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Foundation Watch
Left-Wing Foundations Funding CAIR
Left-wing foundations are the top organizational donors to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a controversial anti-Israel organization that critics accuse of spouting extremism and of having historical ties to…
by Ryan Mauro on December 5, 2023

Featured Items
Capital Research, October/November 2023
In the October/November 2023 issue of Capital Research, the Hewlett Foundation is ironically funding a campaign against free-market capitalism. The Biden administration spends $1.2 billion researching transgender issues. The Taft-Hartley…
by CRC Staff on December 4, 2023

Philanthropy
What the Generosity Commission Unwittingly Teaches Us About Itself: Making Sense of the Little Black Dots Below
Why have Americans become less generous and less giving of their time? To understand how and why things have changed, The Generosity Commission requisitioned studies from their peers, friends, and…
by Jeffrey Cain on December 4, 2023

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #295: Are Environmentalists Foreign Agents?
Are prominent environmentalist groups working on behalf of foreign powers—and wouldn’t that mean they have to declare it under the Foreign Agents Registration Act? That is the question that Senator…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on December 1, 2023

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
by Jonathan Harsh on December 1, 2023

Philanthropy
Revisiting Possible Subjects for Hearings Held by Any Future Congressional Committee Investigating Philanthropy
In October 2023, the Giving Review published an updated list of possible subjects for future congressional committee hearings investigating philanthropy. The below list is revised and updated. It newly includes an additional subject—philanthropic…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 30, 2023

Foundation Watch
The William T. Grant Foundation’s Funding of Critical Race Theory
The William T. Grant Foundation is a donor nonprofit that gives between five- and six-figure annual donations to universities and policy groups that in turn fund programs on controversial public…
by CRC Staff on November 30, 2023

Labor Watch
The Era of Labor Reform and Unionism’s Height: The Conservative Response
The period of organized labor’s ascendancy and consolidation after the Great Depression began to slow on November 5, 1946. Big Labor faced increasing headwinds as the Depression era retreated and…
by Michael Watson on November 29, 2023

Labor Watch
The Era of Labor Reform and Unionism’s Height: The State of Big Labor, 1950
As the 20th century hit its midpoint, organized labor was both near its absolute height and riven by the issues that would start its long decline. At the forefront was…
by Michael Watson on November 29, 2023

Labor Watch
The Era of Labor Reform and Unionism’s Height: Labor’s Compromised Right
Moderate Republicans seeking to appeal to organized labor despite the faction’s nearly nine-decade-long clear loyalty to the Democrats are as old as labor’s partisan divide. Modern moderates have focused on…
by Michael Watson on November 29, 2023