QUESTIONNAIRE SUBMITTED BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

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QUESTIONNAIRE
Select Committee of the House of Representatives
Congress of the United States
Created by House Resolution 561,
Eighty-second Congress, Second Session,
To Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations
and Comparable Organizations
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1. Answers to the questionnaire should be made to the committee in duplicate.
2. Answers should be prepared so that they are carefully keyed to the section and ques-
tion number of each section. No particular form other than reference to section and
question number need be observed. However, in order to avoid confusion and expe-
dite processing, it is requested that the answers to each section should begin on a page
separate from those on which answers to another section have been given. 1 other
words, when beginning answers to any section please use a sheet of paper on which
no other answers have been made.
3. The committee places a higher premium on clarity and substance than on style and
form; on speed of completion rather than on niceties of phrase. Write as much or as
little as is deemed necessary to answer the questions. The committee wishes your
best thinking but will appreciate such brevity and compression as is consonant with
clear exposition.
4. Please use one side only of regular 8% by 11 letter-size paper for your answers,
double-spaced and numbered serially at the top irrespective of section, with the name
of your organization at the top of each page.
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SECTION A
A-1. What is the name of your organization?
A-2. What is its legal nature, i. e., a trust, a cor-
poration, or other type of association?
A-3. If a corporation, in what State is it incorpo-
rated and by what State agency?
A-4. Where is its principal office located?
A-5. When was it chartered or otherwise organ-
ized?
A-6. Is it the outgrowth or continuation of a form
of predecessor organization, or the result of
a merger? Explain.
A-7. (a) Has it been declared exempt from taxa-
tion under section 101 (6) or any other sec-
tion of the Internal Revenue Code by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue? If so,
when was such exemption granted?
(b) Has its exemption ever been removed,
suspended, or challenged by the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue? If so, state when and
the circumstances thereof.
A-8. If it is in the nature of a trust, is it permitted
deductions for charitable and related contri-
butions as provided by section 162 of the
Internal Revenue Code?
A-9. Give the names, addresses (business or mail-
ing) and terms of all trustees or members of
your board of directors since 1935.
A-10. Is any of your trustees, members of your
board of directors, or executive officers the
creator of your organization or a contributor,
present or past, to your organization, or a
brother or sister (whole or half blood),
spouse, ancestor, or lineal descendant of such
creator or contributor? If so, explain.
A-11. Is any of your trustees, members of your
board of directors, or executive officers also a
trustee, director, or officer of any other tax-
exempt organization or of any corporation
or other business organization related directly
or indirectly to your organization? If so,
explain in detail.
A-12. List the names and addresses of the principal
executive officers of your organization.
A-13. What was the amount of your original endow-
ment and in what manner was it granted to
your organization?
A-14. What capital additions over $10,000 in amount
have you received since your original endow-
ment and from what sources?
A-15. Is your endowment fund perpetual or is it
expendable on an optional or determined liq-
uidating basis? Explain.
A-16. What is the amount of your present endow-
ment?
A-17. Attach a balance sheet indicating the amounts
of your assets, liabilities, and net worth as of
the close of your last fiscal year.
A-18. What was your average gross income for the
years 1946-1951, both years inclusive?
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SECTION B
B-1. What is the purpose or purposes for which
your organization was created as defined by
your charter or other instrument creating
your organization?
B-2. State the activities which your organization
considers permissible under the purpose or
purposes stated in your answer to question 1.
B-3. Who determines whether the funds of your
organization are being spent within the limi-
tations set forth in your answers to questions
1 and 2?
B-4. Who determines what gifts, grants, loans,
contributions, or expenditures are to be made
by your organization?
B-5. On what are the determinations specified in
question 4 based?
B-6. With whom do proposals submitted to the per-
son, persons, or group named in your answer
to question 4 for gifts, grants, loans, contribu-
tions, and expenditures originate?
B-7. Is any individual or group of individuals
charged with the duty of originating and
developing plans, programs, and proposals
for the distribution of your funds?
B-8. If the answer to question 7 is in the affirma-
tive, state the names and positions of such
persons.
