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The '''Independent Media Institute''' ('''IMI''') is a nonprofit corporation.  
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'''The Independent Media Institute''' (IMI) is a [[nonprofit]] organization that educates the public through a diverse array of independent media projects and programs. "Since [[1983]], the Independent Media Institute has served the public through the creation and distribution of content about political and social issues."<ref>https://ifamericansknew.org/about_us/</ref>
==Activities==
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In 1998, IMI founded[[AlterNet]], a well known progressive left website. In early 2018, IMI sold AlterNet.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://independentmediainstitute.org/mission/|title=Independent Media Institute|accessdate=24 January 2019}}</ref>
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In 1998, IMI founded [[AlterNet]], a well known progressive left website. In early 2018, IMI sold AlterNet.<ref>https://independentmediainstitute.org/mission/</ref> In June 2018, it founded [[The Deep State Blog]].
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==Funding and Problems==
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The funding sources have included [[George Soros]]' [[Open Society Institute]] and numerous other foundations, a possible sign that the media institute might not be as independent as it claims, and in fact has a [[gatekeeper]] function. Of possible relevance is that the starting year, [[1983]] is the same year as the [[National Endowment for Democracy]] was founded. 2005-06 Foundation Supporters of IMI include<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080312172138/http://www.alternet.org/about/foundations.html</ref>:
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*[[Arca Foundation]]
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*[[Bioneers Foundation]]
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*[[Bloome Foundation]]
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*[[Branscomb Family Foundation]]
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*[[Cloud Mountain Foundation]]
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*[[Shari & Richard Foos]]
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*Funding Exchange (Donor Advised)
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*[[Glaser Progress Foundation]]
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*[[McKay Foundation]]
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*[[Nathan Cummings Foundation]]
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*[[Open Society Institute]]
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*[[Park Foundation]]
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*RSF Global Community Fund (Donor Advised)
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*[[Schumann Center for Media and Democracy]]
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*[[Threshold Foundation]]
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*[[Town Creek Foundation]]
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*[[Wallace Global Fund]]
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*Working Assets Grantmaking Fund of the [[Tides Foundation]]
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==Board of Directors (2017) <ref>Alternet [http://www.alternet.org/the-independent-media-institute Independent Media Institute], organizational web page, accessed August 23, 2017.</ref>==
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*[[Christine Triano]], Chair -  Writer, producer and psychotherapist
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*[[Elizabeth Hines]], Vice Chair - Former Director of Communications, The White House Project
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*[[Larry Smith]], Secretary - Editor and Journalist, SMITH Magazine
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*[[Sara Frankel]], Treasurer - Business Consultant
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*[[Colin Greer]] - President, New World Foundation
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*[[Heeter Kalan]] - Senior Program Officer, New World Foundation
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*[[Robert Greenwald]] - Film Producer and Director, Brave New Films
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In June 2018, it founded [[The Deep State Blog]].
 
 
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Latest revision as of 04:25, 12 May 2021

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[nonprofit organization with money from Open Society Institute]]

The Independent Media Institute (IMI) is a nonprofit organization that educates the public through a diverse array of independent media projects and programs. "Since 1983, the Independent Media Institute has served the public through the creation and distribution of content about political and social issues."[1]

In 1998, IMI founded AlterNet, a well known progressive left website. In early 2018, IMI sold AlterNet.[2] In June 2018, it founded The Deep State Blog.

Funding and Problems

The funding sources have included George Soros' Open Society Institute and numerous other foundations, a possible sign that the media institute might not be as independent as it claims, and in fact has a gatekeeper function. Of possible relevance is that the starting year, 1983 is the same year as the National Endowment for Democracy was founded. 2005-06 Foundation Supporters of IMI include[3]:

Board of Directors (2017) [4]


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