The Century Foundation
From a posh townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side, the Century Foundation has been pumping out research and opinion on homeland security, Social Security, immigration, war, the media, education, and…
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The Environmental Working Group and Trial Lawyers
The Environmental Working Group claims to "expose threats to your health and the environment." However, its shoddy research and shady tactics serve another purpose–helping trial lawyers get rich by suing…
The MacArthur Foundation
With assets of nearly $5 billion, annual grants totaling $180 million, extensive name recognition, and global influence, the MacArthur Foundation is nothing if not secure. Perhaps that's why it can't…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations
The Council on American-Islamic Relations: The benign public face of America’s “Wahhabi Lobby” By Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha Organization Trends, August 2005 (PDF here)…
Nonprofits in the Crosshairs: A U. S. Senator Targets Abusive Charities
Americans support charity more than ever before. But a recent hearing of the Senate Finance Committee reveals that the nonprofit sector has been growing so fast that charity abuses are…
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Rockefeller Family Fund
Incongruously, charities that bear the Rockefeller family name direct millions of dollars toward liberal and leftist causes. Is the knee-jerk anti-capitalism of John D. Rockefeller's heirs–as reflected by the activities…
State Attorneys General
Aiming to reshape society, state attorneys general wield ever-expanding powers over private corporations, foundations and nonprofits. Their activities–too often motivated by ideology and politics–frequently undermine the very institutions t...
The Ford Foundation’s International Agenda
Overseas NGOs look to the United States for help in building their war-torn and poverty-stricken societies. The Ford Foundation has made its reputation for generous and innovative non-governmental international giving.