The
Big Money Behind La Raza
he National
Council of La Raza, the nation's largest and most influential
Hispanic chauvinist organization, receives financial backing
from some of America's largest banks and corporations. With
multi-million dollar funding from corporate America, La
Raza operates a powerful political and communications network
of hundreds of affiliates in 41 states that works to shape
American government and society to suit its own ideological
and cultural interests. As a powerful advocate for amnesty
for illegal aliens and staunch opponent of border security,
La Raza lobbies regularly on behalf of the political positions
taken by the Mexican government against U.S. border fencing
and interior immigration law enforcement. Its activities
on behalf of millions of Hispanic immigrants in the U.S.,
most of them from Mexico, help countries like Mexico achieve
demographic and political leverage in domestic American
affairs. La Raza's efforts are made possible by millions
of dollars supplied by some of the most well-known names
in corporate America. Here is a partial list of La Raza's
corporate financiers.
Institutional
Corporate Partners
La Raza describes these donors as "corporations that
have invested in NCLR's long-term strategic efforts with
multiyear, multimillion-dollar commitments":
The Allstate Corporation
Bank of America
The Coca Cola Company
Citigroup
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
Ford Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
MBNA Corporation
PepsiCo Foundation
The PMI Group, Inc.
State Farm Insurance Companies
UPS
Univision
Wal Mart Stores, Inc.
Corporate
Programmatic Supporters
La Raza describes these funding sources as "partners
for a variety of programmatic support in areas such as Education,
Community Development, Health, Youth Leadership Development,
Civil Rights and Advocacy, Workforce Development, and Affiliate
Member Services."
Chevron Corporation
Lockheed Martin
Lucent Technologies Foundation
Marathon Oil Corporation
Rockwell Automation
State Farm Insurance Companies
Toyota Motor Corporation
Verizon Communications, Inc.
The Allstate Corporation
Chase Home Finance
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
E TRADE Financial
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation
Wells Fargo & Company
Washington Mutual, Inc.
Belrex Inc.
Eli Lilly and Company
Metropolitan Life
Novo Nordisk
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals
PepsiCo Foundation
American Express Company
The Home Depot, Inc.
Exxon Mobil Corporation
GEICO
Marriott International, Inc.
Sodexho, Inc.
Sprint Nextel Corporation
American Honda Finance Corporation
The UPS Foundation
Microsoft Corporation
