Follow the Money and TakeAction! Part 3A

Since I wrote the original Part 3 of my TakeAction series back in January, I’ve come across the names of a few additional financial backers of the Minnesota political charity.

SourceWatch lists then-U.S. Senator Mark Dayton as a past funding partner of the charity.  This is interesting because these days, now Governor Dayton is not known for being generous to charities, political or otherwise.

Nobody Doesn’t Like Sara Lee
Nathan Cummings was a Canadian-born American business executive who built up a fortune in the brand name food industry, most notably Sara Lee.  His New York-based legacy foundation has contributed to TakeAction in recent years

According to the Foundation’s IRS Form 990 Federal income tax returns, in 2011 it gave $60,000 to TakeAction Minnesota’s Education Fund for the “Medicaid Expansion Project.”  In 2010 the Foundation gave $60,000 for TakeAction’s “Make Health Happen Campaign.”  In 2009, it also gave TakeAction $60,000 for the same project.

All For One
The One World Fund of Andover, MA, has supported TakeAction in recent years.  According to One World’s IRS Form 990 Federal income tax returns, in 2012 the Fund gave $25,000 to TakeAction “to unite the power of diverse individuals.”  The Fund’s 2011 and 2010 returns also show $25,000 donations to TakeAction for the same purpose.

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction

Still Ain’t Satisfied, A Foundation With Attitude, is a Minneapolis-based non-profit operated by Shayna Berkowitz and Phyllis Wiener.  The Foundation is reported by SourceWatch to be among TakeAction’s past funding partners.