This is the latest revision of a list originally created in June 1981 by the Ex-Moon Organization. The list contains the names of companies owned, operated, and/or controlled by the Moon organization or Moon followers and has been compiled by us based on the information presently available to us. We are interested in obtaining additional information, making additions, revisions and corrections as appropriate. If you have information you wish to bring to our attention, please do so by contacting us as set forth below. This list is for information purposes only so the public can make an informed decision as to whether they want to do business with companies closely associated with the Unification Movement or Sun Myung Moon followers.
In the early days of the Unification Movement Moon followers lived in centers and worked in a handful of businesses controlled by the Movement hierarchy. Businesses were started as a means to support the growing movement and as a way to further Moon's goals. Within the Movement, building businesses has been referred to as "building a material foundation." As the Movement grew the centers could not hold all the members and a shift took place as members began to move from the centers into the surrounding communities. Businesses operated by members allow them to live outside the centers relieving the Movement of the burden of financially supporting members.
Operating businesses is an excellent way of supporting Moon's goals. Not only do they relieve the movement of providing for members, the members who control the businesses can make tax free donations to non-profits associated with the Movement instead of making a profit and paying taxes on the profit. Businesses run by members support Sun Myung Moon's goals in ways other than making cash donations. Member businesses buy products from other entities closely associated with Moon. Member businesses sponsor and support Moon directed programs and raise money for Moon's worldwide operations. While some entities closely associated with Moon attempt to hide their affiliation with the Movement, many Moon followers view the business, religious and political organizations as one cohesive unit operating to unify the world under Moon and his organization's influence.
The idea that businesses associated with Moon often act in concert to further his goals is not new. In 1977 congressional hearings were held to examine Korean-American relations.
A very important subject of the investigation was the operation of the Unification Church and other organizations controlled by Reverend Sun Myung Moon. The subcommittee's 10/31/78 report, entitled Investigation of Korean-American Relations (U.S. Government Printing Office, Stock Number 052-070-04729-1), concluded that: "The Moon Organization used church and other tax-exempt components in support of its political and economic activities." (p. 388, conclusion 12). The subcommittee also found that: "Although many of the goals and activities of the Moon Organization were legitimate and lawful, there was evidence that it had systematically violated U.S. tax, immigration, banking, currency, and Foreign Agents Registration Act laws, as well as State and local laws relating to charity fraud, and that these violations were related to the organization's overall goals of gaining temporal power." (p. 388, conclusion 13).
The Subcommittee on International Organizations House Committee on International Relations report, entitled Investigation of Korean-American Relations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Stock Number 052-070-04729-1), reads
"Spokesmen for the Moon Organization have attempted to create the impression that, to the extent there is a relationship, the businesses contribute to the religious movement and not the reverse. However, the flow was in fact two ways. For example, when a commercial enterprise was beginning, funds were transferred to it from the UC directly or indirectly. After it began to prosper, it contributed to the religious or nonprofit side of the Moon Organization. The Moon Organization's economic system provided substantial advantages to its various components. The religious side provided inexpensive and ready sources of labor; access to large amounts of untaxed liquid assets; and a wide-ranging, inexpensive marketing network. The commercial side provided additional funds, power, and influence.
The economic advantages of controlling a bloc of consumers were also not missed by Moon. In a speech he instructed his followers to obey his orders so that the movement could become economically powerful:
'In the future don't buy American products if Master says to buy from somewhere else. If you believe in what he says, you practice it, you will become the wealthiest people and the wealthiest nations, but not necessarily on earth. Buy from the company he designates in the future. It doesn't matter if it is a small or large item. Soon that product will be the one manufactured by us. We have to buy that one. Then the world or universal economy will come to us.'" (p. 556)
One of the better examples of how an entity closely associated with Moon tries to claim independence from the Movement can be found in The Washington Times. From paperboys to editors, employees of The Washington Times have steadfastly claimed that the Times is owned by a company whose owners just happen to be Moon followers and that Moon does not own the paper. It is true that Moon's name does not appear on any corporate documents related to the companies that control and operate the Times. But there is no disputing the fact that Moon himself has always believed he controls The Washington Times. No one from the paper is brave enough to come forward and tell Moon otherwise.
