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Intentionally ambiguous wording re: "environmental policy"

The source at [1] lists "environmental policy" as one of the topics the Trust supports. In fact, the Trust has been documented to be one of the biggest donors to the climate change denial movement [smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-money-behind-the-climate-denial-movement-180948204/], which has been documented by independent research. The "Foundation Center" source is merely a directory with no editorial or independent research background, and it's very likely that the wording on that site comes directly from the Trust (Foundation Center says it gets its info primarily from IRS reports, grantmaker web sites and annual reports) and is intentionally ambiguous. There is no reason or obligation to cite a source verbatim when more detailed information is available. In the spirit of being bold, I made the change outright but it has been reverted twice by Marquardtika so I'm suggesting it here in case anyone else wants to chime in. 81.208.84.31 (talk) 12:30, 10 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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+== Intentionally ambiguous wording re: "environmental policy" ==
+The source at [https://fconline.foundationcenter.org/fdo-grantmaker-profile/?key=D_DF003] lists "environmental policy" as one of the topics the Trust supports. In fact, the Trust has been documented to be one of the biggest donors to the [[climate change denial]] movement [smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-money-behind-the-climate-denial-movement-180948204/], which has been documented by independent research. The "Foundation Center" source is merely a directory with no editorial or independent research background, and it's very likely that the wording on that site comes directly from the Trust (Foundation Center says it gets its info primarily from IRS reports, grantmaker web sites and annual reports) and is intentionally ambiguous. There is no reason or obligation to cite a source verbatim when more detailed information is available. In the spirit of [[WP:BOLD|being bold]], I made the change outright but it has been reverted twice by [[User:Marquardtika|Marquardtika]] so I'm suggesting it here in case anyone else wants to chime in. [[Special:Contributions/81.208.84.31|81.208.84.31]] ([[User talk:81.208.84.31|talk]]) 12:30, 10 October 2019 (UTC)