Look which companies dumping Boy Scouts

Look which companies dumping Boy Scouts

Corporate donors quitting or directing cash to 'tolerant' BSA programs

http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/look-which-companies-dumping-boy-scouts/

Major corporations that have donated to the Boy Scouts of America in recent years are largely remaining quiet ahead of the highly anticipated vote Wednesday on the organization’s policy on homosexuals, but some have made it clear their money will go only to groups that don’t discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.

In 2010, the latest year for which figures are available, the top donors to the Scouts, listed in descending order according to amount, were Intel, Emerson, Verizon, 3M, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Pfizer, Valero, UPS, U.S. Bank, Eli Lilly and Co., GE, Monsanto, Medtronic, PNC, Nationwide, Abbott, General Mills, Alcoa, Caterpillar, Illinois Tool Works, Allstate and Dow Chemical.

As WND reported last week, a major drop in corporate funding came last September after a gay-rights blogger for the Huffington Post published a collaborative report that named the donors and chastised them for violating their own policy of not discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.

Since the September report, Intel, UPS and Merck are among the corporations that have declared they have stopping funding the BSA.

The homosexual-rights group Scouting for All lists some of the corporations that have refused to fund the BSA’s national organization. They include IBM, Levi Strauss and Company, J.P. Morgan, American Airlines, Medtronic, Portland General Gas and Electric, Hewlett Packard, Textron, Fleet Bank, CVS/Pharmacy Stores and Carrier Corp.

At the time of the September report, shipping giant UPS, which gave $167,000 to the Scouts in 2010, insisted the “gay” policy would not impact its donations. But after a petition drive that month by another homosexual-rights group, Scouts for Equality, UPS changed its mind.

Scouts for Equality now lists UPS, Merck and Intel as corporate sponsors. Among the public figures who support the group’s aims, along with President Obama, are 2012 Republican presidential nominee Gov. Mitt Romney and Washington state Republican gubernatorial nominee Rob McKenna.

Major corporations

John L. Thornton was a director at the Intel Corporation, and is the chair for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Note: Crandall C. Bowles is a director at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Ellen V. Futter is a director at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Mayer Brown was the lobby firm for JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Robert A. Helman is a partner at Mayer Brown, and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Judith Rodin is a director at the AMR Corporation, and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

AMR Corporation is the parent company for American Airlines.

Mayer Brown was the lobby firm for the General Electric Company (GE).

Robert A. Helman is a partner at Mayer Brown, and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the General Electric Company, and 3M Co.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Louis W. Sullivan is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, and was a director at 3M Co.

Ann M. Fudge is a director at the General Electric Company (GE), and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

A.W. Clausen was the chairman & CEO for the Bank of America Corp., and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Barbara J. Desoer is the president, mortgage, home equity and insurance services for the Bank of America Corp., and a board member for the Haas School of Business.

Patricia C. Dunn was the chair for the Hewlett-Packard Co., and a board member for the Haas School of Business.

Donald G. Fisher was a governor for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and a board member for the Haas School of Business.

Carl Shapiro was a professor at the Haas School of Business, and the assistant attorney general for the Barack Obama administration.

Peter E. Haas Sr. was the CEO for the Levi Strauss & Co., and a benefactor for the Haas School of Business.

Walter A. Haas Sr. was the chairman & president for the Levi Strauss & Co., and a benefactor for the Haas School of Business.

F. Warren Hellman was a director at the Levi Strauss & Co., a board member for the Haas School of Business, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Robert D. Haas is a director at the Levi Strauss & Co., was a board member for the Haas School of Business, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Richard L. Kauffman was the chairman for the Levi Strauss & Co., and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Laura D'Andrea Tyson is a professor at the Haas School of Business, and was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Richard C. Blum is a board member for the Haas School of Business, married to Senator Dianne Feinstein, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Margo N. Alexander is a board member for the Haas School of Business, an advisory council member for the Acumen Fund, and was a director at the Acumen Fund.

Andrea Soros is a director at the Acumen Fund, and George Soros daughter.

Patricia E. Mitchell is a director at the Acumen Fund, and was a director at the Bank of America Corp.

Mayer Brown was the lobby firm for the Bank of America Corp.

Robert A. Helman is a partner at Mayer Brown, and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

John C. Whitehead is the co-chairman for the Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Mayer Brown is the lobby firm for the Verizon Services Corp.

