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Whether the issue is privatization, welfare, healthcare, or
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For them, think tanks and policy institutes should be
homes to the disinterested expert," Rich writes.
"Almost ten years later, very little has changed," observed Rich,
whose next book will delve further into the war of ideas in American
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For now, he does not expect the current crop of liberal and
mainline foundations to change their strategy in order to compete head
on with their conservative counterparts.
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This is what you have to do to make your
project resonate. "To make matters more difficult, progressive think
tanks have a hard time getting general organizational support," Rich
writes. Dominion works with local Salvation Army
offices to help eligible participants.
EnergyShare donations totaled almost $1. To ensure the widest possible distribution of EnergyShare assistance,
eligible persons can receive only one payment of up to $500 per heating
season.
Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers of energy, with an
energy portfolio of about 28,100 megawatts of generation.

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And they are winning
because conservatives are spending resources more effectively to
advance their ideas.

Building on the Business School's 34-year-old commitment to public and
nonprofit management, the Center promotes solutions to social problems
through a unique combination of interdisciplinary research and
teaching that extends beyond the classroom.
Customers can contribute to EnergyShare easily by adding an extra $1, $2,
$6, $12, $18, or $36 to their Dominion payments or by including a separate
check with their payments for any amount.

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CLEVELAND, Dominion's EnergyShare program, which
helps eligible individuals and needy families stay warm during winter, is
accepting applications for the 2006-heating season at local Salvation Army
offices. All contributions are tax deductible
and can be mailed to EnergyShare, The Salvation Army, P.

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You do all this not as an afterthought but as a full
partner in the project. Every dollar contributed to this fund
goes to pay heating bills regardless of the type of heat used. Box 5847,
Cleveland, OH, 44101-0847.

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"The primary concern when it comes
to funding think tanks is in funding rigorous research that strives to
be neutral.O.

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Also, think tanks on the left tend to specialize by issue area and
are therefore unable to be as nimble in redeploying their resources
toward promoting top-of-mind ideas as priorities shift in Congress and
the White House. As a result, progressive organizations have difficulty
sustaining operating staff and functions. The Center dissolves
traditional sector boundaries, bringing together nonprofit leaders,
corporate executives, government officials, and philanthropists to
discuss , debate, analyze, and take action to strengthen our
communities.

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"Conservatives have found ways to package
and market their ideas in more compelling ways, and their money is
providing more bang for the buck," he writes. Payments go directly to the energy vendor on behalf of the recipient.

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"You then find audiences in the news media and among the
general public and you republish the work fashioned to those specific
audiences. A
recipient must have a household income no higher than 150 percent of the
federal poverty level, be unemployed or demonstrate a personal or family
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Nevertheless , Rich hopes to push the world of philanthropy to take
these strategies more seriously and engage in the battle.
EnergyShare is supported by donations from Dominion customers, employees
and EnergyShare partners.

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The program helps those in need heat their homes after all other forms of
assistance have been exhausted.

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"They are not necessarily
going to support progressive efforts in the war of ideas," he said. For more information about
Dominion , visit the company's Web site at http://www.

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Dominion covers the program's administrative costs,
allowing all donations to go toward paying heating bills. Dominion has
increased its contribution to EnergyShare by $1 million.
To qualify for EnergyShare assistance, a person must live in the Dominion
service area and be in danger of losing an important source of heat.

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----Mainstream and
liberal foundations are pouring more money into public policy
institutes, or think tanks, than conservative foundations , yet the
latter have been far more successful in actually influencing public
policy and mass media , according to an article in the Spring 2005
issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review (www.

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Mainline Foundations and Think Tanks Outspend Their Opponents Yet They're Losing the ''War of Ideas '' Says Article in Stanford Social Innovation Review

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STANFORD, Calif.
In contrast, the conservative approach is: "When you finish the
research, your job is only half done," said Rich in an interview with
the Review.com

The Stanford Social Innovation Review is published by the Center
for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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"They don't see that as their role.
"After all, they're already spending the money," he said.

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Here 's why:
Mainline and liberal foundations are preoccupied with generating
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"The advantage lies in how the money is spent,"
writes Andrew Rich, an assistant professor of political science at
City College of New York.
Rich's first book, Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of
Expertise (Cambridge University Press, 2004) examined the nineties'
rise of the "conservative attack machine," which did not come from
conservative groups as he had expected , but grew out of conservative
think tanks pushing politicians to be more conservative in their
approach to policy making.
More information on this and other articles is available online:
www. Dominion also
serves retail energy customers in nine states.

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Dominion's EnergyShare Accepting Applications for Heating Assistance

Local Salvation Army offices in the Dominion service area accept the
applications for EnergyShare assistance and administer distribution of the
funds.