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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

Philanthropy
Donor-Advised Funds And The Myth Of An Independent Sector
America’s professional philanthropic class often declares that democracy is reliant on independent philanthropy when it pleads for tax and other special privileges for itself and its patrons. Private philanthropy, the…
by Jeffrey Cain on October 11, 2023

Philanthropy
Elon Musk’s Philanthropy
Elon Musk is a massive influencer. As the owner of three mega corporations with millions of online followers, what Musk says and does is seen by millions and scrutinized by…
by Anthony Vendetti on December 8, 2022

Organization Trends
Institute for Policy Studies: The Left’s Original Think Tank
Today, the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) probably doesn’t make the shortlist of finalists for most influential left-of-center think tank in the country. Although reasonably well-funded and very much…
by Robert Stilson on August 30, 2022

Labor Watch
Amalgamated Bank: How Did We Get Here?
Few entities embody the symbiotic relationship between American organized labor and the Left better than Amalgamated Bank. With a client list that includes some of the biggest political players in…
by Robert Stilson, Hayden Ludwig on May 25, 2022

Labor Watch
Amalgamated Bank: Philanthropic Politics
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation has ballooned its revenues by 8,890 percent since its creation, from revenues of $253,000 in 2017 to nearly $23 million in 2019. The 501(c)(3) is focused on…
by Robert Stilson, Hayden Ludwig on May 25, 2022

Labor Watch
Amalgamated Bank: “Hate Is Not Charitable”
In mid-2019, the Amalgamated Charitable launched an aggressive campaign to curb donations to conservative, libertarian, and right-leaning nonprofits by labeling them “hate groups.” The Hate Is Not Charitable campaign was…
by Robert Stilson, Hayden Ludwig on May 25, 2022

Labor Watch
Amalgamated Bank: Shareholder Activism
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)activism can also extend beyond an organization’s own practices and investment decisions. Shareholders in publicly traded companies can attempt to leverage their position to pressure…
by Robert Stilson, Hayden Ludwig on May 25, 2022

Philanthropy
The Hypocrisy of Unmasking Fidelity’s Leftists
Unmasking Fidelity is a coalition of far-left “social justice” groups aiming to choke off donations to conservative nonprofits through the country’s biggest grantmaker, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, which is…
by Hayden Ludwig on February 3, 2022

Foundation Watch
Who Are Arabella’s Big-Dollar Donors?
The “dark money” network created and run by Arabella Advisors is perhaps the most powerful and, until recently, the least-reported-on player in Washington politics. Tracing the Arabella network’s donors is…
by Hayden Ludwig on January 27, 2022