Robert A. Helman is a partner at Mayer Brown, and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Hugh B. Price is a director for Verizon Communications Inc., and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

John S. Chen is a director at Wells Fargo & Co., and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Mayer Brown was the lobby firm for Wells Fargo & Co.

Robert A. Helman is a partner at Mayer Brown, and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Mayer Brown was the lobby firm for Pfizer Inc.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Pfizer Inc.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Constance J. Horner is a director at Pfizer Inc., and was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Suzanne Nora Johnson is a director at Pfizer Inc., and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Medtronic Inc.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Shirley Ann Jackson is a director at Medtronic Inc., and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Robert C. Pozen is a director at Medtronic Inc., and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Joel Z. Hyatt is a director at the Hewlett-Packard Co., and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Lawrence K. Fish is a director at Textron Inc., and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Henry B. Schacht is a director at Alcoa Inc., and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Klaus Kleinfeld is the chairman & CEO for Alcoa Inc., a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for Merck.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Lee H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a director at BAE Systems Inc.

Harriet Green is a director at BAE Systems plc, and a director at the Emerson Electric Co.

William R. Johnson is a director at Emerson Electric Co., a director at the United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), and the chairman & president & CEO for H.J. Heinz Co.

Candace Kendle is a director at the United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), and a director at the H.J. Heinz Co.

Dennis H. Reilley is a director at the Dow Chemical Company, and a director at H.J. Heinz Co.

Charles E. Bunch is a director at H.J. Heinz Co., and a director at the PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

H. John Heinz III was the heir to the H.J. Heinz Co., and married to Teresa Heinz Kerry.

Teresa Heinz Kerry was married to H. John Heinz III, is married to Secretary of State John F. Kerry, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Shirley Ann Jackson is a director at IBM and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

W. Scott Gould was the VP global business services for IBM, and is the deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration.

Joan E. Spero is a director at IBM and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Dow Chemical Company.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Monsanto Company.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the General Electric Company (GE).

Michael Fitzpatrick is a senior manager & senior counsel for the General Electric Company (GE), and was a partner for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Lois Dickson Fitt was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and her daughter is Susan E. Rice.

Jon M. Huntsman Jr. was a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the ambassador to China for the Barack Obama administration, and is a director at Caterpillar Inc.

Edward B. Rust Jr. is a director at Caterpillar Inc., and a director at McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Winfried Bischoff is a director at McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and a director at Eli Lilly and Company.

Sidney Taurel is director at McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., a director at IBM, and was the chairman & CEO for Eli Lilly and Company.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Committee for Economic Development.

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Ellen R. Marram is a director at Eli Lilly and Company, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Frank P. Doyle was the EVP for the General Electric Company (GE), and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Benjamin W. Heineman Jr. was the SVP & general counsel for the General Electric Company (GE), and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Barbara H. Franklin was a director at the Dow Chemical Company, and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Thomas P. Gerrity was a director at the CVS Corporation, and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Shirley Ann Jackson is a director at IBM, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

George H. Conrades was an SVP for IBM, and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

David E. McKinney was the division president for IBM, and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Patricia F. Russo is a director at Merck, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Victor A. Pelson is a director at the United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Shirley Ann Jackson is a director at Medtronic Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Nicholas G. Moore is a director at Wells Fargo & Co., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Robert L. Joss was a director at Wells Fargo & Co., and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Richard H. Davis was a Verizon Communications Inc. client, and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

James E. Rohr is the chairman & CEO for the PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Paul Danos is a director at General Mills Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Lois E. Quam was a director at General Mills Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Edward B. Rust Jr. is a director at Caterpillar Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Patricia F. Russo is a director at Hewlett-Packard Co., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Enrico A. Lazio was an EVP at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Earl G. Graves was a director at the AMR Corporation, and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

AMR Corporation is the parent company for American Airlines.

Michael G. Morris is a director at Alcoa Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Patricia F. Russo is a director at Alcoa Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Joseph T. Gorman was a director at Alcoa Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Ernesto Zedillo is a director at Alcoa Inc., an international advisory board member for JPMorgan Chase & Co., and was a board member for the International Crisis Group.

George Soros is a board member for the International Crisis Group, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

James S. Crown is a director at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Ann McLaughlin Korologos is a director at the AMR Corporation, and was a trustee & chair emeritus for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

AMR Corporation is the parent company for American Airlines.

Charles D. Powell is a director at Caterpillar Inc., and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Charles D. Powell is a director at Textron Inc., and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Robert K. Steel was a director at Wells Fargo & Co., and is the chairman for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

John P. Mascotte is a director at Pfizer Inc., and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the International Rescue Committee, and the Common Cause.

