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==Investigation and report==
==Investigation and report==
The Cox Committee's investigation focused on the following twelve points:<ref>''Final Report'', pp. 5–6.</ref>
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#Have foundation funds been diverted from the purposes established by the founders?
#To what extent have foundations been infiltrated by Communists and Communist sympathizers?
#Have foundation funds been channeled into the hands of subversive individuals and organizations, and, if so, to what extent?
#Have foundations supported or assisted persons, organizations, and projects which, if not subversive in the extreme sense of that word ,tend to weaken or discredit the capitalistic system as it exists in the United States and to favor Marxist socialism?
#Are trustees of foundations absentee landlords who have delegated their duties and responsibilities to paid employees of the foundations?
#Do foundations tend to be controlled by interlocking directorates composed primarily of individuals residing in the Northand Middle-Atlantic States?
#Through their power to grant and withhold funds have foundations tended to shift the center of gravity of colleges and other institutions to a point outside the institutions themselves?
#Have foundations favored internationalism?
#To what extent are foundations spending American money in foreign countries?
#Do foundations recognize that they are in the nature of public trusts and are therefore accountable to the public or do they clothe their activities in secrecy and resent and repulse efforts to learn about them and their activities?
#Are foundations being used as a device by which the control of great corporations are kept within the family of the foundation's founder or creator?
#To what extent are foundations being used as a device for tax avoidance and tax evasion?}}
The committee in 1952 sent all major foundations questionnaires which requested information about their operations and activities.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> Although it conducted hearings which amount to hundreds of pages in transcripts, the Cox Committee's investigation was not in-depth. Congressman Reece missed most of the sessions due to family illnesses.<ref name=libertyuniversity/>
The committee in 1952 sent all major foundations questionnaires which requested information about their operations and activities.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> Although it conducted hearings which amount to hundreds of pages in transcripts, the Cox Committee's investigation was not in-depth. Congressman Reece missed most of the sessions due to family illnesses.<ref name=libertyuniversity/>