcom, May and John Tanton, who had a hand in creating most of the anti-immigrant orgs Colcom funds. He said “It is safe to say that without [May’s] money, the anti-immigration movement and the Tanton network would not exist” pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/how…
UPDATE: @PhippsNews informed CP that it "neither requested nor received funding in calendar year 2019 or 2020 from Colcom." Last funding received was in 2018 (fiscal year ending 6/19). Phipps didn't specify why. Updated list of funders at end of story ⬇️ pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/imm…
