Now that we have the funding taken care of
With respect Binghi, you miss the point entirely.
What does the GWPF have to hide? If, for example, some of the groups backers were found to be Shell or BP, would that cause open minded members of the community to question the GWPFs motives, bearing in mind the obvious conflict of interest?
From the Guardian article:
If successful, the FOI request may, by exposing one link in a devious manipulation of public opinion, start a process that allows the public to be aware of what is happening, what is at stake, and where the public interest lies.
And from Lawson, the GWPF Chairman:
"Proper scientists, scientists of integrity, they reveal, and voluntarily they wish to reveal, all their data and all their methods; they do not need a Freedom of Information Act request to force it out of them." He later added: "Integrity means you show everything, absolutely." His reluctance to reveal the identity of the GWPF's donors has led him to be accused of double standards.
(My bolding.)