My organization received a large grant from a private foundation that has a strict policy of anonymity. This foundation does not regularly fund scientific research, but my work was part of the larger grant. As I begin to disseminate results from this research, I am accustomed disclosing and acknowledging all funding sources in presentations and publications. However, this violates the foundation's policy of anonymity, and they are requesting evidence that it is absolutely necessary to disclose their name in publications. Many of the resources I've found from journal websites don't specifically state that listing funding sources anonymously is prohibited, so I am having difficulty justifying my desire for transparency. Any advice or resources that I could share with the foundation would be much appreciated!
If someone is funded by entity X which in turn has received funds from third parties, my view is that acknowledging X is sufficient; indeed in many cases the third parties or their precise contributions might not even be revealed. So you can just acknowledge your organization as your funding source and leave it at that. However, if you want to make a general case for overall transparency, maybe the issue should be with your organization's accepting grants under conditions of anonymity in the first place. It seems that you are trying to change what your organization has already agreed to in accepting the grant.
I agree with the above. Maybe you could state in the section for conflicts of interest, that you like to open and achnowledge the actual source of funding but that contracts prohibit to do so.
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