Sequoia Climate Foundation

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #321: The Environmentalist Billionaire You’ve Never Heard Of
You’ve heard of Mike Bloomberg; those longer in years might remember Tom Steyer; deep readers of Capital Research Center might remember Fred Stanback; the billionaire environmentalist donor is a repeating…
by Sarah Lee, Ken Braun, Michael Watson on June 14, 2024

Green Watch
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…
by Ken Braun on June 10, 2024

Green Watch
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…
by Ken Braun on June 10, 2024

Green Watch
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…
by Ken Braun on June 10, 2024

Green Watch
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…
by Ken Braun on June 10, 2024