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Organization Trends
NGOs Are Often BGOs—Basically Governmental Organizations
By tradition, American nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are our civil society backbone, where private money provides great things without government interference. Soup kitchens, animal shelters, schools, and churches are some of…
Ken Braun

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
Jonathan Harsh

Philanthropy
Prizing Conservative Philanthropy and Its History
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation will award James Piereson with one of its Bradley Prizes on May 29, recognizing his important role in conservative philanthropy. He served as the executive director and…
Michael E. Hartmann

Organization Trends
The DDT Network: A Rich Never Trump Machine Built to Last
Defending Democracy Together (DDT), a Never Trump advocacy group created by former Republicans Bill Kristol and Sarah Longwell, has sprawled into a network of left-leaning political action committees, policy nonprofits…
Ken Braun

Organization Trends
The Lincoln Project Sells Revenge Rather Than Results: What You Get for Your Money
Political attack ads can change minds if the message is nuanced and accurately aimed at persuadable voters. The Lincoln Project, a Never Trump super PAC formed by erstwhile Republican consultants,…
Ken Braun

Organization Trends
The Lincoln Project Sells Revenge Rather Than Results: Unburdened
When Biden was replaced, Democrats were hoping Americans would forget this problem and look ahead to Harris. But the Lincoln Project wouldn’t let it go. On October 9 they let…
Ken Braun

Organization Trends
The Lincoln Project Sells Revenge Rather Than Results: Who Are These People?
At $1 million, Lincoln’s largest single donor for 2024 appears to have been Michael Moritz, a billionaire investor from the San Francisco area. The second largest donor during the 2024…
Ken Braun

Organization Trends
The Lincoln Project Sells Revenge Rather Than Results: Unforced Errors
here has been no shortage of Lincoln Project scandals. One was the decision to allow Showtime to film their work during the 2020 campaign, and in the process preserving for…
Ken Braun

Organization Trends
The Lincoln Project Sells Revenge Rather Than Results: Will Never Trump Survive Trump?
More than one Lincoln Project founder and advisor has responded to the serial scandals with a public call to close it all down. Co-founder George Conway made his first call…
Ken Braun

Deception & Misdirection, Featured Items
States Banning or Restricting “Zuck Bucks”—UPDATED 5/5/2025
Private financing of government election offices under the guise of COVID-19 relief skewed voter turnout in the 2020 election and may have tipped the presidential election to Joe Biden. As…
Sarah Lee, Jon Rodeback, Hayden Ludwig