CLEVELAND — Another day, another terrible court ruling undermining honest elections. The ruling from the Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals struck down part of a common sense…
"Briefly Noted" is part of Organization Trends. For the full PDF, click here. The Center for Popular Democracy and its 501(c)(4) so-called “dark money” arm, the Center for Popular…
See article PDF in Foundation Watch. Few Americans realize it is legal for foundations to fund, and public charities to conduct, voter registration and “get out the vote” drives. The…
(PDF here) Fred Eychaner is one of the most powerful political players and tycoons you’ve never heard of. Hillary Clinton, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, collected $250,000 when she…
This special issue of Foundation Watch updates our previous profiles of the Democracy Alliance published in December 2006, January 2008, and December 2008. Read the PDF here. Summary: The…
See PDF here. Summary: The American Legislative Exchange Council has long worked to improve government at the state level by limiting it to its proper roles and by preventing…
(PDF here) The Nathan Cummings Foundation is yet another philanthropy whose original donor was able to live the American dream and create great wealth through the free market. But…
(Organization Trends, October 2013, PDF here) Community organizer Wade Rathke created ACORN and watched it grow to hundreds of affiliated groups around the country, until scandals forced the network…
(PDF here) “Community organizer” is a term few Americans had heard until one was elected president in 2008. Now it’s a badge of honor and a passport to the…