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The Butler Family Fund: A Charitable Mask For Foreign Influence
At a glance, the Butler Family Fund appears to be a small foundation altruistically bent on addressing two of the world’s most prolific problems: homelessness and criminal justice reform.
by Olivia Polony on August 29, 2019

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New York Times’ 1619 Project: All the News that’s Fit for the MacArthur Foundation?
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect Bryan Stevenson’s 1995 MacArthur Fellowship. The New York Times’s controversial “1619 Project” is a series of essays and features examining the history…
by Ken Braun on August 23, 2019

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The Left’s Green Giant: Meet the Oak Foundation
One of the Left’s greatest accomplishments is turning support for an overtly political issue—global warming—into philanthropy. Dozens of massive foundations pour hundreds of millions of dollars each year into “climate…
by Hayden Ludwig, Kevin Mooney on June 10, 2019

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The Left’s Green Giant: Litigating Climate Change
The Oak Foundation has committed $100 million to “climate justice” programs to be spent between 2015 and 2020. Oak has pledged a whopping $75 million over five years to ClimateWorks…
by Hayden Ludwig, Kevin Mooney on June 10, 2019

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The Left’s Green Giant: Climate Meddling as an International Pastime
The Left’s Green Giant (full series) Meet the Oak Foundation | Litigating Climate Change | Climate Meddling as an International Pastime Summary: Many left-wing foundations…
by Hayden Ludwig, Kevin Mooney on June 10, 2019

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Claims of donor intent violations at Surdna Foundation
It’s usually a rule in the history of foundations that the descendants of a donor are, more often than not, hostile to the donor’s intentions. In the first important case…
by Martin Morse Wooster on March 4, 2019

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Ford Abandons Detroit: Falling out with the Family
Ford Abandons Detroit (complete series) Falling out with the Family | Forgetting its Roots | Funding Counterproductive Initiatives in Michigan Summary: The second largest philanthropic foundation in…
by Ken Braun on November 8, 2018

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Ford Abandons Detroit: Forgetting its Roots
Ford Abandons Detroit (complete series) Falling out with the Family | Forgetting its Roots | Funding Counterproductive Initiatives in Michigan Summary: The second largest philanthropic foundation in…
by Ken Braun on November 8, 2018

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Ford Abandons Detroit: Funding Counterproductive Initiatives in Michigan
Ford Abandons Detroit (complete series) Falling out with the Family | Forgetting its Roots | Funding Counterproductive Initiatives in Michigan Summary: The second largest philanthropic foundation in…
by Ken Braun on November 8, 2018

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Harsh Critique of Child-Welfare Policy Includes Blame of Liberal Foundations
James G. Dwyer is a self-professed liberal academic who supports “massive spending on anti-poverty programs,” as he puts it in his newest book. He is the Arthur B. Hanson…
by Michael E. Hartmann on September 26, 2018