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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

Organization Trends
Left-Wing Tides Nexus Raised $1.5 Billion in 2021
The Arabella Advisors network has recently dominated the news cycle after raking in $1.6 billion in 2021, but other groups, like the infamous Tides Nexus have recently brought in massive…
by Parker Thayer on March 17, 2023

Foundation Watch
Blueing Kansas
The left’s multi-million-dollar activist machine is turning its sights on Kansas, a red state they hope to flip blue—and there is no shortage of get out the vote money for…
by Hayden Ludwig on February 24, 2023

Deception & Misdirection
Arabella’s “Dark Money” Wants to Silence Free Speech
Enemies of free speech apparently feel right at home in the country’s largest “dark money” lobbying empire. Case-in-point, the Dangerous Speech Project aims to “inoculate” Americans against right-wing “hate” and…
by Hayden Ludwig on January 31, 2023

Foundation Watch
A Cool $21 Billion for Politics—Courtesy of George Soros
New filings reveal that George Soros’s nonprofit empire has poured out nearly $21 billion since 2000, making him perhaps the biggest ATM for leftist political causes in the world. At…
by Hayden Ludwig on January 4, 2023

Foundation Watch
Omidyar’s Political Machine: From Tech Billionaire to Mega-Donor [REPOST]
Pierre Omidyar is hardly a household name, but he fits the typical mold of left-wing billionaire. He’s a tech mogul turned philanthropist, whose “charity” flows to hundreds of groups involved…
by Hayden Ludwig on December 28, 2022