ESG Shareholder Activism in Proxy Preview 2025
The annual Proxy Preview report was recently released, detailing a selection of ESG shareholder resolutions filed thus far in 2025. As was evident last year, there continues to be a…
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Jeffrey Hart’s 1973 Criticism of Foundations’ Social Activism
Back to the future, of foundations. The below article by Jeffrey Hart originally appeared as a chapter, “Foundations and Social Activism: A Critical View,” in 1973’s The Future of Foundations,…
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
Capital Research, November/December 2024
In the November/December 2024 issue of Capital Research magazine, the Biden administration and left-wing interest groups meddle in the election, trans activists work to crush women’s sports, 150 pro-terrorism groups…
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
Thoughts on Philanthropy from The Giving Review’s “Conversations” in Second Half of 2024
An end-of-year collection of interesting and insightful thinking about grantmaking and giving…
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Megaphone Philanthropy
The line between charity and politics can be extraordinarily blurry. This is problematic, as politics is inherently quarrelsome and divisive, and these are words that very few would use to…
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How the Ford Foundation Changed Entertainment: The Foundation
The Ford Foundation places a heavy emphasis on supporting the documentary film industry. According to the foundation, its film-related grantmaking constitutes “one of the largest documentary funds in the world.”…
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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,…
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.