B-9. Was an investigation of each individual
named or specified in your answers to ques-
tions 3, 4, 7, and 8 made into his or her back-
ground and qualifications before he or she
was elected, appointed, employed, or other-
wise entrusted with his or her duties or
responsibilities?
B-10. If the answer to question 9 is in the affirma-
tive, give details as to the nature of such
investigations, the manner in which they were
conducted, and by whom.
B-11. If the answer to question 9 is in the affirma-
tive, state when such investigations were first
instituted.
B-12. If the answer to question 9 is in the affirma-
tive, state the reasons for making such inves-
tigations, whether there has been any change
in the policy of your organization in relation
thereto, and, if so, the date and reasons
therefor.
B-13. If the answer to question 9 is in the affirma-
tive, state whether the results of such inves-
tigations were reduced to writing or if any
memoranda were made in connection there-
with.
B-14. If the answer to question 13 is in the affirma-
tive, state whether such writings or memo-
randa (a) were extant as of January 1951,
(b) are extant now, and (c) if extant, the
person, firm, corporation, or organization in
whose possession or custody they are.
B-15. If the answer to question 9 is in the affirma-
tive, state whether any such investigation
revealed any person hired or employed by or
affiliated with your organization who at the
time of the investigation had or prior thereto
had had any affiliations with communist front
organizations.
B-16. If the answer to question 15 is in the affirma-
tive, state the name or names of such person
or persons.
B-17. If the answer to question 9 is in the negative,
state whether such investigations were ever
considered or discussed by your organization
or the trustees, board of directors, or officers
thereof, and, if so, by whom and the basis of
any decision reached in connection therewith.
B-18. If the answer to question 15 is in the affirma-
tive, state what action was taken by your or-
ganization with reference to such person or
persons.
B-19. What steps, if any, have been or are being
taken to prevent infiltration of your organiza-
tion by subversive persons?
B-20. If the answer to question 19 is in the negative,
state whether you think it necessary or ad-
visable to initiate procedures to prevent pos-
sible infiltration of subversives into your
organization ; and, if so, whether you intend
to do so and the general routine of the intended
procedures.
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SECTION C
C-1. Have any gifts, grants, loans, contributions,
or expenditures been made by your organiza-
tion which were not in accordance with the
purpose or purposes defined by the instru-
ment establishing or creating your organ-
ization or the permissible activities of your
organization set forth in your answers to
questions 1 and 2 of section B?
C-2. If the answer to question 1 is in the affirma-
tive, list the amount, recipient, date, and
nature of such gift, grant, loan, contribution,
or expenditure.
C-3. Does your organization follow up gifts, grants,
loans, or contributions made by it to other
foundations, agencies, institutions, or groups
by investigation to determine the ultimate
disposition of such moneys?
C-4. Has any gift, grant, loan, or contribution been
made by you to another foundation, agency,
organization, institution, or group which in
turn made or makes gifts, grants, loans, con-
tributions, or expenditures which are not
permissible under your charter or instrument
establishing your organization?
C-5. If the answer to question 4 is in the affirma-
tive, list the amount, recipient, date, and na-
ture of each such gift, grant, loan, contribu-
tion, or expenditure and the reasons for the
making thereof.
C-6. In the making of gifts, grants, loans, contribu-
tions, or other expenditures does your organ-
ization consult with ' any other organizations
such as the United States Government, educa-
tional groups, religious groups, labor groups,
veterans' societies, patriotic societies, foreign
governments, other foreign agencies? If so,
explain.
C-7. List those institutions, operating agencies,
publications, specific projects, and individuals
which have received aid from your organiza-
tion and the amounts and years and nature
of such aid since 1935. (NOTE.-(a) If your
filing system is so set up, it is desired that
the lists be made up in alphabetical order.
(b) Lists that are included as sections of pub-
lished works will be accepted in fulfillment
of 7 above.)
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SECTION D
D-1. State your definition and your understanding
of the meaning of the term "subversive" as
that term is commonly used in public print
today as applied to the activities of an indi-
vidual, individuals, groups of individuals, an
organization, or an institution in relation to
the government of the United States.
