Cats and Mice, Donors and Their Foundations
Specifically, Brian Galle finds that a philanthropic foundation’s “overhead, or the ratio of administrative expenses to grants made, jumps by about 12% as soon as the organization’s last living donor…
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What Was the Biden Cancer Initiative?
For countless wealthy elites and politicians, philanthropy is just another name for marketing—supporting the community so that the community supports you. As we’ve shown with our stories on the…
Front Line Defenders: A European Nonprofit That Finances Migrant Caravans
Over the past several years, there have been a series of migrant crises, including the 2015 European refugee crisis and the caravan debacles at the U.S.-Mexico and Mexico-Guatemala borders in…
Aspen Institute Accepts, Then Returns $8 Million in Federal Small-Business Funds
The Aspen Institute, a leadership-focused think tank, has faced a public backlash for accepting $8 million in federal small-business forgivable loans from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
Open Society Foundation Staff’s Letter to Leadership Raises Questions
Two hundred eleven staff members of the Open Society Foundations (OSF) reportedly sent a letter in April to its president, Patrick Gaspard, and its vice president, Leonard Benardo, protesting its publicly announced…
Alex Soros’s Group Accuses Taylor Swift of Anti-Semitism After She Criticizes His Family
Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, a 501(c)(4) progressive advocacy organization best known for accusing the Republican Party of anti-Semitism, is now accusing Taylor Swift of spreading anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and…
Foundation with Ties to the Mob Is Funding a Smear Campaign Against Conservatives
One organization with questionable origins—the Philip and Janice Levin Foundation—is rapidly making a place at the heart of American left-wing organizing. The foundation is armed with more than $25 million…
The Hewlett Foundation: The Liberal Mega-Funder You Should Watch Out For
Many people are familiar with the biggest donors on the Left—George Soros and the Ford and Tides Foundations, to name a few. Add to the list one more mega-funder that…
Pro-Abortion Buffett Foundation the Biggest Donor to “Dark Money” Hopewell Fund
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, funded by billionaire Warren Buffett, may be the least-known and most important supporter of pro-abortion activism in the world. From 2000 to 2018, the Buffett…
Comments on Proposed OMB Rule: Guidance for Grants and Agreements
CRC strongly supports OMB's efforts to increase transparency, accountability, and effectiveness in federal spending. Specifically, we strongly supports the new language that would permit the awarding agency to terminate a…