Speaking to followers on June 12, 1991 at East Garden, Irvington, New York, Moon said:
"Father is not so deeply interested in The Washington Times. Father can withdraw at any time. All he has to do is to say, "Closed." Then Father does not have to spend tens of millions of dollars every month. Father can divert that money into Russia or anywhere else. Father is investing millions of dollars per month into the media. Do you know what millions of dollars can do in a country like Russia? In the last nine years, the Church poured eight hundred million dollars in cold cash into The Washington Times. 800 million. You have no idea how much money that is..."
"Remember that Father has poured one billion dollars into the Washington Times during the last fourteen years. This is a fact. All the government bureaus such as the CIA have a record of this..."
Total Calculation Or Accounting Of God's Historical Providence - Sun Myung Moon, December 25, 1994, East Garden, Translator-Peter Kim
"Who is the president of the Washington Times? Who is the original ancestor? When we first made the newspaper in America, who was the beginning point? It was me. If we talk about Washington Times, we cannot say anything without Reverend Moon. You should not think that the Washington Times can move apart from Father. At any time, I can disband the Washington Times and make a similar newspaper in China or Russia. It's not crucial to have it in America. I can create a greater cultural world somewhere else."
Western People Are Different From Eastern People, Sun Myung Moon, September 18, 2009, East Garden
It is hard to understand how someone can pour one billion dollars into a business he does not own or have defacto control over. Comprehending how Moon can close a business he does not own is equally as hard.
Moon followers understand that businesses closely associated with Moon share the common theme of supporting Moon's goals. Here is an excerpt from an article about the Movement's fishing operations in Alaska:
"While the business isn't owned by or even formally affiliated with the UC, they do have tight connections. Moon does the bulk of the decision making for both the church and the company. And members move back and forth. Rev. Cheol Ho Bang, now the pastor at the Kodiak church, worked for a few years in the company. And Jang Kim, an executive at the plant, was once a pastor. Cooper said the company is a way Moon found to make the church and its associated movements for world peace self-sufficient. The movement estimates that 90 percent of its resources go toward various activities they sponsor to promote social justice issues. As Kim puts it, although the church and the company are separate, 'We actually go toward the same goal - to make a kind of ideal world.'"
From the Movement publication Today's World, this short author bio reveals how within the movement many members see the businesses as belonging to Sun Myung Moon and his wife.
"Gary Abrahams and his wife Friedrun are the parents of 6 children and were Blessed at the 2075 Blessing at MSG. Gary is currently working for Shining Ocean, Inc., True Parents' seafood company in Seattle and serves as the Tennessee state coordinator for ACC/AFC as well as volunteering his time as a member of the STF USA Parents Advisory Board." (Experiencing the 3rd International STF Assembly by Gary Abrahams http://www.todaysworld.org/stf1.htm)
Moon's own son Kook Jin Moon, who has been tasked by his father to make the businesses in Korea profitable, described the philosophy behind the operation of businesses in Korea commonly referred to within the movement as the Unification Group:
"The goal for our Unification Group, our total foundation business group, we made very simple. The goal is very simple - it's to make money for the Unification Movement. It's to increase the market value of the foundation's companies and generate cash flow for the foundation activities. Our business group has no other purpose than this." (Kook Jin Moon - February 5, 2006 - Chung Pyung Lake, South Korea)
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This list contains names of companies and groups that may or may not be in existence today. We have marked organizations known to be defunct by the following symbol (#). We have marked those organizations known to be very active by this symbol (*). In the case of businesses, these have a tendency to change location or just cease doing business. Most of the organizations listed are still active. However, it is possible that some businesses may no longer be affiliated with the Unification Movement, particularly businesses created by people who were recruited into the movement and later left. If a business or person is identified with the Movement in this list and the person controlling this business or this person is no longer associated with the Movement and has denounced Moon's tenets and beliefs please contact us and provide a copy of documentation supporting such position.
