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Foundation for National Progress

The Foundation for National Progress is an American non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California. It is the publisher of Mother Jones magazine.

History

The Foundation for National Progress was incorporated on March 5, 1975 in the State of California.[1]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Monika Bauerlein Chief Executive Officer Fulbright Program, Die Zeit, Associated Press, City Pages, Mother Jones
Madeleine Buckingham Chief Financial Officer Mother Jones, Sony, International Data Group (IDG)
Sara Frankel Secretary Mother Jones, PC World, BestSelf, IAC, Barnes & Noble, Astia, Independent Media Institute

Funding

Donors to the foundation include:

  • Ford Foundation[2]
  • Glaser Progress Foundation[3]
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation[4]
  • Open Society Foundations[5]

Further donors are reflected on the page for Mother Jones.

Further reading

  1. California Secretary of State. (2023, November 30). Foundation for National Progress. OpenCorporates. https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/0731952 ↩︎

  2. Grants Database - Foundation for National Progress. Ford Foundation. Retrieved January 4, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.01.04-011924/https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/awarded-grants/grants-database/?search=Foundation+for+National+Progress ↩︎

  3. Levy, N. (2017, May 12). RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser commits $250k for Mother Jones project to investigate Trump-Russia connection. GeekWire. https://web.archive.org/web/20231103190128/https://www.geekwire.com/2017/realnetworks-ceo-rob-glaser-commits-250k-mother-jones-project-investigate-trump-russia-connection/ ↩︎

  4. Foundation for National Progress. MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved December 19, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.12.19-185742/https://www.macfound.org/grantee/foundation-for-national-progress-12627/ ↩︎

  5. Ciandella, M. (2013, April 11). $1.1 Million of Soros Money Tied To Magazine That Released McConnell Tape. CNS News. https://web.archive.org/web/20130414020059/http://cnsnews.com/blog/mike-ciandella/11-million-soros-money-tied-magazine-released-mcconnell-tape ↩︎