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.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Report reveals rich out-of-state donors funding Louisiana’s anti-energy movement
A recent report by the Pelican Institute for Public Policy provides a case study on the influence of nonprofit-networks, funded by a small set of powerful foundations, on public policy…
Big Philanthropy “decolonizes” itself
The Decolonizing Wealth Project claims colonialism and racism created America’s richest foundations. They have a $1 trillion plan to redistribute the wealth and it’s getting support from … some of…
The ascent of PolicyLink
A who’s who of left-leaning big philanthropy behemoths has helped turn a once-modest, far-left socialist advocacy nonprofit into a large and rich player in the public policy space. This illustrates…
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.
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.
Eight Things About Big Philanthropy: Getting Bigger
The populist reaction against Big Philanthropy occurs within a broader, including historical, context. Philanthropy overall has grown significantly in recent decades. Big Philanthropy has also become increasingly liberal and progressive,…
Eight Things About Big Philanthropy: More Liberal and Progressive
None of the top 25 private foundations could fairly be characterized as solidly conservative—certainly nowhere close to representing or even reflecting the ascendent populist conservatism that’s given rise to the…
Eight Things About Big Philanthropy: More Politicized
Donald Trump’s initial political ascendancy in 2016 cannot fairly be considered a product, or even an indirect beneficiary, of conservative philanthropy. Conservative donors of all types, in fact, were caught…
Eight Things About Big Philanthropy: Renewed Public Scrutiny
The populist backlash against Big Philanthropy—coming from both conservatives and progressives—does not seem to be a fleeting phenomenon. It is borne of deep concerns about power, representation, and the role…