US shares NGO funding records with Egypt

Less than a month after Egyptian authorities launched an investigation into USAID's funding of unlicensed NGOs in Egypt, Ambassador Anne Patterson has handed over a list of Egyptian organizations who have taken U.S. funds.

Patterson is working to soothe Egypt's concerns that "foreign elements" are operating on sovereign soil without proper approval. A reported $40 million has been distributed to pro-democracy and human rights organizations since the January 25 revolution.

“The United States is proud of our support for independent organizations,” Patterson told a group of GlobalPost / Open Hands Initiative reporting fellows on Monday. “We don’t fund political parties. We do try and fund people that, for instance, [work toward] voter education, NGOs or training, job creation and [other parts] of civil society.”

The Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) has been at odds with Patterson since she took her post in July, as have some Egyptian media figures.