Democracy Alliance

Organization Trends
Democracy Alliance Conferences on InfluenceWatch
The Democracy Alliance, a donor collective that steers contributions to left-of-center organizations, holds semi-annual conferences for donors and organization representatives. Beyond providing a forum for speakers and panelists, the conferences…
by Robert Stilson on August 20, 2020

Philanthropy
FAKE PHILANTHROPY NEWS: Jane Mayer’s Latest Book Paints Dishonest Portraits of Donors
The 2016 book Dark Money is dishonest in multiple ways. First, it is deeply exaggerated. Author Jane Mayer may work at one of America’s snootiest magazines, the New Yorker,…
by Scott Walter on March 17, 2017

Foundation Watch
Obtained by a Capital Research Center investigator: Democracy Alliance letter from Julie Kohler
A Capital Research Center investigator obtained a number of documents related to the Democracy Alliance, a secretive group of wealthy left-wing donors founded by billionaire financier George Soros. The documents…
on January 17, 2017

Foundation Watch
Partisan Donors Hiding Under Charity’s Banner
See article PDF in Foundation Watch. Few Americans realize it is legal for foundations to fund, and public charities to conduct, voter registration and “get out the vote” drives.  The…
by Tom Johnson on October 19, 2015

Foundation Watch
The Democrats’ Mystery Man
(PDF here) Fred Eychaner is one of the most powerful political players and tycoons you’ve never heard of. Hillary Clinton, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, collected $250,000 when she…
by Barbara Joanna Lucas on September 3, 2015

Foundation Watch
The McKay Foundation
The Rodney King riots in Los Angeles back in 1992 initially gave the McKay Foundation purpose and direction.  Since then, it has become a significant player in the left-wing network…
by Kevin Mooney on June 15, 2015

Foundation Watch
A Donor Can Stand Up
(PDF here) Conservatives may not approve of many of the causes that former billionaire Charles Feeney has given money to over the years, but they would agree that he…
by Neil Maghami on April 13, 2015

Foundation Watch
From Facebook to Faceplant
(PDF here) Chris Hughes had the good fortune—in both senses—to be roommates with Facebook’s founders at Harvard.  Next he was the 2008 Obama campaign’s social media wiz.  He married…
by Barbara Joanna Lucas on March 16, 2015

Foundation Watch
The “Vast Left-wing Conspiracy”
This special issue of Foundation Watch updates our previous profiles of the Democracy Alliance published in December 2006, January 2008, and December 2008. Read the PDF here. Summary:  The…
by Matthew Vadum on October 6, 2014

Foundation Watch
Tom Steyer, the New Paladin of the Left
Tom Steyer, the New Paladin of the Left A hedge fund billionaire bets heavily on politics By Neil Maghami, Foundation Watch, August 2014 (PDF here) Summary:  Thomas Steyer’s…
by Neil Maghami on August 8, 2014