dark money

Green Watch
The Sequoia Climate Foundation: Climate Colonialism
At least $180.5 million of the $450 million in Wellspring/Sequoia climate policy grants given during the 2020 through 2022 donor years—40 percent of the total—went to either nonprofits operating outside…
by Ken Braun on June 10, 2024

Foundation Watch
The Hub Project: Hiding Ties to the Wyss Foundation
The story begins in 2015 when the consulting firm Civitas Public Affairs Group produced a private report for the Wyss Foundation, the philanthropy vehicle of Swiss-born Hansjörg Wyss.[1] The report outlined…
by Hayden Ludwig on June 6, 2024

Foundation Watch
The Hub Project: A Foundation with a Lobbying Arm
Enter the Berger Action Fund, founded in 2007 as the Wyss Action Fund and perhaps the most unusual piece of the puzzle. Foundations are typically wary of associating themselves with 501(c)(4)…
on June 6, 2024

Testimony
Foreign Money in Federal and State Elections
On May 29, 2024, Scott Walter testified about foreign money in elections and other challenges to election integrity before the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs.
by Scott Walter on June 3, 2024

Testimony
Testimony on Foreign Money in Elections
An overwhelming majority of Americans want foreign money kept out of our elections, and existing federal and state laws partially bar this outrageous intrusion, but loopholes remain, and abuses continue.
by Scott Walter on June 3, 2024

CRC in the News
Scott Walter Talks About Arabella with Ron Jolly
Arabella Advisors is a for-profit company in Washington, DC, that controls a network of six nonprofit organizations. These six sisters in turn control several hundred small projects masquerading as grassroots…
by Scott Walter on May 8, 2024

CRC in the News
Scott Walter Talks About Arabella with Lee Smith
Although relatively unknown in the public eye, the Arabella Network's influence is felt within the electoral and political landscapes. The Arabella Network is organized with the for-profit consulting firm Arabella…
by Scott Walter on May 6, 2024

Testimony
Oral Testimony on Extreme Environmental Activist Groups
Clearly, radical environmentalists are exercising considerable sway over the Interior Department. Americans, especially the poor, deserve to enjoy the benefits of inexpensive energy and abundant resources.
by Scott Walter on May 2, 2024

CRC in the News
Scott Walter Talks About Arabella with Bob Harden
Scott Walter recently appeared on Bob Harden Show to talk about Arabella, his latest book. The Arabella Network is a "dark money" network that includes for-profit consulting firm Arabella Advisors at the…
by Scott Walter on May 1, 2024

Testimony
Written Testimony on Extreme Environmental Activist Groups
Radical extremists are showing their contempt for the rule of law and for common decency on college campuses in this city and across the country, harassing Jewish students and defending…
by Scott Walter on April 30, 2024