The Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity explained

The Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity
Type:Philanthropy / Private Operating foundation
IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt
Tax Id:94-3326027
Founder:Chris J. Rufer
Location:Sacramento, California, U.S.
Key People:
    • Chris J. Rufer (Founder and Chairman)
    • Emily Henkel (President)
    Area Served:United States
    Focus:Philosophy of Human Respect, social philosophy
    Headquarters:Sacramento, CA
    Method:literature, video, multimedia

    The Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity is an American nonprofit organization based in Sacramento, CA that espouses and promotes awareness pertaining to what it calls "the Philosophy of Human Respect." This philosophy, according to the foundation, states that, "Initiated violence and theft always cause a decline in happiness, harmony, and prosperity."[1]

    History

    The Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity was founded in 2007 with funding provided primarily by Chris J. Rufer who developed the "Principles of Human Respect" and the resulting philosophy. Rufer had applied these principles to the operation of the company that he founded and leads, The Morning Star Company, a tomato processing company based in California.[2] [3] [4] The foundation also works to put its material in front of student audiences.[5]

    The Foundation gave at least $12,000 to Project Veritas in 2014.[2] [3] Project Veritas is an American far-right activist[6] group that produces deceptively edited videos of its undercover operations, which use secret recordings and entrapment .[7] to discredit mainstream media organizations and progressive groups.[8] [9]

    Assets

    , The Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity had an annual revenue of $1,500,050,[10] and assets of $516,347.[11]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: About - The Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity . 2023-11-13 . harmonyandprosperity.org.
    2. Web site: Taggart . Kendall . 2017-11-30 . Here Are Some Of Project Veritas's Funders . 2023-11-13 . BuzzFeed News . en.
    3. Web site: 2017-11-29 . Meet the people bankrolling James O'Keefe's group . thinkprogress.org . 2023-11-13 . en-US.
    4. Web site: Dreher . Rod . 2017-11-30 . Project Treachery . 2023-11-13 . The American Conservative . en-US.
    5. Web site: Leggins . Carrie . August 25, 2014 . FEE Alumni Explore the Connection Between Liberty and Personality Types . March 18, 2024.
    6. Activist...
      • News: Scherer . Jasper . Conroe brewery backs out of 'rally against censorship' featuring Kyle Rittenhouse . February 9, 2023 . Houston Chronicle . January 11, 2023 . "Cassandra Spencer, a Defiance Press publishing manager who previously worked for the conservative activist group Project Veritas, is also set to appear at the rally" . February 9, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230209155402/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/rittenhouse-conroe-event-rally-against-censorship-17711233.php . live .
      • News: Trump applauds far-right social media provocateurs . February 9, 2023 . AP NEWS . April 21, 2021 . en . "Trump singled out for praise James O'Keefe, the right-wing activist whose Project Veritas organization once tried to plant a false story in The Washington Post." . February 9, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230209155406/https://apnews.com/article/religion-james-okeefe-donald-trump-ap-top-news-politics-6bffba9456e5419190a5478117b30607 . live .
      • News: Barry . Dan . In Affluent Greenwich, It's Republicans vs. 'Trumplicans' . February 9, 2023 . The New York Times . November 6, 2022 . "The Greenwich Republican ecosystem is such that James O'Keefe, the founder of the conservative activist group Project Veritas, is practically a local celebrity." . February 9, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230209155404/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/nyregion/greenwich-connecticut-republicans.html . live .
      • News: DePeau-Wilson . Michael . Video of Pfizer Employee Explaining COVID Vaccine Research Debunked . February 9, 2023 . www.medpagetoday.com . January 31, 2023 . en . "Project Veritas, a conservative activist group known for spreading misinformation, recently published a concealed-camera video allegedly showing a Pfizer employee describing the company's COVID-19 vaccine research efforts" . February 8, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230208192805/https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/102895 . live .
      • News: Greene . David . A Conservative On Project Veritas . February 9, 2023 . November 29, 2017 . Morning Edition . The conservative activist James O'Keefe and his nonprofit Project Veritas have sprung sting operations on many media organizations, including NPR. In 2011, after one such scheme, NPR pushed out our CEO and also our top fundraiser. These operations often involve undercover videos edited in misleading ways. . February 9, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230209155358/https://www.npr.org/2017/11/29/567133972/a-conservative-on-project-veritas . live .
      • Al-Rawi . Ahmed . Celestini . Carmen . Stewart . Nicole . Worku . Nathan . How Google Autocomplete Algorithms about Conspiracy Theorists Mislead the Public . M/C Journal . March 21, 2022 . 25 . 1 . 1441-2616 . 10.5204/mcj.2852 . 247603535 . "The same misleading label can be found via searching for James O'Keefe of Project Veritas, who is positively labelled as "American activist". Veritas is known for releasing audio and video recordings that contain false information designed to discredit academic, political, and service organisations". free .
      • Book: Jackson, Sam . The Oath Keepers: patriotism and the edge of violence in a right-wing antigovernment group . 2020. Columbia University Press . New York . 978-0-231-55031-4 . "Groups like Oath Keepers pounced on information provided by Project Veritas—a conservative activist group known for conducting manipulative video stings of progressive organizations—that allegedly documented organized attempts by Democrats to rig the election".
    7. Goss . Brian Michael . March 12, 2018 . Veritable Flak Mill . Journalism Studies. 19. 4 . 548–563 . 10.1080/1461670X.2017.1375388. 149185981. 1461-670X.
    8. Book:
    9. Damann . Taylor . Project Veritas and the Changing Face of Fake News . . January 8, 2019 . 47 . 351 . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211008/http://gatewayjr.org/project-veritas-and-the-changing-face-of-fake-news/. October 8, 2021 . . 2158-7345 . April 26, 2021 . Project Veritas seems to only consider influencing political outcomes, though. O'Keefe's open pride in affecting the employment of several individuals in leadership for various liberal media outlets, his hand in influencing political elections, or even influencing public opinion on abortion are striking. Conducting guerrilla journalism that seeks to expose only liberals and Democrats is inherently ideological..
    10. Web site: Andrea . Suozzo . Alec . Glassford . Ash . Ngu . Brandon . Roberts . 2013-05-09 . The Foundation For Harmony And Prosperity, Full Filing - Nonprofit Explorer . 2023-11-13 . ProPublica . en.
    11. Web site: The Foundation for Harmony & Prosperity Woodland, CA . 2023-11-13 . causeiq.com.

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