Crowell Trust

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The Henry Parsons Crowell and Susan Coleman Crowell Trust
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Formation1927 (1927)
Executive Director
Candace Sparks
Website crowelltrust.org

The Crowell Trust (full name: The Henry Parsons Crowell and Susan Coleman Crowell Trust) is a charitable foundation in the United States which states that it "is dedicated to the teaching and active extension of the doctrines of Evangelical Christianity". [1] It has funded a television program opposing evolution, which television station KNME refused to broadcast. [2] [3] [4]

The foundation was established in 1927 by American businessman Henry Parsons Crowell, who was founder of the Quaker Oats Company, but not himself a Quaker. The foundation makes grants to various organizations in order to promote Evangelical Christianity.

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References

  1. Crowell Trust
  2. Nathanson, Rick (7 January 2005). "KNME Shelves Christian-Funded Show". Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM). Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  3. Commings, Jeff (4 May 2005). "Disputed program will get airtime". The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM). Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  4. Wilgoren, Jodi (August 21, 2005). "Politicized Scholars Put Evolution on the Defensive". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-22.