Rockefeller Foundation

Foundation Watch
The Private Investments of Private Foundations: Capitalism for Me, But Not for Thee
The specifics of a given foundation’s investments—indeed, whether those investments are properly disclosed and itemized at all—is rather less relevant when that foundation’s grantmaking evidences wholesale antagonism to market capitalism…
by Robert Stilson on February 17, 2022

Foundation Watch
The Private Investments of Private Foundations: Depoliticize Philanthropy
The point here is not that foundation investments should be politicized. They should not. Foundations should, however, abide by what appear to be unambiguous IRS transparency instructions and be prepared…
by Robert Stilson on February 17, 2022

Foundation Watch
Who Are Arabella’s Big-Dollar Donors?
The “dark money” network created and run by Arabella Advisors is perhaps the most powerful and, until recently, the least-reported-on player in Washington politics. Tracing the Arabella network’s donors is…
by Hayden Ludwig on January 27, 2022

Green Watch
Rise of the Eco-Right
The Capital Research Center broke the news on liberal mega-donors secretly bankrolling leading members of the eco-Right, which advocate for carbon taxes and other burdensome regulations to address the supposed…
by CRC Staff on December 27, 2021

Deception & Misdirection
Democrats [Tried to Use] the Same 2020 Election Shenanigans to Overtake Virginia This Year
In Virginia, Democrats tried to ensure a McAuliffe win and a subsequent retention of power in the state and U.S. Senate by using the same tactic they used in the…
by Hayden Ludwig on November 3, 2021

Green Watch
Rise of the Eco-Right
The “eco-Right” is CRC's name for “the few dozen lobbying, litigation, and activist nonprofits that identify themselves as free market or broadly right-of-center and yet are attempting to rebrand environmentalism and…
by Hayden Ludwig on October 11, 2021

Special Report
Rise of the Eco-Right
The “eco-Right” is the few dozen lobbying, litigation, and activist nonprofits that identify themselves as free market or broadly right-of-center and yet are attempting to rebrand environmentalism and global warming…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 7, 2021

Foundation Watch
The Gates Foundation Funding of the Second Green Revolution
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent billions funding a “second Green Revolution,” which is appearing to have devastating effects. The foundation funds groups like the Alliance for a…
by John Byrne on May 28, 2021

Green Watch
BankFWD and the Private Pressure for Paris
A new campaign called BankFWD—recently announced in a New York Times column—seeks to use the “collective wealth and public standing” of its members to pressure major banks to commit to…
by Robert Stilson on November 10, 2020

Philanthropy
Chuck Feeney and his “Giving While Living” Ethic
This article is crossposted from Philanthropy Daily – published July 6, 2017 If someone asked me to sum up best practices in philanthropy in one sentence, I’d respond, “Study…
by Martin Morse Wooster† on July 24, 2017