D-2. Does your organization make any attempt to
determine whether the immediate or eventual
recipient (whether an individual, group of
individuals, association, institution, or organ-
ization) of any grant, gift, loan, contribution,
or expenditure made by your organization
has been or is "subversive" as you have de-
fined that term in answer to question 1, in
advance of and/or after making such grant,
gift, loan, contribution, or expenditure?
D-3. If the answer to question 2 is in the affirma-
tive, state the nature of such attempted de-
termination, how made, by whom, whether
the results thereof are reduced to writing,
and, if so, whether they are extant and where?
D-4. If the answer to question 2 is in the affirma-
tive, state when such attempts were first
initiated and why; also state whether such
attempts have been made sporadically or
whether such is established policy, and if the
latter, when such policy was established.
D-5. If the answer to question 2 is in the negative,
state whether such attempts were ever con-
sidered or discussed by your organization, its
trustees, directors, or officers, and if so, by
whom and the basis of any decision reached
in connection therewith.
D-6. Does your organization check immediate, in-
termediary, or eventual recipients of grants,
gifts, loans, or contributions from your or-
ganization against the list of subversive and
related organizations prepared by the Attor-
ney General of the United States?*
D-7. If your answer to question 6 is in the affirma-
tive, state whether such listing of an organ-
ization by the Attorney General of the United
States influences you in the making or with-
holding of grants, gifts, loans, contributions,
or expenditures either directly or indirectly
to organizations so listed.
D-8. If your answer to question 6 is in the nega-
tive, state the reasons therefor fully.
D-9. Do you consider it your duty or responsibility
to consider the possible effects of grants, gifts,
loans, or contributions to organizations which
have been so listed by the Attorney General
of the United States?
D-10. Has your organization made any grants, gifts,
loans, contributions, or expenditures either
directly or indirectly through other organ-
izations to any organization so listed by the
Attorney General of the United States or to
any individual, individuals, or organizations
considered "subversive" as you have defined
that term in answer to question I?
D-11. If your answer to question 10 is in the affirm-
ative, list the recipient and date of each such
grant, gift, loan, contribution, or expenditure
and the amount and nature thereof.
D-12. If your answer to question 10 is in the affirm-
ative, state whether you knew such organ-
ization had been so listed by the Attorney
General or was considered "subversive" at
the time you made such grant, gift, loan, con-
tribution, or expenditure.
D-13. If your answer to questions 10 and 12 are
both in the affirmative, state your reasons for
making such grant, gift, loan, contribution,
or expenditure.
D-14. Has your organization made any grant, gift,
loan, contribution, or expenditure directly
or indirectly to any individual, individuals,
group, organization, or institution which
grant, gift, loan, contribution, or expenditure
or recipient has been criticized or cited by
the Un-American Activities Committee of the
United States House of Representatives or
the Subcommittee on Internal Security of the
Judiciary Committee of the United States
Senate?
D-15. If your answer to question 14 is in the affirm-
ative, list the recipient and date of each such
grant, gift, loan, contribution, or expenditure
and the amount and nature thereof.
D-16. Does your organization consult the "Guide to
Subversive Organizations and Publications,"
House Document No. 137, prepared and re-
leased by the Committee on Un-American
Activities, United States House of Represent-
atives? If so, for what purpose and to what
effect?
*List of organizations designated by the Attorney General as within Executive Order No. 9835 according to the classification of Section 3, Part III, of
the Executive Order.
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SECTION E
E-1. In your opinion, should educational and phil-
anthropic foundations and other comparable
organizations which are exempt from Federal
income taxation finance or sponsor projects
which may have as a direct result the influenc-
ing of public opinion in the fields of politics?
Economics? Education? International rela-
tions? Religion? Government and Public
Administration? Other Fields? Explain
fully.
E-2. In your opinion should a tax-exempt founda-
tion which makes a grant to an individual, a
group, institution, or organization :
(a) Indicate the conclusions to be reached?
(b) Withdraw its grant or discontinue it if
conclusions different from those held by the
foundation are reached?
(c) Suppress the findings if they differ
from the views of the foundation? Explain
fully.
E-3. Explain in detail the activities, if any, of your
organization in the field of education both
within and outside the territorial limits of the
United States. The following questions
should be covered fully, but your answer need
not be limited thereto :
(a) What policies govern your activities in
this field, and who formulates said policies?
