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…
Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation
ActBlue: The Left’s “Dark Money” Portal
On the Bill Meyer Show, Hayden Ludwig discusses ActBlue, the biggest “black money” fundraising arms of the Left. In 2020, ActBlue pulled in $407 million and distributed it to hundreds…
Black Lives Matter Financial Scandal
Scott Walter recently appeared on Your Voice Your Future Town Hall with Armstrong Williams to discuss the growing financial scandal over the $60 million in donations that Black Lives Matter…
What to Make of Black Lives Matter’s Dysfunction
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF)—the primary organizational manifestation of the broader Black Lives Matter movement—has never been a model of clarity or transparency. Recent reports in the…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #205: When Rules Begin to Apply
In 2020, the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation raked in tens of millions of dollars from personal and corporate supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement amid demonstrations after…
Black Lives Matter Is Lacking Accountability
Scott Walter discusses the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) as reports began circulating that BLMGNF had transferred millions to a Canadian charity to purchase a $6 million mansion…
Sarah Lee talks about the “BLM Aftermath” project
Sarah Lee talks about the "BLM Aftermath," a new video series, sponsored by Capital Research Center and filmed and produced by No Filters Media. The series looks at Minneapolis one…
BLM Now Supports the Police (If They’re Communist)
The dominant Black Lives Matter (BLM) group, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, issued an official statement this summer throwing their support behind the brutal Communist regime in Cuba as…
Fiscal Sponsorship, the Left, and Beginning to Explore Reform
Most people have never heard of one of the Left’s potent weapons—“fiscal sponsorship”—yet it’s the secret to the legion of liberal activist groups flooding American politics today.
The Organizational Restructuring of Black Lives Matter: Movement for Black Lives
While the Black Lives Matter movement as a whole remains focused on largely unchanged issues—particularly policing and other criminal justice topics—these two organizations have undergone some fairly significant transformations in…