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Foundation Watch
The Ford Foundation’s Ugly, Warped View of America:
Megaphones and Militancy
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,…
by Ken Braun on September 7, 2023

Foundation Watch
The Ford Foundation’s Ugly, Warped View of America:
Funding for Politics
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…
by Ken Braun on September 7, 2023

Foundation Watch
The Ford Foundation’s Ugly, Warped View of America:
Big Labor, Big Government, Big Censorship
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…
by Ken Braun on September 7, 2023

Foundation Watch
The Ford Foundation’s Ugly, Warped View of America:
Media and Climate Alarmism
Influencing the content of all the media we consume has been the purpose of at least $14.3 million in Ford grants given since 2022.
by Ken Braun on September 7, 2023

Foundation Watch
The Ford Foundation’s Ugly, Warped View of America:
This Is Who They Are
The Ford Foundation’s funding of a graphic novel portraying “how close we came to authoritarianism” cranks its left-wing audience into believing a complete lie about the nature of their policy…
by Ken Braun on September 7, 2023

Foundation Watch
Larry Kramer and Anti-Capitalism at Hewlett
Larry Kramer, president of the $13 billion William and Flora Hewlett Foundation since 2012, has announced that he will be stepping down at the end of the year…
by Robert Stilson on August 29, 2023

CRC in the News
Best of CRC Media Hits for May–June 2022
Capital Research Center has increasingly become the go-to think tank on issues of influencers and their funders on issues such as election integrity, Soros prosecutors, foreign funding, and organized labor.
by Sarah Lee on July 20, 2022

CRC in the News
Efforts to Federalize the Elections
CRC's Hayden Ludwig appeared on America Right Now with Tom Basile to discuss efforts to federalize the elections. Demos and other groups are pushing President Joe Biden and other Democrats…
by Hayden Ludwig on June 10, 2022

Organization Trends
Today’s Left Opposes Everything Jimmy Carter Proposed on Elections
In 2005, Carter co-authored a study on America’s election systems with James Baker III. The resulting Baker-Carter Commission report still stands as a monument to how to run free, fair,…
by Hayden Ludwig on June 7, 2022

Organization Trends
A Further Push to Federalize Elections
“Vote-by-mail now, vote-by-mail forever,” is the rallying cry of today’s left. After its shenanigans in 2020, CTCL now hopes to accomplish: $10 billion in taxpayer funding for expanding vote by mail,…
by Hayden Ludwig on May 23, 2022