3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (198+ words) Sit with that sickness for a second– these social media platforms found time to censor a public school teacher documenting hate, but they allow the audio of a dead man’s last seconds being used as a punchline. Charlie Kirk was…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (647+ words) InfluenceWatch (IW) is the Capital Research Center’s project to track the influencers who have and continue to shape American public policy. At present, we have nearly 16,000 profiles and more are added every week. IW also features extensive historical profiles covering…...

5+ day, 21+ 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, 23+ 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…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (247+ words) This interview first appeared in the Giving Review Some witnesses from groups supporting the measure participated in developing the policy they were asked to evaluate. Mrozek and Beauregard were nice enough to join me for a recorded conversation last month....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (366+ words) This interview first appeared in the Giving Review Some witnesses from groups supporting the measure participated in developing the policy they were asked to evaluate. Mrozek and Beauregard were nice enough to join me for a recorded conversation last month....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (500+ words) Capital Research Center InfluenceWatch, a project of Capital Research Center, is a comprehensive and ever-evolving compilation of our research into the numerous advocacy groups, foundations, and donors working to influence the public policy process. The website offers transparency into these…...

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…...