thousand and nine to very sense on three groups and it's also worth noting that the head of the h.c.g. county actually which gives out all this money is not someone with a background in philanthropy it's the company's chief lobbyist now whether there's an explicit quid pro quo probably not but as alan miller from the sunlight foundation is supporters saying in one of the two stories about this it came out today there's something in the back of your mind of like two favorite benefactors or so i think you know very obviously in the back of people's minds because it's a little depressing i think for people that live here in washington d.c. either within the beltway you realize well that's politics that's just how it works but i don't think most americans when they think about some of these organizations that are supposed to be you know advocating for minorities for equal before the public good whatever you want to call it they don't normally think of it as as somebody who still needs money and who still can be bought from a corporation i want to get into what exactly this merger would mean i mea