Subject: Fundraising Follow-Up
From: "Mark Cunningham" <[email-masked]>
To: "Mike Breen" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Meghan Valle" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:51:11 -0400

Dear Members of the Board,

I would like to echo Mike’s heartfelt appreciation for your ongoing
leadership and support. Now that we have received clarity surrounding the
Freidenrich Estate’s final contribution to Truman, we are continuing our
concerted efforts to deepen existing and forge new funding relationships.

I would like to share with you some of our top tier prospects and welcome
any and all help as we continue to pursue their support:

*Foundations:*

*Ford Foundation* – Ford is one of the largest providers of general
operating support to non-profits in the country. We feel they are a great
fit, but seek an entry at the foundation at the appropriate level, ideally
the executive office or a program director.

*Rockefeller Foundation* – We are seeking validation with Raj Shah,
Rockefeller’s president, as there could be a natural fit regarding Truman’s
commitment to a post war system of institutions and alliances based on
shared values.

*Rockefeller Brothers Fund *– We are confident there is a good fit at RBF.
We would welcome an introduction to Stephen Heintz, President so we can
explore exactly where he sees Truman fit within their portfolio.

*Skoll Foundation* – We have long identified Skoll as a natural fit within
the Peace, Security and Human Rights community. We would welcome help in
putting Truman on their radar screen.

*Omidyar Network/Democracy Fund* – The two areas that we find of most
interest is their recent investment in the Immigration/Family Separation
space as well as their historic commitment to Democracy and Human Rights.
They would be a natural partner of ours and we are working to highlight our
interest to a Truman member who is on their staff. However, we are seeking
a higher level entry point in order to move to ball forward.

*Wallace Global Fund* – We continue to seek an introduction to Ellen
Dorsey, President, Wallace Global Fund as there is a natural fit between
their interest in immigration, climate change and general awareness raising
surrounding democratic backsliding.

*Corporations:*

We have had great conversations with the following corporations about
support for Truman. They have all been positive and in fact all have
expressed a deep interest. We could use additional validation to the right
individuals in order to advance the relationship to the next stage:

Palantir - Victoria Virasingh, Public-Private Partnerships; Mehdi
Alhassani, Operations

Airbnb - Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean, Head of Global Public Affairs; Nick
Shapiro, Global Head of Trust & Risk Management

Chobani - Jason Rahlan, Director of Communications; Nishant Roy, Chief of
Staff to the CEO

Franklin Templeton - James Cross, Vice President, Research Analyst,
Portfolio Manager; Chris O’Donnell, Partner

Tesla - Kristen Kavanaugh, Leadership Development Manager; Rohan Patel,
Director, Policy and Business Development

For the following three corporations, we have begun to engage with their
corporate social responsibility teams, but have not proceeded past the
exploratory phase. High-level validation would be of great benefit at this
stage:

General Dynamics, General Atomics, Northrop Grumman

*Individuals:*

We are more than eager to forge new relationships with individuals who are
in alignment with Truman’s mission. As Mike noted, we are exploring ways in
which we can make inroads with the more politically oriented donors. We
will continue to host fundraising dinner discussions and relaunch
Truman-style town hall national security meetings to engage with interested
parties.

In fact, we are planning to host fundraising salons in New York, California
and Chicago later this year. Greg Craig has agreed to join Mike in the Bay
area the first week of September for key donor meetings and events. I will
continue to coordinate with each of you individually as we nail down the
details, but would welcome the opportunity to discuss any and all of this
in greater detail.

We are happy to share a more extensive prospect list for any and all of
these categories of you would like to know more. I would be happy to
schedule time to speak with you individually about our strategies, any
ideas you have, and where you might be able to help. I can always be
reached at [email-masked] or 202-440-1637. I look forward to
working with each of you in the coming weeks and months.

Thank you all so much for your continued help and support.

Respectfully,

Mark

Mark Cunningham

Development Director

Truman Center for National Policy/Truman National Security Project

202-440-1637

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