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Foundation Watch
The Ford Foundation’s Ugly, Warped View of America:
Funding for Politics
In addition to all of the groups mentioned so far, Ford has given an additional $54 million since 2022 to several dozen other groups and causes involved in motivating and…
by Ken Braun on September 7, 2023

Foundation Watch
The Ford Foundation’s Ugly, Warped View of America:
Big Labor, Big Government, Big Censorship
In addition to the nearly $100 million in grants noted thus far, another $92.1 million given out by the Ford Foundation since 2022 has specifically funded left-leaning labor, economic, and…
by Ken Braun on September 7, 2023

Foundation Watch
The Ford Foundation’s Ugly, Warped View of America:
Media and Climate Alarmism
Influencing the content of all the media we consume has been the purpose of at least $14.3 million in Ford grants given since 2022.
by Ken Braun on September 7, 2023

Foundation Watch
The Ford Foundation’s Ugly, Warped View of America:
This Is Who They Are
The Ford Foundation’s funding of a graphic novel portraying “how close we came to authoritarianism” cranks its left-wing audience into believing a complete lie about the nature of their policy…
by Ken Braun on September 7, 2023

Organization Trends
Turkey’s NGO Network in America
The Islamist government of Turkey is spreading its influence on U.S. soil through a network of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), including charities, mosques, political action committees (PACs), and ideological allies of…
by Ryan Mauro on September 6, 2023

Labor Watch
NEA Counsels School Districts to Hide Gender Transitions from Parents
School districts nationwide are adopting policies that hide gender transitions from parents, and left-leaning school boards are having to contest with outraged parents over these secretive policies. Left-wing nonprofits pressure…
by Kali Fontanilla on September 6, 2023

Philanthropy
A Conversation with the Hudson Institute’s John Fonte (Part 1 of 2)
We have known John Fonte for a long time, and respected his scholarship, analysis, and refreshingly straightforward way of framing and addressing issues for even longer. A senior fellow at the …
by Daniel P. Schmidt, Michael E. Hartmann on September 5, 2023

Philanthropy
A Conversation with the Hudson Institute’s John Fonte (Part 2 of 2)
We have known John Fonte for a long time, and respected his scholarship, analysis, and refreshingly straightforward way of framing and addressing issues for even longer. A senior fellow at the …
by Daniel P. Schmidt, Michael E. Hartmann on September 5, 2023

Labor Watch
VIDEO: The Service Employees International Union
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is the single largest contributor to federal political candidates in the United States. In total, the SEIU and its associated political action committees have spent…
by Michael Watson on September 4, 2023

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #284: The Anti-Nuclear Movement
The weather is unreliable, and often unpredictable—anyone who has grumbled at the weatherman’s forecast knows this. But increasingly, environmentalists demand that only the weather can generate the electricity that modern…
by Ken Braun, Michael Watson on September 1, 2023