Unlike similar institutions housed at public universities, the Biden Institute does not disclose the sources of its funding or its staff and executive salaries.
A spokesman for the university, which receives over $100 million in taxpayer funding, said the Biden Institute is not subject to federal Freedom of Information requests because it is privately funded.
A university spokesman, Peter Bothum, responded to a request for comment sent to the Biden Institute and said simply that the university is not required to disclose the information.
Biden, who graduated from the university in 1965, established the institute in 2017 as an offshoot of the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration.
"Our goal at the institute is going to be to establish an intellectual center for scholars, policymakers, activists, and national leaders, and our mission is going to be to try to help shape and influence the work on some of the nation's toughest problems," Biden said at an event to mark the institute's launch.
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, which opened in 2003, also discloses its donors and is subject to Freedom of Information requests sent to the University of Kansas, according to a spokesman for the institute.
Though the Biden Institute has maintained a low profile throughout the campaign season, a 2018 BuzzFeed piece published before Biden announced his candidacy described the organization's policy advisory board as part of "a very familiar playbook: a potential presidential run rooted in old-school, establishment politics." The piece argued that "The list of names, with the occasional exception, offers a glimpse of the people that would be likely to orient themselves around Biden in the event of a run: corporate leaders, union bosses, and longtime Obama allies."
https://freebeacon.com/politics/at-biden-institute-mystery-donors-support-potential-cabinet-in-waiting/
A spokesman for the university, which receives over $100 million in taxpayer funding, said the Biden Institute is not subject to federal Freedom of Information requests because it is privately funded.
A university spokesman, Peter Bothum, responded to a request for comment sent to the Biden Institute and said simply that the university is not required to disclose the information.
Biden, who graduated from the university in 1965, established the institute in 2017 as an offshoot of the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration.
"Our goal at the institute is going to be to establish an intellectual center for scholars, policymakers, activists, and national leaders, and our mission is going to be to try to help shape and influence the work on some of the nation's toughest problems," Biden said at an event to mark the institute's launch.
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, which opened in 2003, also discloses its donors and is subject to Freedom of Information requests sent to the University of Kansas, according to a spokesman for the institute.
Though the Biden Institute has maintained a low profile throughout the campaign season, a 2018 BuzzFeed piece published before Biden announced his candidacy described the organization's policy advisory board as part of "a very familiar playbook: a potential presidential run rooted in old-school, establishment politics." The piece argued that "The list of names, with the occasional exception, offers a glimpse of the people that would be likely to orient themselves around Biden in the event of a run: corporate leaders, union bosses, and longtime Obama allies."
https://freebeacon.com/politics/at-biden-institute-mystery-donors-support-potential-cabinet-in-waiting/
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