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Advisory Council to the Unification Movement (ACUMI) joint project
of International Cultural Foundation and International Religious
Foundation, holds seminars for scholars involved in ICF & IRF
to learn about Moon's teachings; Dr. Frederick Sontag, Chairman.
African Institute for the Study of Humanistic Values *
Aid and Service International Foundation * Washington, DC
American Blessed Family Assoc. (for members only)
American Community Union * 160 W.72nd St., NY
American Space Culture Foundation * Washington, D.C.
Artists Association for World Peace * New York City, Organization
founded at the direction of True Parents on Parents Day 1995.
Initial headquarters are at the office of the New York City Symphony.
Artists Association International, Kevin Pickard, Executive
Vice President
Association for the Research of Middle Eastern Cultures, Inc.
* 4 W 43rd St., NYC
Big Apple Harvest # (NY)
Boston Area Council for Church and Social Action, Inc.
Canaan Foundation, Inc. 481 8th Ave., NY 10001; 212 279 6255.
Non profit organization, which funds the International Cultural
Foundation.
Capital Gardens Children’s Center # 4301 Harewood Rd.,
NE, WDC
Center for Educational Media * P.O. Box 37, Emerson, NJ 07630.
Richard Panzer is the president. This organization works with
Free Teens and the World Medical Health Foundation to promote
an abstinence based sex education program to school districts.
They work closely with conservative Christian organizations that
have similar agendas.
Center for Ethical Management & Planning * Berkeley, CA
Cosmic Federation for World Peace *
Cosmic True Parents’ Foundation * Established 2000
Council on the Unified Research of Science *
Creative Community Project, Inc. * 1153 Bush St., San Francisco
D.C. Striders Track Club.
Empowerment Resource Network * Fredericksburg, VA Run by David
Caprara a Moon follower and political operative. This organization
is often called the Empowerment Network in the media.
Family Center for Universal Peace and Unification * Established
2000
Family House of Cosmic Peace and Unity * Founded in 2000 by
Moon
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU)*
866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 529, New York, NY 10017, Phone
212-826-8999. Internet post by Damian Anderson states this is
the new operational name for the Unification Movement. The legal
name remains the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification
of World Christianity, Inc. Also know as the HSA UWC, Inc.
Family Federation for Unification and World Peace *
Federation of Continental Nations for World Peace *
Federation of Island Nations for World Peace *
Federation of Peninsula Nations for World Peace * Started by
Summit Council for World Peace.
Federation to Save the New Nation for Latin American and the
Caribbean * Mentioned in the November 1996 issue of Unification
News.
Foundation for Unificationist Thought and Culture * Virginia
Free Teens * NJ, Project of the World Medical Health Foundation
promoting an
abstinence based high school curriculum.
Freedom Foundation of NJ, Inc. * 395 Pleasant Valley Way, West
Orange, NJ 07052 201 325 0634. This address is the American Freedom
Coalition office staffed by UC members. Organization promotes
drugs and AIDS materials to schools.
Cheongshim Graduate School of Theology * Korea
Global Oceanic Food Project * 2000
Global Education Research and Development Fund, Inc. * Barrytown
Godparents Association, Inc. # Rockville. MD
Good Neighbors, Inc. * 2600 Baynard Blvd., Wilmington, DE
Hahnemann Medical Center * a/k/a World Medical Health Foundation
Harlem Council for the Church and Community Change *
Heung Jin Moon Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc. * Washington,
D.C.
Institute of Korean Studies for Foreign Students * Korea
Inter-Religious International Student Peace Council * Founded March 2004 in Chicago by two CARP members.
