Report on Grants for Anti-Catholic, Anti-Life Activities by American Foundations
By Magaly Llaguno


American Foundations are exerting a powerful and evil influence throughout the U.S. and much of the world. A great number of them donate funds for anti-life, anti-Catholic activities in Latin America and The Caribbean, because they give grants to Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC). The ones listed below are categorized as "Grantmakers who address reproductive rights/access to abortion", as well as "Grantmakers who fund in Latin America and the Caribbean". The amounts given by them to CFFC appear next to their name in the list and do not include their very large donations to other anti-life organizations throughout the region. Also not included are the donations given to CFFC and an additional number of anti-life organizations, by other anti-life foundations in the U.S. The list below was compiled from the website of the The Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights, which offers information on funding given by foundations in the U.S. and foreign countries.

Total donations by these foundations to Catholics for a Free Choice, up to and including the year 2000 : $18,285.048.

Other important facts about the foundations that are members of The Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights where it concerns funding in the U.S. and foreign countries :

In the year 1999:

  • "The foundation topping the list in dollars granted" was the Gates Foundation, which "gave 39% of all grant dollars in the field - almost as much as the next six foundations combined." 1
  • "Reproductive health commanded nearly three-fourths of funding in the field." 1
  • "Most grant dollars supported programs intended to affect people outside the United States." 1
  • "Women and adolescents were the population subgroups that foundations emphasized most strongly." 1 The issue of "reproductive rights" received $35,609,192 that year, out of which "access to abortion" received $10,282,200. 1
  • "Reproductive rights" in general received 52.3% of the funding and $25,211,042 were disbursed for "advocacy". 1
  • "Smaller funders concentrated on work in the United States, while the top 10 funders concentrated on international work." 1
  • Mexico ranks 4th where it concerns the largest grants for 1999 : $17,321,762. 1

    In the year 2000 :

    "The funders participating in the survey (conducted by the Funders Network), all US based, gave more than $700 million for work on population, reproductive health, and reproductive rights…" 2 The Gates Foundation "awarded the eight largest grants, each of which was at least $15 million", for a total of $297,343,841. 2 "The issue commanding the most funding by far was reproductive health" 2 , a term which interpreted by the anti-life movement, includes not only contraception but also abortifacients and abortion. It received "three-fourths of all funding"; "79% of funders (45 of 57) awarded grants for reproductive rights work" and "51% awarded grants for work in women's rights or gender equality." 2 According to radical feminists, "women's rights" and "gender equality", involve the promotion of contraception, abortifacients, sterilization and abortion legalization. Funds specifically earmarked for "sexual rights work" (special "rights" for gays, transexuals, bisexuals and lesbians), constituted 23% of all donations that year. 2

    Only 12.5% of all the funds donated that year were specifically allocated to "Maternal & Child Health", while 0.4% were specifically earmarked for "sexual rights." 2

    The funding for "Reproductive Health: Emergency contraception" amounted to $1,156,881 among the top ten funders alone and to $1,821,468 among the "smaller funders" the same year. 2

    In the year 2001 :

    Private foundations outspent USAID by about $200 million. 3

  • "From 1999-2001, US foundations spent close to $2 billion on population, reproductive health and reproductive rights work." 3
  • The ten foundations contributing the largest amounts between 1999 and 2001were :

    In view of all these facts, can anyone doubt that U.S. foundations are using their vast resources in order to change the moral and religious values and practices of a huge part of the world?

    Note: Magaly Llaguno is executive director of Vida Humana Internacional, Human Life International's Hispanic Division.

    Sources for the partial list of foundations that donate funds for anti-life, anti-Catholic activities in Latin America and The Caribbean :

    "List of Grantmakers who address Reproductive Rights/Access to Abortion", The Funder's Network Grantmaker Directory, http://web.archive.org/web/20010309055934/http://www.fundersnet.org/grants/rights.html , downloaded 06/17/2003 and "List of Grantmakers who Fund in Latin America and the Caribbean", The Funders Network Grantmaker Directory, http://web.archive.org/web/20011019231510/http://fundersnet.org/grants/latinam.html, downloaded 06/17/2003. Note : At the present time (03/17/2004), this website, located at www.fundersnet.org/, does not allow access to the above information or to the Grantmaker Directory except with a member password.) "Catholics for a Free Choice Exposed", by Dr. Brian Clowes PhD, published by Human Life International.

    Sources for the rest of the article:

    1. "The Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights , Following the Money , Funding Analysis, 1999", http://www.fundersnet.org/fundanal-1999.pdf, downloaded 03/12/04.

    2. "The Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights, Highlights from the Grants Database, Funding Analysis 2000", http://www.fundersnet.org/Highlights%202000%20report.pdf, downloaded 03/12/04.

    3. "The Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights, Highlights from the Grants Database, Funding Analysis 1999 - 2001", http://www.fundersnet.org/FundAnalysis%2099-01-RR.pdf, downloaded 03/12/04.


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