Staff
Robert Stilson
Senior Research Analyst
Robert runs several of CRC’s specialized projects. Originally from Indiana, he has a B.A. from Hanover College and a J.D. from University of Richmond School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Authored Content
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The Venceremos Brigade
Article on September 3, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
Beware Extremists in Green Hats at the Democratic National Convention
Article on August 22, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #329: How the Ford Foundation Took Over Storytelling
Article on August 9, 2024 by Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
How the Ford Foundation Changed Entertainment: The Ford Foundation
Article on July 31, 2024 by Thomas Pack, Robert Stilson -
How the Ford Foundation Changed Entertainment: Direct Film Funding
Article on July 31, 2024 by Thomas Pack, Robert Stilson -
How the Ford Foundation Changed Entertainment: Film Festivals
Article on July 31, 2024 by Thomas Pack, Robert Stilson -
How the Ford Foundation Changed Entertainment: Outreach, Networks, and Education
Article on July 31, 2024 by Thomas Pack, Robert Stilson -
How the Ford Foundation Changed Entertainment: Why Ford’s Strategy Works
Article on July 31, 2024 by Thomas Pack, Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #327: In Depth on ESG
Article on July 26, 2024 by Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
The Other Political Convention in Chicago
Article on July 22, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
Megaphone Philanthropy
Article on July 1, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #323: Megaphone Philanthropy
Article on June 28, 2024 by Sarah Lee, Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
The Marguerite Casey Foundation: “Social Justice Philanthropy”
Article on June 14, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
The Marguerite Casey Foundation: A Focus on Group Identity
Article on June 13, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
The Marguerite Casey Foundation: Left-Wing Grantmaking
Article on June 13, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
The Marguerite Casey Foundation: Thoughts and Questions
Article on June 13, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Episode #317: Disclosing Foreign Grantmaking
Article on May 17, 2024 by Sarah Lee, Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
The Religiosity of ESG Activists Through the Prism of Amazon Shareholder Meetings
Article on May 6, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #314: ESG’s Labor Angle
Article on April 26, 2024 by Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
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Donors to the Arabella Advisors Network
Article on April 24, 2024 by Parker Thayer, Robert Stilson -
20 Years of ESG Activism
Article on April 3, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #310: Big Labor Then, Now, and in the Future
Article on March 29, 2024 by Sarah Lee, Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #309: Using Federalism to Protect National Security (w/State Armor)
Article on March 22, 2024 by Sarah Lee, Robert Stilson -
The Cabin Road Foundation and Philanthropy’s “Charity” Problem
Article on March 12, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
Left-Wing Hate Lists Skew Funding
Article on March 5, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #306: The Left of the Global Left
Article on March 1, 2024 by Sarah Lee, Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
The Progressive International: The “Left of the Left” Goes Global
Article on February 14, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
The Progressive International: Israel the Enemy
Article on February 14, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
The Progressive International: Members
Article on February 14, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
The Progressive International: Leadership
Article on February 14, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
Why Are ‘Charities’ Funneling Millions Into Climate Change Lawfare?
Article on February 8, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #302: The DSA Busts the Budget
Article on February 2, 2024 by Sarah Lee, Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
ESG Investing in “Democratic” Companies
Article on January 30, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
Turmoil at the Democratic Socialists of America
Article on January 24, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
The Need for Foreign Grant Disclosure by Nonprofits
Article on January 9, 2024 by Robert Stilson -
BEST OF 2023: The Lawsuit Lobby
Article on December 27, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
Charity and Big Philanthropy on Giving Tuesday
Article on November 28, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The DSA’s Extremism Goes Beyond Israel
Article on November 2, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The Activist Side Third-Party Litigation Support
Article on November 1, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #291: The Left of the Left
Article on October 27, 2023 by Sarah Lee, Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
The Left of the Left: What Is the DSA?