International Chinese Assn., 481 8th Ave., NYC 10001; 212 714
401; Board of Directors: Edwin K Eng, Lova Eng Wilson, John Kung,
and attorney: W. Farley Jones (all are members of UC)
International Conference of World Peace *
International Conference Center * Seoul, Korea
International Conference for the Unity of the Sciences * (ICUS)
481 8th Ave., Rm 747,
NYC 10001; 212 947 1756 (funded by International Cultural Foundation)
International Conference of Professors and Scholars *
International Conference on Law & Individual Freedom *
International Cultural Foundation * (I.C.F.) 1667 K St., NW,
Washington, DC 20006;
202 293 9393; also 4 W. 43rd St., NYC 10036; 212 947 1756 (funds
many church projects, especially International Conference on
Unity of Sciences; sole shareholder of Paragon House Publishers)
Neil Albert Salonen, President (former President of the Unification
Church of America, 1971 80)
International Educational Foundation * 4 W 43rd St., NYC 10036
International Folk Ballet
International Highway Construction Corporation *
International Highway Research Center *
International Middle East Alliance * New York City
International Peace Foundation * 7777 Leesburg Pike, Falls
Church, VA 22043.
(Funds overseas projects in Philippines & South America)
Dr. Thomas Walsh, Director.
International Relief Foundation * 481 8th Ave., NYC 10001;
212 714 1033
International Religious Federation for World Peace *
Interracial Sisterhood Project * Northern California project
of the Women’s Federation for World Peace
Inter-Religious International Student Peace Council * Founded March 2004 in Chicago by two CARP members.
Interreligious and International Peace Council * Founded 2003
Interreligious International Foundation for World Peace * Founded
October 2, 2003
JAMII Africa * 1610 Columbia Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009
Japanese Cultural Foundation *
Japanese Heritage Foundation *
Korean Cultural & Freedom Foundation * (KCFF) Washington,
DC
Lawyers Federation for World Peace and Justice *
Literary Federation for World Peace * Project of Summit Council
for World Peace.
Little Angels Korean Folk Ballet *
Madison Institute * Dr. John Cooper, Director
Marriage and Family Institute of America * Founded in 1994
by David S.C. Kim.
Martin Luther King Jr. Family Life Institute *
Minority Alliance International, Inc. * Incorporated in Washington,
D.C.
Middle East Alliance for World Peace * 481 8th Ave., Ste. 846,
NY, NY 10001
Mongolian Peoples' Federation for World Peace * This is a project
of the Interreligious and International Federation for World
Peace, and the Interreligious and International Peace Council.
Multicultural Media Association, Inc. #
Nation of Cosmic Peace and Unity * From www.familyfed.org “True
Parents officially named Gods nation as the Nation of Cosmic
Peace and Unity (Cheon Il Guk, for short) during his commemorative
speech at the 42nd celebration of True Childrens Day held at
Sutaek-ri on November 15, 2001.”
National Parent’s Day Council * 3600 New York Ave., Washington,
DC 20002. Their web page identifies the organization as a project
of the American Family Coalition, Inc. and supported by the Washington
Times Foundation. They appear to have taken over the role of
promoting Parent’s Day from the National Parent’s
Day Foundation.
New Age Players theatrical company * NY
New Age Orchestra San Francisco
New Family Foundation, Inc. * Maryland
New Hope Farms Deer Park, NY (on Delaware River at juncture
of NY, NJ & PA; multi million dollar equestrian center. Purpose:
training site for Olympians; a modern pentathlon event center;
a breeding & equestrian research facility; competition center
for polo, rodeo & horse racing.
New Hope Foundation *1460 4th Street, Suite 307, Santa Monica, CA 90401
ULTRA Teen Choice * Washington, DC http://www.ultrateenchoice.org/
New Hope Singers International
New Jersey Parents Foundation, Inc. * Westwood
New Society Social Services #
New World Players
New World Forum * 300 E. 56th St., NY
New World Festival
New York City Symphony, 311 W. 34th St., NYC 10001, 212 971
9150 (funded almost entirely by International Cultural Foundation),
David Eaton, UC member is the conductor.
