The SAGE Fund: A Black Box Funder
Sometimes funders aren’t what they seem. Say you’re working to tackle human rights violations in developing countries. Activists need friends with deep pockets, so you turn to a likely ally:…
Deception & Misdirection
The College Decision Needs Stronger Price Signals
Last week, I compared the risk of a college football bet against the odds of an “investment” in a college degree paying off. Multiplying the following data points together…
Phony “Pop-Up” Group: Don’t Listen to Others’ Fake Comments
Allied Progress wants you to know how outrageous copy-and-paste comments submitted to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) really are. According to the group, nearly a quarter of the…
Blue Hawaii Gov Vetos Asset Forfeiture Reform
On July 9, 2019, Hawaii Governor David Ige (D) vetoed House Bill 748, which would have protected his citizens from a type of police abuse that rarely makes headlines:…
Wikipedia’s Birthday Gift to American Communism
Wikipedia (according to Wikipedia) has “500 million unique visitors per month” and is the “largest and most popular general reference work” on the internet. Facebook and YouTube rely on…
Understand Media Bias with Facts
“The Kansas City Star’s editorial board is just like all the radical left. If you disagree with them, you are a racist.” This is a published letter to the editor…
The Etymology of “Dark Money”
A decade ago, Bill Allison of the Sunlight Foundation was looking for a short phrase to put before the following fact: “Of the 202 outside organizations spending money to…
The Left’s “Dark Money” Coordinator: A Financial Clearinghouse
Not all “dark money” funders are created equal. In our latest profile of the Left’s leading “dark money” grantmakers, we chart the reach of NEO Philanthropy—a massive clearinghouse instrumental in…
The Left’s “Dark Money” Coordinator: Just Passing Through
Little is known about what kind of projects NEO Philanthropy sponsored in its early days, but according to Michele Lord it was always intended to serve as an incubator for…
The Left’s “Dark Money” Coordinator: Funding “Civic Engagement”
While NEO Philanthropy claims to support some 60 projects, many of them are difficult to identify as fronts for their fiscal sponsor. To date, CRC has identified some 30 projects…