Video: BLM Aftermath: Houston
BLM Aftermath: Houston, examines what happens when a city refuses to bend to the will of the activists who descend on their city and choose to deny them the chaos…
Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation
Red For Ed: An Activist Arm of the NEA
Red For Ed is an activist organization on a mission to route more money and resources to public schools to benefit students. It earned its reputation as an activist organization…
“Shadows” by Aaron Malik
The original song "Shadows" by FCB recording artist Aaron Malik for the BLM: Aftermath, Chapter 2—Cleveland video.
Video: BLM Aftermath: Cleveland
In BLM Aftermath: Cleveland, we look at what the 2020 demonstrations did to a city already familiar with economic devastation resulting from racial tension. In the wake of the protests,…
Some Suggestions for Improving the Form 990
Each year, tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations and foundations are required to file returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Most of these groups file Form 990, while § 501(c)(3) private foundations…
Best of CRC Media Hits for January–February 2022
There’s so many media hits to choose from in both January and February of 2022. Everything from the “left” coast’s interest in ActBlue via The Bill Meyer Show to Time…
Unearthing the Tides Nexus: “Dark Money” Pioneer
The modern pass-through funding model dates back to the mid-1970s, when entrepreneurial political activist Drummond Pike created the Tides Foundation, launching the pass-through scheme that now dominates the nonprofit netherworld.
Unearthing the Tides Nexus: The Tides Nexus
Since the 1970s, Tides has become a brand that now encompasses eight distinct organizations, seven 501(c)(3) public charities and one 501(c)(4) advocacy group, collectively referred to as the Tides Nexus.
Unearthing the Tides Nexus: Incubation
While the Tides Foundation actually started incubating new groups in 1979, it spun off its fiscal sponsorship services into the Tides Center in 1996, possibly to insulate the main group…
Unearthing the Tides Nexus: Pushing Policy
Tides Advocacy combines the pass-through and incubation efforts of the Tides Foundation and Tides Center in order to service 501(c)(4) groups, which are allowed to spend significantly more on lobbying…