Ocean Education Institute for World Peace, Inc. * 501(c)3 organization
in Jersey City.
Pacific Cultural Foundation
Peace Cup * Soccer tournament in Korea sponsored by Sunmoon
Peace Football Foundation.
Prince of Peace School (Principe de la Paz) * Funded by IRFF
Pure Love Alliance * 4 West 43rd St., 3rd Fl. New York, NY
10036.
Radio Free Asia (ROFA) #
Religious Youth Service * Project of the International religious
Foundation, Inc.
Research Institute on World Affairs, Inc. 38 W. 32nd St. Rm
1508, NYC 10001; 212 947 4770, Directors: Chung Hwan Kwak,
Il Pyung Kim & Hugh Spurgin, shares offices w/Sae Gae Times
and Soul of Russia Group, 10 Dock Rd., Barrytown, NY 12507
914 758 6881 (awareness group by Erin Bouma)
Service for Peace, Inc. * Youth group founded by Hyun Jin Moon.
Located at 34 State St., Ossining, NY www.serviceforpeace.org
Sun-Hwa Educational Foundation * Seoul, Korea. Bo Hi Pak is
listed as Chairman of the organization from 1976 to 1988 in
the biographical section found in the Appendix II of his book
the “The
Truth is My Sword” Vol. One.
Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation * Korea, Article in Washington
Times dated 7/15/2003 states “The Peace Cup is sponsored
by the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation, created by Rev. Sun
Myung Moon, a longtime soccer fan. The foundation runs three
professional teams — Seongnam and Brazilian teams Sorocaba
of Sao Paulo and Cene of Jardim.”
Sun Moon Educational Foundation * Korea
True Our Brothers' Keepers Community Justice Center * Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
Unification Educational Foundation * Hyattsville, MD.
United Native American Council * Founded in 1984
United to Serve America (USA) # 3600 New York Ave. NE 3rd Fl.
Washington, D.C. 20002, 202 636 8910, 202 636 8909 FAX. Started
as a cooperative project of the American Freedom Foundation
and the American Freedom Coalition. This is the address of the
Washington
Times.
Unification Theological Seminary Alumni Association, the * 10 Dock Rd., Barrytown
Unification Theological Seminary Mid-Atlantic States Alumni Association, the * Incorporated in the District of Columbia.
United Vision Foundation * 34 State St. Ossining, NY 10562.
In the past large amounts of money have been donated to this
organization by the Unification Church in Japan. United Vision
Foundation makes donations to World CARP.
Universal Ballet Academy * Washington, DC
Urban Life Training & Reality Assessment Teen Choice * Washington,
DC
Washington Aids International Foundation * Washington, DC
Washington Church for Social Action *
Washington Institute for Values in Public Policy, 1333 New
Hampshire Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20036
World Alliance for Civil Rights *
World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations * 866 United
Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, 212-826-8999.
World Conference on Preservation and Sustainable Development
in the Pantanal * Funded by a number of Moon organizations including
the Washington Times Foundation and the International Cultural
Foundation.
World Family Movement
World Medical Health Foundation, 1 Penn Plaza, #100, NYC 10019
World Ocean Foundation
World Peace Institute of Technology * Moon announced he had
founded this organization in a speech given in Seoul on May 1,
1994.
World Relief Friendship Foundation * 481 8th Ave., NYC
World Sport Fishing Federation – USA * PO Box 264 Little
Ferry, NJ 07643 Sponsored the Hudson Striper Peace Cup
Young Oon Kim Research Foundation, Inc. # 10 Dock Rd. Barrytown,
NY
Youth Federation for World Peace * 34 State St. Ossining, NY 10562
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