CIA Funding Was Involved

The CIA’s intrusion into the foundation field in the 1960s can only be described as massive. Excluding grants from the “Big Three”- Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie–of the 700 grants over $10,000 given by 164 other foundations during the period 1963-1966, at least 108 involved partial or complete CIA funding.

More importantly, CIA funding was involved in nearly half the grants the non-“Big Three” foundations made during. this period in the field of international activities. In the same period more than one-third of the grants awarded by non-“Big Three” in the physical, life and social sciences also involved CIA funds.

Final Report Of The Select Committee To Study Governmental Operations With Respect To Intelligence Activities