In May, the think tank filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, or an appeal for Texas A&M to disclose its funding sources, specifically Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...or its proxies. Instead of complying with the request, Qatari lawyers from the Qatar Foundation, a state supported NGO, intervened.
Qatar has given USD $1 billion to American universities since 2011, and Zachor hopes to make a connection between Qatari funds and the "fondness for the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions." on college campuses. The legal institute is focused on waging "a legal battle against anti-Israel movements in America," specifically, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS).
Since 2011, Qatar has awarded USD $225 million to Texas A&M University. In addition, it is know that the Qatar Foundation has given money to Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Georgetown, Northwestern, and Virginia Commonwealth University.