(b) Do you consult individuals or groups
other than those employed or otherwise di-
rectly connected with your organization in the
formulation of policies in this field? Explain.
(c) Is an effort made to aid, assist, or sup-
port individuals, groups, or projects repre-
senting divergent views on controversial edu-
cational issues? If so, explain how this is
accomplished. If not, explain the reasons
therefor.
(d) Is any assistance provided by you for
projects in this field conducted by religious or
sectarian educational groups, associations,
schools, colleges, or universities? If so, is an
effort made to secure an equal distribution of
moneys among the various major religious
groups or sects? If such an effort is not made,
why is it not made?
(e) With whom do you consult with regard
to financing educational projects outside the
territorial limits of the United States? Do
you consult with any United States Govern-
ment agencies, including the United States
State Department?
(f) In your opinion, what effect, if any, has
your organization had on education in the
United States? In other countries?
(g) Does your organization directly or in-
directly sponsor or otherwise support pro-
posed or pending State or Federal legislation
within the United States or legislation in for-
eign countries in the field of education? Ex-
plain.
(h) In your opinion what effect have edu-
cational and philanthropic foundations and
comparable organizations had on education in
the United States? In other countries?
E-4. Explain in detail the activities of your organi-
zation in the field of international relations
both within and outside the territorial limits
of the United States. The following questions
should be covered fully, but your answer need
not be limited thereto :
(a) What policies govern your activities in
this field and who formulates said policies?
(b) Do you consult individuals or groups
other than those employed or otherwise di-
rectly connected with your organization in the
formulation of your policies in this field?
Explain fully.
(c) Is an effort made to aid, assist, or sup-
port individuals, groups, or projects repre-
senting divergent views on controversial in-
ternational issues? If so, explain how this is
accomplished. If not, explain the reasons
therefor.
(d) Explain in detail the relationship your
organization has had with the League of Na-
tions and the United Nations or any of its
related agencies.
(e) Explain in detail your relationship
with the State Department and any other Gov-
ernment agencies in this field.
(f) In your opinion, what effect, if any, has
your organization had on the foreign policies
of the United States? On the policies of the
United Nations? On the policies of other
nations?
(g) Does your organization directly or in-
directly sponsor or support any proposed or
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pending State or Federal legislation or legis-
lation in foreign countries in the field of inter-
national relations?
(h) In your opinion, what effect, if any,
have educational and philanthropic founda-
tions and comparable organizations had on
international relations? On the foreign poli-
cies of the United States? On the policies of
the United Nations? On the policies of other
nations?
Explain in detail the activities of your organi-
zation in the field of government and public
administration. The following questions
should be answered fully, but your answer
need not be limited thereto:
(a) What policies govern your activities in
this field, and who formulates said policies?
(b) Do you consult individuals or groups
other than those employed or otherwise di-
rectly connected with your organization in
the formulation of your policies in this field?
Explain fully.
(c) Is an effort made to aid, assist, or sup-
port individuals, groups, or projects repre-
senting divergent views on controversial gov-
ernmental and public administration issues?
If so, explain how this is accomplished. If
not, explain the reasons therefor.
(d) Explain in detail your relationship
with United States Government agencies in
this field.
(e) Does your organization directly or in-
directly sponsor or support pending or pro-
posed State, Federal, or foreign legislation in
this field? Explain.
(f) In your opinion, what effecthas your
organization had on governmental and public
administration matters in the United States?
In other countries?
(g) In your opinion, what effect have edu-
cational and philanthropic foundations and
comparable organizations had on governmen-
tal and public administration matters in the
United States? In other countries?
E-6. Explain in detail the activities of your organi-
zation in the field of economics. The follow-
ing questions should be answered fully, but
your answer need not be limited thereto :
(a) What policies govern your activities in
this field, and who formulates said policies?
(d) Do you consult individuals or groups
other than those employed or otherwise di-
rectly connected with your organization in the
formulation of policies in this field? Explain
f ulIy.
(c) Is an effort made to aid, assist, or sup-
port individuals, groups, or projects repre-
senting divergent views on controversial eco-
nomic issues? If so, explain how this is ac-
complished. If not, explain the reasons there-
for.
