Robert J. Shillman

In June 2000, Shillman received an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from Northeastern University in recognition of his work in the field of machine vision technology in factory automation.

[10] Shillman sits on boards of The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, and the David Horowitz Freedom Center.

[7][11][12] In May 2008, President George W. Bush appointed him to serve on the Honorary Delegation to accompany him to Jerusalem for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel.

[13] He has funded Brigitte Gabriel's ACT for America, James O'Keefe's Project Veritas, FrontPage Magazine and Rebel News, and has argued against the US accepting Syrian Muslim refugees.

[3] In August 2018, it was revealed by The Times that Shillman had been providing finances to British far-right activist Tommy Robinson by helping to pay his "five figure salary".

[15][4] In January 2021, it was revealed by OpenSecrets that Shillman paid nearly $214,000 in 2017 to help Dutch politician Geert Wilders pay for his successful legal defence in an indictment for hate speech against Muslims in general and Moroccans in particular.