Showing 438 results for "Democracy Alliance"

Foundation Watch
Omidyar’s Political Machine: Democracy Alliance
Since 2004, major liberal donors, foundations, and special interest groups have met regularly at Democracy Alliance conferences to develop and coordinate the “activities of a permanent ‘left[-wing] infrastructure,’” to quote…
Hayden Ludwig

Labor Watch
Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance: Beginnings
For years the Democracy Alliance has embodied big money on the American Left. The alliance is as notable for the tremendous depth of its partners’ pockets and for the relative…
Robert Stilson

Labor Watch
Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance: Funding Union Priorities
The Democracy Alliance functions largely to channel contributions pledged by its well-heeled partners to left-of-center organizations that the alliance has recommended. Individual partners are reportedly expected to commit at least…
Robert Stilson

Labor Watch
Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance: Union Personnel
Still further evidence of the close relationship between Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance can be found in the number of current or former union personnel serving on the alliance’s…
Robert Stilson

Book Profile, Organization Trends
The Argument: Democracy Alliance Is Born
Today, the Democracy Alliance bills itself as “a preeminent network of donors dedicated to building the progressive movement in the United States.” Individual alliance members, known as “partners,” are expected…
Robert Stilson

Organization Trends
Nonprofits in the Biden Administration: Arabella Advisors and Democracy Alliance
The Capital Research Center (CRC) has long tracked the influence of two of the most important funding networks on the Left: the four nonprofits managed by the philanthropic consulting firm…
Robert Stilson

Organization Trends
Democracy Alliance Conferences on InfluenceWatch
The Democracy Alliance has held conferences twice a year since 2005. In addition to providing a forum for speakers and panelists to discuss liberal policy priorities and strategy, these conferences…
Robert Stilson, CRC Staff

Special Report
Plans to Flip North Carolina: Democracy Alliance and Arabella Advisors
The Democracy Alliance has its own big plans for North Carolina. A recently unearthed 2016 internal report by the secretive group details 15 funding streams moving money to battleground states ahead of…
Hayden Ludwig

Organization Trends
Democracy Alliance Conferences on InfluenceWatch
The Democracy Alliance, a donor collective that steers contributions to left-of-center organizations, holds semi-annual conferences for donors and organization representatives. Beyond providing a forum for speakers and panelists, the conferences…
Robert Stilson

Featured Items
Featured Video: How Rich Elites Influence Our Politics—The Democracy Alliance
You hear many claims that the richest 1% control American politics through their massive checkbooks. Political figures have campaigned on the promise of removing power from the rich and giving…
CRC Staff