| 2005
Roster of Fiscal Sponsorships The A.J. Muste Memorial
Institute acts as fiscal sponsor for a number of organizations dedicated to nonviolent
activism for social justice, by directing tax-deductible contributions and foundation
grants to the educational work of these groups. Our 2005 sponsored projects are
listed below. The Muste Institute also makes direct
grants and administers several special funds, including the International Nonviolence
Training Fund (INTF) and the NOVA Fund (formerly Sheilah's Fund East)—see
rosters at http://ajmuste.org/grants2005.htm
and http://ajmuste.org/nova2005.htm
. Separate guidelines are available for general
grants, fiscal sponsorships and INTF
grants. For information, please see this website or contact us at 339 Lafayette
St, New York, NY 10012; phone 212-533-4335; fax 212-228-6193; [email protected]. Artists
Against the War
http://www.aawnyc.org
New York, NY: $2,688.50
For the media installation "Disarming Images,"
a compilation of visual material expressing opposition to the war in Iraq. Climate
Crisis Coalition
http://www.climatecrisiscoalition.org/
Lenox, MA: $43,491
For educational work and organizing around issues
of climate change and environmental protection. East
Timor and Indonesia Action Network
http://www.etan.org/
Washington, DC: $109,736.11
For educational work in the US about US
military involvement, human rights and economic justice in East Timor; and efforts
to help grassroots groups in Aceh recover from the tsunami. GABRIELA
Network NY/NJ Chapter
http://www.gabnet.org/
New York, NY: $10,351.40
For educational work, organizing and advocacy
around issues affecting Filipino women, including sex trafficking, forced labor,
imperialism and militarization. Indian Point
Safe Energy Coalition
http://www.ipsecinfo.org/
Croton-on-Hudson, NY: $950
For education on the safety, health and
environmental threats posed by the Indian Point nuclear power plant. International
Peace Bureau
http://ipb.org/
Geneva,
Switzerland: $48,025
For educational work promoting disarmament and world
peace. Lancaster Coalition for Peace and Justice
http://www.lancastervoice.org
Lancaster,
PA: $2,441.50
For educational work, organizing and nonviolent activism
to prevent war and promote social justice. Nicaragua
Solidarity Network of Greater New York http://home.earthlink.net/~nicadlw/nsnhome.html
New York, NY: $1,999.75
For educational materials promoting demilitarization
and economic justice in Latin America. Nonviolent
Action Community of Cascadia
http://seanacc.org/
Seattle, WA: $2,740.75
For educational work on nonviolence, peace,
and economic justice. Plowshares New York
New York, NY: $9,136.10
For educational work on nonviolence, militarism
and the dangers of nuclear and conventional weapons. School
of the Americas Watch
http://www.soaw.org
Washington, DC: $15,335.73
For efforts to build opposition to the School
of the Americas (SOA, now called WHINSEC) at Fort Benning, Georgia, and to promote
a just US foreign policy toward Latin America. Syracuse
Peace Council
http://www.peacecouncil.net/
Syracuse, NY: $11,013.86
To build public pressure against militarism and
violence and in favor of social and economic justice. United
for Peace and Justice
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/
New York, NY: $452,325.68
For national organizing and educational work
to end war and build social and economic justice. War
Resisters’ International
http://www.wri-irg.org/
London, England: $607.62
For educational activities promoting nonviolence
and disarmament. War Resisters League
http://warresisters.org
New York,
NY: $57,273.75
For educational activities and publications addressing the
root causes of war and promoting nonviolent activism for social justice. War
Resisters League/New England
Norwich, CT: $3,570.10
For educational
activities and organizing around issues of nonviolence and social justice. *
* * Total 2005 sponsored distributions: $771,686.85
The Muste Institute also operates the Freeman
Internship Program, providing a stipend to interns working in the War Resisters
League national office. http://warresisters.org/intern.htm
. This program was established through a bequest from Ruth and Harrop Freeman.
Distributions to interns in the program during 2005 totalled $5,700. | 