Article on October 25, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The Left of the Left: A Radical Agenda
Article on October 25, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The Left of the Left: A Twisted Worldview
Article on October 25, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The Left of the Left: The Democratic Party
Article on October 25, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
Require Nonprofits to Disclose Their Foreign Grantmaking
Article on September 12, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
Larry Kramer and Anti-Capitalism at Hewlett
Article on August 29, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #283: Partisan Charities
Article on August 25, 2023 by Parker Thayer, Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #281: Gun Rights in Tennessee
Article on August 11, 2023 by Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
Philanthropy, Politics, and the Public Bank Campaign
Article on August 2, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
To Understand ESG Activism, Look to Shareholder Resolutions
Article on July 28, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
“Progressive” ESG Shareholder Activism: Understanding ESG Activism
Article on July 12, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
“Progressive” ESG Shareholder Activism: Quantitative Trends
Article on July 12, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
“Progressive” ESG Shareholder Activism: Qualitative Trends
Article on July 12, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
“Progressive” ESG Shareholder Activism: Pushing and Pushback
Article on July 12, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
One Hundred Sixty Years of Patriotic Philanthropy at Gettysburg
Article on July 5, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
An Anti-Gun Pledge for Law Students
Article on June 26, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #275: Fighting ESG with Consumers Research
Article on June 23, 2023 by Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
Just Court-Pack a Majority
Article on May 11, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The Usual Suspects in Tyler v. Hennepin County
Article on April 26, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
Suing for Gun Control?
Article on April 25, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast 266: ESG in 2023
Article on April 21, 2023 by Ken Braun, Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
The Policies of Gun Control Advocacy
Article on April 19, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The Anti-American Left: Communophilism
Article on April 12, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The Anti-American Left: IPS and the National Lawyers Guild
Article on April 12, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The Anti-American Left: Democratic Socialists of America
Article on April 12, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The Anti-American Left: Alliance for Global Justice
Article on April 12, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The Anti-American Left: The War on Terror and Code Pink
Article on April 12, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The Anti-American Left: Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Article on April 12, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The Proxy Preview: ESG in 2023
Article on April 7, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The Funders of Gun Control Advocacy
Article on March 29, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #262: The Authoritarian Legal Left
Article on March 24, 2023 by Sarah Lee, Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
The Landscape of Gun Control Advocacy
Article on March 21, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
The Little-Known Lawsuit Lobby
Article on February 28, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
Civil Asset Forfeiture Makes for Strange Bedfellows
Article on February 2, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
Camp Lejeune and the Lawsuit Lobby
Article on January 5, 2023 by Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #249: The Lawsuit Lobby
Article on December 19, 2022 by Sarah Lee, Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
The Little-Known Lawsuit Lobby
Article on November 30, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
Capitalism and Philanthropy on Black Friday
Article on November 25, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
The Lawsuit Lobby: Mass Torts
Article on November 4, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
The Lawsuit Lobby: Class Actions
Article on November 4, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
The Lawsuit Lobby: American Association for Justice
Article on November 4, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
The Lawsuit Lobby: Allies on the Left
Article on November 4, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
For Anti-Capitalists, “The Future Is Public”
Article on October 11, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
ESGs: The Issue that Grabs Your Bottom Line
Article on September 9, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
Institute for Policy Studies: The Left’s Original Think Tank
Article on August 30, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
InfluenceWatch Podcast #228: The National Lawyers Guild
Article on July 22, 2022 by Robert Stilson, Michael Watson -
The Radicals in Green Hats at the Dobbs Protests
Article on July 5, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
Federal Charters and the Left’s Long-Term ESG Goals
Article on June 23, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
Minnesota’s Government-Funded Nonprofit Debacle
Article on June 8, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance: Beginnings
Article on June 3, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance: Funding Union Priorities
Article on June 3, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance: Union Personnel
Article on June 3, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
Government as a Special Interest in “Home Equity Theft”
Article on June 1, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
Amalgamated Bank: How Did We Get Here?
Article on May 25, 2022 by Robert Stilson, Hayden Ludwig -
Amalgamated Bank: Philanthropic Politics
Article on May 25, 2022 by Robert Stilson, Hayden Ludwig -
Amalgamated Bank: “Hate Is Not Charitable”
Article on May 25, 2022 by Robert Stilson, Hayden Ludwig -
Amalgamated Bank: Shareholder Activism
Article on May 25, 2022 by Robert Stilson, Hayden Ludwig -
Record Number of ESG Shareholder Resolutions in 2022
Article on April 11, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
Some Suggestions for Improving the Form 990
Article on March 28, 2022 by Robert Stilson -
A History of Radicalism at the National Lawyers Guild
Article on March 10, 2022 by Robert Stilson