Featured in "Inspired Giving" by Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (Vol 5, No 1, 2004). Bond and his wife turned to the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation for a tax vehicle that helps the Bonds fund charities while they're living and helps their family do the same after they're gone.  The Bonds' gift includes an endowed Law professorship at KU, as well as contributions to groups such as YouthFriends and Kansas Children's Campaign, their church, and many nonprofit organizations.  Laura McKnight, Community Foundation Sr. VP of development and attorney helped the Bonds craft their legacy.  McKnight said creative bequests like the Bonds' are becoming more typical.

Policy Board of Partnership for Children (2004);

Board of Directors, Partnership for Children (2001), co-chair with Art Brisbane

Sebelius Education Policty Team; Registered KFUPE non-profit corporation; Contributor to Chris Biggs; Helped organize phone bank for Chris Biggs to call 30,000 voters (see Final Push for Chris Biggs); MAINstream Coalition Board (2003); "DRD":  Democrat but briefly registered as Republican for Aug 2002 election.

Also see Delinquent Taxes

KFUPE President (2003); Open Secrets says contributed $500 to Howard Dean, 6/27/2003; former KC Star reporter/editor; Letter "Legislators have chance to fix mess", Hutchinson News, 12/12/2003; anti-conservative "Defining conservatism", KC Star, 6/21/2003;  Republican for Moore '02 but a "DR" since registered as Democrat prior to Aug 2000 primary

http://www.dailykos.com/user/uid:1334 

Husband Rob runs Ad Astra Group political consulting.

Republican.

On 31 Dec 2001 Caroline McKnight personally donated $500 to the Adkins for AG campaign.

Ad Astra political consulting. 

Republican.

Wife Caroline is Executive Director of Mainstream Coalition.

Presenter at Mainstream/Greater KC Women's political school (Nov 2003):  "Zen and the Art of Campaign Management"

Contributor to YesYesYes ($20).

Purchased the KFUPE web site used in the 2002 election OVER A YEAR before the election in June 29, 2001.

Original registrant of "Kline Watch" web site for "Hundreds of Attorneys Watching Kline"::

Registrant:
pinkegg.net
Robert L. McKnight
5030 West 97th Street
Overland Park, KS 66207
US
913-642-0193 (FAX) 913-642-2453
47417@whois.gkg.net

Administrative Contact:
pinkegg.net
Robert L. McKnight
5030 West 97th Street
Overland Park, KS 66207
US
913-642-0193 (FAX) 913-642-2453
47417@whois.gkg.net

Technical Contact:
pinkegg.net
Robert L. McKnight
5030 West 97th Street
Overland Park, KS 66207
US
913-642-0193 (FAX) 913-642-2453
47417@whois.gkg.net

Billing Contact
pinkegg.net
Robert L. McKnight
5030 West 97th Street
Overland Park, KS 66207
US
913-642-0193 (FAX) 913-642-2453
47417@whois.gkg.net

Registrar..: gkg.net (http://register.gkg.net/)
Domain Name: KLINEWATCH.COM
Created on..............: 04-DEC-2002
Expires on..............: 04-DEC-2003
Record last updated on..: 01-JAN-2003

Domain servers in listed order:

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Connection to  David Adkins:  "The Ad Astra Group" collected $600+ in "General Expenses", $9,500+ for "Consulting fees", $2,200+ for "Consulting fees", $3,000+ in "Consulting Fees", $5,000+ in consulting fees, $3,000 in consulting fees, $7,500+ in "Consulting Fees", -- and this was only in the Jan 10, 2002 filing of the Adkins campaign for Attorney General.  In the Adkins July 2000 campaign report, Rob McKnight donated $1000 and then Ad Astra Group  received $5000 for a "deposit on the 2000 campaign", $2900+ for yard signs. In the October 2000 Report Rob McKnight collected $200 for a volunteer victory event, $300 for a phone bank, $2,000 for consulting fees.

Connection to John Vratil:  On 10/24/2000 John Vratil paid Ad Astra Group $715 for yard signs and $3622 for postage.  on 10/21/2000 John Vratil paid McKnight $300 for Administrative Assitance and $4,534 for consulting.  On 7/8/2000 Vratil paid $362+$1680 for signs.

Connection to Dean Newton:  On 9/6/2000 Dean Newton paid $2520+$1634 for campaign materials.  On 6/8/2000 Newton paid $1128 for campaign materials, $200 for event.  On 6/3/2000 Newton paid $1075 for web site development and hosting.

Policy Board of Partnership for Children (2004);

Board of Directors, Partnership for Children (2001), co-chair with Art Brisbane;

Contributor to Mainstream Coalition ($250); wife Andrea is on Mainstream Advisory Board;

"Republican" for Moore (2000 and 2002)

Contributor to Dennis Moore, Chris Biggs, Rob Boyer, Mainstream Coalition, [wife is contributor to Sebelius, Boyer, Biggs]; Mainstream Board (2003); Helped organize phone bank for Chris Biggs to call 30,000 voters (see Final Push for Chris Biggs).  GuideStar reports the David A and Patricia E Raffel Family Charitable Foundation had assets of $238,009 in 2002.  See IRS 909-PF for 2002.  Likes to change political affiliation:  "RDRD" in last few years.

Leads the Kansas  Republicans for Clark and JoCo Coordinator for Women for Clark..]

Helped organize phone bank for Chris Biggs to call 30,000 voters (see Final Push for Chris Biggs); 

Heartland Humanist;

CRES Board of Directors ("CRES" was originally "Center for Religious Experience and Study"; also see CRES Facts); GuideStar reports Van Keppel on the Board of Directors of "World Faiths Center for Religious Experience and Study, Inc." in Overland Park. See recent IRS 990 for this group.  See KS Secretary of State Business Entity Search.

MAIN*PAC Director (2002); MAINstream office volunteer

anti-Kline letter to KC Star, 2/7/2003; 

Republican:  but self-identified as "The RINO Guy"

Protested Judge Moore in Overland Park, 11/19/2003:  "I think there's a plot afoot; there's too many conservative churches becoming involved in politics," van Keppel said.

"a free-thinker who resists being identified with any faith"

Participates in Buddist Meditation Retreats.
www.theamericanbuddhistcenter.org/schedule.htm 
Johnson County Meditation Group.  John van Keppel hosts an insight meditation group for those in Johnson County. 

Treasurer, Kansas Citizens For Science (2000)

Jayhawk Consulting (political consulting, polling); State Rep District 16; endorsed by Mainstream Coalition; presenter at Mainstream/Greater KC Women's political school (Nov 2003); Republican