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.
Over the past almost two and a half centuries, faith in the common sense of Americans to make rational judgments—along with the protections of the First Amendment—preempted attempts to “protect”…
First Draft, launched in 2015 in partnership with the Google News Initiative and Bellingcat, with financial backing from Open Society Foundations. First Draft sought to combat allegations of election irregularities…
The Global Disinformation Index isn’t the only private group with tax dollars that targets “disinformation.” The Rand Corporation, one of the oldest and largest think tanks in the United States,…
In August 2022, multiple organizations on the left gathered in the webinar “Combating Disinformation and Misinformation in 21st Century Social Movement.” Those gathered for the webinar discussed the impact of…
Peaceful discourse, civil protest, and open debate have all been essential to the American experience. Even more so on our university and college campuses, once heralded as pioneers of free…
The Ford Foundation is filled with money earned a century ago by Henry Ford in gritty Dearborn, Michigan. But neither the family nor the automaker control it anymore. Decades ago,…
In addition to all of the groups mentioned so far, Ford has given an additional $54 million since 2022 to several dozen other groups and causes involved in motivating and…
In addition to the nearly $100 million in grants noted thus far, another $92.1 million given out by the Ford Foundation since 2022 has specifically funded left-leaning labor, economic, and…