5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (499+ words) Donor type: direct grant maker In 2014, according to the Los Angeles Times, a North Carolina billionaire named Fred Stanback gave $397 million to the Foundation for the Carolinas (FFTC). This was a hint that he was becoming one of America’s biggest…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (309+ words) In a 2014 interview, billionaire investor Warren Buffett made this observation about federal energy subsidies: [i] I will do anything that is basically covered by the law to reduce Berkshire’s tax rate. For example, on wind energy, we get a tax…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1235+ words) Founded in 1892 by naturalist John Muir and his allies to protect the boundaries of Yosemite National Park, the Sierra Club is one of America’s original conservationist nonprofits and for a long time the most influential. Sierra deserves partial credit for…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (129+ words) Capital Research Center Donor type: direct grant maker The Sall Family Foundation was founded and funded by John and Virginia “Ginger” Sall. According to a Forbes profile, John Sall is the co-founder of SAS, a statistical software firm, and his…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (674+ words) Capital Research Center Nonprofit amici supporting Boulder’s climate lawsuit against energy firms Anti-energy NGOs and other nonprofits with combined annual revenues of $436 million have filed briefs supporting Boulder, Colorado in a U.S. Supreme Court case arising from its lawsuit against major…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (450+ words) Donor type: pass-through grant maker The Climate Imperative Foundation is a major pass-through grant maker to the anti-energy NGOs profiled in this report. It also donates to promoters of intermittent, weather-dependent, wind and solar energy systems. The group’s mission statement…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (426+ words) Donor type: direct grant maker According to its IRS filings the Heising-Simons Foundation made $171.7 million in charitable disbursements during 2024 and has made at least $100 million in charitable disbursements every year since 2018. The foundation was created in 2007 as a giving vehicle…...