The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

Independent research. Not affiliated with any government, agency, or company.

Professional body

American Historical Association

Documented money flows

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • POL-7.17: The House Select Committee to Investigate Foundations (Cox Committee) reported on 1 January 1953, with all six members signing, that very few actual Communists or Communist sympathizers had obtained positions of influence in foundations. The Special Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations (Reece Committee) reported in December 1954 on the votes of three Republicans, with both Democrats voting against it and writing that it "should never be published."

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 876 December 1954. U.S. House of Representatives, Special Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations: Tax-Exempt Foundations: Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations, H. Rept. 2681, 83d Cong., 2d sess.