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…
Democracy Alliance
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation: California Dreamin’ of Social Democracy
The Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation: California Dreamin’ of Social Democracy By Jonathan Hanen, Foundation Watch, July 2014 (PDF here) Summary: Stephen M. Silberstein, a member of George Soros’s far-left…
Building a Radical Foundation
(PDF here) Although the Glaser Progress Foundation was made possible by the great wealth its benefactor garnered from a mere decade’s work at Microsoft, it aims to change the…
Soros Election-Rigging Project Dies? The mysterious disappearance of the Secretary of State Project.
I have a piece in the American Spectator: Soros Election-Rigging Project Dies? The mysterious disappearance of the Secretary of State Project. Here is how it begins: Soros Election-Rigging Project Dies?…