Colin A. Hanna, President of the advocacy group Let Freedom Ring, contacted NewsMax to clarify a story that appeared on NewsMax.com ("Templeton Gives $1 Million to Counter Soros”) and in other publications.
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The NewsMax report, as well as reports in the Washington Times and Tennessee’s Herald-Chronicle, reported last week that financier Sir John Templeton’s foundation, The John Templeton Foundation, had donated $1 million to Hanna’s Let Freedom Ring.
These reports indicated the Templeton donation was made to support efforts to encourage religious conservatives to vote in November’s presidential election.
Hanna clarified these reports by indicating that neither Sir John Templeton nor The Tempelton Foundation had donated to his group.
He did indicate that Sir John Templeton’s son, Dr. Jack Templeton, M.D., is chairman of Let Freedom Ring and did not preclude the possibility he had made a donation on his own. Dr. Templeton also is president of the Templeton Foundation.
"What I have not said in that correction is, whether or not the extent to which Dr. Jack Templeton made a contribution because of the nature of a 501c4 where that disclosure is not required,” Hanna said.
He declined to confirm or deny that Dr. Templeton had made a $1 million donation to his group.
Unlike political action committees, Let Freedom Ring is a non-profit organization that is not required by the Federal Election Commission to disclose the names of its donors.
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