InfluenceWatch

Green Watch
Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy and the Union of Concerned Scientists
The history of the Union of Concerned Scientists repeatedly promoting the closure of nuclear energy facilities makes it fair to argue the group has opposed nuclear power. In recent years…
by Ken Braun on February 22, 2024

Organization Trends
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.
by Jonathan Harsh on August 18, 2023

Philanthropy
Celebrate American Philanthropy on Giving Tuesday
America’s charitable spirit is one-of-a-kind. Since colonial days, Americans have turned to charity—not government programs—to feed the hungry, nurse the sick, and lift up the poor, making our people the…
by Hayden Ludwig on November 29, 2022

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch’s ESG Hub
ESG activism refers to individuals and organizations that advocate for environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) criteria as part of evaluating business operations. ESG considerations can be employed as a…
by CRC Staff on September 27, 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

Special Report
CRC’s 2021 Year in Review
In 2021, Capital Research Center’s ironclad research exposed power-seeking influencers and helped citizens reclaim their freedom. Our work was featured in seven new books released last year—on everything from the…
by Kristen Eastlick on February 15, 2022

Organization Trends
“To Encourage the Others”: Making an Example of the NSBA
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) messed up big time. It sent a letter to the Biden administration calling on the Justice Department to investigate protesting parents under the PATRIOT…
by Michael Watson on December 10, 2021

Philanthropy
Give to the Causes You Love on Giving Tuesday 2021
No country does philanthropy like America. Nothing better expresses that charitable spirit than Giving Tuesday, the tradition started in 2012 as a way to support nonprofits working on a host…
by Hayden Ludwig on November 30, 2021

Organization Trends
Shining a Light on the Left’s 2020 Shadow Campaign
Kristen Eastlick, senior vice president at Capital Research Center, spoke on a panel at CPAC 2021 discussing the Left's increasing dominance of the nonprofit world, CRC's work on Antifa, and…
by Kristen Eastlick on March 18, 2021

CRC in the News
2020 Year in Review
CRC had a busy 2020. In mid-2020, CRC exposed how the Center for Tech and Civic life, a nonprofit founded by veteran organizers of the Democratic Party and armed with…
by CRC Staff on March 1, 2021