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Sally Susman is the EVP for Pfizer Inc., and a director at the International Rescue Committee.

Harold E. Ford Jr. was a senior policy adviser for Bank of America Corp., is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a political commentator for MSNBC, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Howard Fineman is a frequent guest of MSNBC, married to Amy L. Nathan, and the editorial director for the Huffington Post Media Group.

Amy L. Nathan is married to Howard Fineman, and was an attorney at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Pfizer Inc.

Huffington Post Media Group is a subsidiary of the Huffington Post.

Benjamin R. Barber is a contributor for the Huffington Post, and governing board member for Common Cause.

Gordon A. Smith is the CEO, Chase card services for JPMorgan Chase & Co., and a director at the International Rescue Committee.

William T. Winters was the co-CEO JP Morgan Investment Bank for JPMorgan Chase & Co., and is a director at the International Rescue Committee.

Andrew S. Grove was the chairman & CEO for the Intel Corporation, and is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

John C. Whitehead is the co-chairman for the Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), Common Cause, and Demos.

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Henry A. Kissinger is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a friend of Arianna Huffington, was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Arianna Huffington is a friend of Henry A. Kissinger, and the president & editor-in-chief for the Huffington Post.

Benjamin R. Barber is a contributor for the Huffington Post, a governing board member for Common Cause, and a senior fellow at Demos.

Rozanne L. Ridgway was a director at the 3M Co., and the co-chair for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Charles O. Rossotti is a director at Bank of America Corp., and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Kathryn Dickey Karol is the assistant VP for Eli Lilly and Company, and was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Sean O'Keefe was the head of GE Aviation, Washington for the General Electric Company (GE), and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Barbara H. Franklin was a director at the Dow Chemical Company, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg is a director at General Mills Inc., and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Rozanne L. Ridgway was a director at Emerson Electric Co., and the co-chair for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Stuart E. Eizenstat is a director for the United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Mary L. Howell was a VP for Textron Inc., and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), ProPublica, and the Millennium Promise.

Susan Crown is a director at the Illinois Tool Works Inc., and a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

William W. George was the chairman & CEO for Medtronic Inc., and is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Donald V. Fites was the chairman for Caterpillar Inc., and is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

James C. Gaither was a director at Levi Strauss & Co., and is the chairman for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Alberto Ibarguen is a director at the AMR Corporation, and a director at ProPublica.

Rajat K. Gupta is a director at the AMR Corporation, and a director at the Millennium Promise.

AMR Corporation is the parent company for American Airlines.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the ProPublica, the Millennium Promise, the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Harlem Children's Zone.

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

David W. Puth was the head of global currency & commodities for JPMorgan Chase & Co., and is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.

Jeffrey R. Immelt is the chairman & CEO for the General Electric Company (GE), and a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.

Kenneth G. Langone was a director at the General Electric Company (GE), is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and a trustee at the Harlem Children's Zone.

Michael R. Bloomberg was a donor at the Robin Hood Foundation, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, Bill Cunningham was his communications director, a general partner at Salomon Brothers, is the New York (NY) mayor, and the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Sam Nunn is a director at the General Electric Company (GE), and a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Martin S. Sorrell is a director at Alcoa Inc., and a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Bill Cunningham was the SVP of public policy for the Fleet Bank of New York, and Michael R. Bloomberg’s communications director.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation, the Harlem Children's Zone, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and the Human Rights Watch.

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society, and the Human Rights Watch.

Eric H. Holder Jr. was an intern at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, a board member for the American Constitution Society, his client was Merck, and is the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration.

Patricia E. Mitchell was a director at the Bank of America Corp., and a director at the Human Rights Watch.

Sallie L. Krawcheck was a head of global wealth & investment management for the Bank of America Corp., and a research analyst for Salomon Brothers.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights Watch, the Urban Institute (think tank), the ClimateWorks Foundation, and the Alliance for Climate Protection.

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Judy Woodruff is a trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and a director at the Public Radio International.

John W. Ballantine is a director at the Public Radio International, and a director at the Portland General Electric.

Charles O. Holliday Jr. is a director at the Bank of America Corp., and a director at the ClimateWorks Foundation.

Albert A. Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Alliance for Climate Protection, and a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Thomas J. Perkins was a director at Hewlett-Packard Co., and is a partner emeritus at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Margaret C. Whitman is the CEO for the Hewlett-Packard Co., and was the strategic adviser for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.