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Donors to the Arabella Advisors Network
Since 2019 and earlier, the Arabella Advisors network has been the biggestE politically charged philanthropic network in America. The Arabella network has been instrumental in almost all the electoral and…
by Parker Thayer, Robert Stilson on December 23, 2024

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UPDATED: Shining a Light on Zuck Bucks in the 2020 Battleground States
Editor’s Note: May 28, 2024: Updated Texas analysis with new data. January 18, 2022: Analysis completed for all states. The latest in a series exposing Mark Zuckerberg’s…
by Parker Thayer, Hayden Ludwig on May 28, 2024

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Donors to the Arabella Advisors Network
Since 2019 and earlier, the Arabella Advisors network has been the biggest politically charged philanthropic network in America. The Arabella network has been instrumental in almost all the electoral…
by Parker Thayer, Robert Stilson on April 24, 2024

Organization Trends
“Zuck Bucks” for Soft-on-Crime Prosecution
Mark Zuckerberg is no stranger to writing big checks for politically charged philanthropy after the $400 million he distributed to local election offices for the 2020 election through two nonprofits.
by Parker Thayer on March 6, 2024

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Soft Eyes for Criminal Justice Solutions: Nonprofit Donations
We have more people in prison per capita than almost every other nation, San Francisco is being overrun by thieves, and other big cities have recently set new records for…
by Ken Braun on June 1, 2023

Organization Trends
Soft Eyes for Criminal Justice Solutions: A Tale of Four Cities
Some big cities have recently become sharply worse, but the full picture is more complicated. In 2021, records were set for total murders in 10 of America’s 40 most populated…
by Ken Braun on June 1, 2023

Organization Trends
Soft Eyes for Criminal Justice Solutions: The Soros Prosecutors
Since 2016, according to research tabulated by the Capital Research Center, the network of political committees funded by George Soros have contributed $35 million to the election of left-wing district…
by Ken Braun on June 1, 2023

Organization Trends
Soft Eyes for Criminal Justice Solutions: Status Quo Supporters
While it’s easy to critique the outcome in some of the cities where Soros has planted new prosecutors, it’s also easy to misinterpret his motives. Not without reason, he believes…
by Ken Braun on June 1, 2023

Organization Trends
Soft Eyes for Criminal Justice Solutions: Big Winners
Of the big gusher of criminal justice reform money flowing against this status quo since 2020, a lot of it has washed over the advocacy group FWD.us, and the FWD.us…
by Ken Braun on June 1, 2023

Organization Trends
Soft Eyes for Criminal Justice Solutions: Soft Eyes for Solutions
In between, groups and donors from all partisan persuasions (and none in particular) are doing good work, often the same work, because they’re looking at the problem with soft eyes.
by Ken Braun on June 1, 2023