InfluenceWatch Friday
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Stephen Moore’s 2017 Call for Philanthropy Reform in The Wall Street Journal
After describing several tax benefits of which those who create private charitable foundations can take advantage, conservative economics commentator Stephen Moore writes in a November 23, 2017, Wall Street Journal…
The Sequoia Climate Foundation: The “Secretive U.S. Vulture Fund”
Reclusive billionaire C. Frederick Taylor has become a left-wing climate policy influencer to rival Michael Bloomberg. IRS records for 2020 through 2022 show Taylor-funded nonprofits have already spent at least…
The Sequoia Climate Foundation: Following Fred’s Money
Wellspring was originally named the Matan B’Seter Foundation in its first tax filing back in 2001. The Hebrew phrase means “anonymous gift.” Twenty-One was listed as a major donor to…
The Sequoia Climate Foundation: Funding of Anti-Energy Radicals
During those three years of the Sequoia/Wellspring funding, a cumulative total of at least $76.9 million was sent out to 18 of the most strident, anti-energy zealots in the climate…
The Sequoia Climate Foundation: Climate Colonialism
At least $180.5 million of the $450 million in Wellspring/Sequoia climate policy grants given during the 2020 through 2022 donor years—40 percent of the total—went to either nonprofits operating outside…
The Funders of Gun Control Advocacy
Five groups—Everytown, Giffords, Brady, Sandy Hook Promise, and March for Our Lives—accounted for the vast majority of funds raised by American gun control nonprofits. Each of these groups operate both…
Millions in “Dark Money” Bankrolled 2022 State Secretary of State Campaigns
The Left loves to complain about “dark money,” or money given anonymously to political action committees (PACs) by 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations. Meanwhile, the New York Times has reported that…
A Conversation with Philanthropy Journalist Marc Gunther (Part 1 of 2)
The veteran reporter and commentator talks to Michael E. Hartmann about his in-depth examination of Michael Bloomberg’s grantmaking against flavored e-cigarettes, and what it says about the nature and effects…
A Conversation with Philanthropy Journalist Marc Gunther (Part 2 of 2)
The veteran reporter and commentator talks to Michael E. Hartmann about grantmaking and respect for individual agency, and the state of reporting and commentary on funders.