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Colcom Foundation

Colcom Foundation is a private foundation established in 1996 by Cordelia Scaife May, a Mellon family heiress. The foundation is a major funding source for anti-immigration organizations located within the United States, while also focusing on population control, environmental conservation, and civic and environmental projects, especially in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area where it is based.

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Colcom Foundation is a private foundation established in 1996 by Cordelia Scaife May, a Mellon family heiress. The foundation is a major funding source for anti-immigration organizations located within the United States, while also focusing on population control, environmental conservation, and civic and environmental projects, especially in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area where it is based.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 1996 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of foundation: 1996 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1996". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1996". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377046418

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.