(d) In your opinion, what effect has your
organization had on the economic life of the
United States?
(e) Does your organization directly or in-
directly sponsor or otherwise support pro-
posed or pending State or Federal legislation
in the field of economics? Explain.
(f) In your opinion, what effect have edu-
cational and philanthropic foundations and
comparable organizations had on the economic
life of the United States?
E-7, (a) Has your organization ever contributed
any funds to any individual, individuals,
group, or organization within or without the
United States for political purposes? Ex-
plain.
(b) Has your organization ever contrib-
uted any funds to any individual, individuals,
group, or organization for nonpolitical pur-
poses, which funds were nevertheless actually
used for political purposes? Explain.
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SECTION F
F-1. Is your organization engaged in any activities
in foreign countries other than those which
you have indicated in your answers to prior
sections of this questionnaire? Explain fully.
F-2. Does your organization maintain offices or
agents in any foreign country?
F-3. If your answer to question 2 is in the affirma-
tive, explain fully, giving the number of
agents in each country who are employees, the
nature of their duties, the amounts which
they are paid and by whom.
F-4. Does your organization promote activities in
any foreign country through any foreign or-
ganizations or foreign individuals not in your
employ? Explain fully.
F-5. If you are engaged in any activities in foreign
countries, state the amount of your average
annual total budget for such activities during
the past 5 years, and give the proportion of
such budget to the total amount expended
by you during the same period in the United
States.
F-6. Does your organization deal directly with the
governments of foreign countries in which
funds are spent or activity is promoted? Do
you deal with any particular political party or
group in said countries? Explain fully.
F-7. Is any agent, employee, or affiliate of your
organization engaged in political activities in
any foreign country? If so, explain fully.
F-8. If your organization is engaged in any activity
in foreign countries, do you consult with refer-
ence thereto with the United States Depart-
ment of State? Explain fully.
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SECTION G
G-1. What, in your opinion, is the function of tax-
exempt philanthropic and educational founda-
tions in society today? Are they supplying a
vital need? If so, to what extent?
G-2. In your opinion, could the functions of foun-
dations be effectively performed by govern-
ment? Explain your answer fully.
G-3. State as succinctly as possible your views on
the following :
(a) What contributions to society have
foundations made to date?
(b) Have they succeeded in making the
maximum use of their potentialities?
(c) What mistakes, if any, have they made?
(d) What are the principal difficulties they
face in achieving maximum results?
G-4. In your opinion, has the public a direct inter-
est in tax-exempt foundations and comparable
organizations? State the reasons for your
answer fully.
G-5. In your opinion, is some form of governmental
regulation of foundations necessary or
desirable?
G-6. If your answer to question 5 is in the affirma-
tive, give your reasons therefor and state the
form such regulation should take.
G-7. If your answer to question 5 is in the negative,
give the reasons for your view.
G-8. Do you believe that the charters or other
instruments creating educational and philan-
thropic foundations and comparable organi-
zations should specifically describe the type
of activity in which the foundation will en-
gage? Or do you feel it is sufficient to indi-
cate the organization's purpose in general
terms as "promotion of human welfare,"
"diffusion of knowledge," "betterment of
mankind"? Explain.
G-9. Do you feel that any limits should be placed
on educational and philanthropic foundations
and comparable organizations as to the size
of endowment, legal life, right of trustees to
spend its capital funds, etc.?
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SECTION H
H-1. If you have any views or suggestions concerning educational and philanthropic foundations which you
have not covered elsewhere in your answers to this questionnaire, the committee will welcome them.
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SECTION I
I-1. Name and identify those persons, firms, or
organizations, both within and outside your or-
ganization which have had responsibility for
preparing the answers to this questionnaire.
1-2. State whether you have consulted with the
representatives of other foundations with ref-
erence to this questionnaire and the answers
thereto after receipt of this questionnaire.
1-3. If your answer to question 2 is in the affirma-
tive, give the names, addresses, and titles of
those persons with whom you have consulted.
1-4. State whom, if anyone, you have consulted with
reference to this questionnaire in any branch,
department, or agency of the United States
Government other than the representatives of
the Select Committee submitting this ques-
tionnaire. Give the names and titles of such
individuals.
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