Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)

Deception & Misdirection
Mark Zuckerberg, CTCL, and 2020 Election Irregularities
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan gave $350 million to a “nonpartisan” nonprofit, the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), which in turn regranted the funds to thousands of governmental election…
by CRC Staff on December 28, 2021

Deception & Misdirection
More of Zuckerberg’s Election Fund
Leftist mega-donor Mark Zuckerberg channeled hundreds of millions of dollars to the infamous Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) prior to the 2020 election through a major pass-through used almost…
by Hayden Ludwig on December 20, 2021

Foundation Watch
Philanthropy for “Citizens of the World”: Community Foundations
America has always had its patricians, but as the word suggests, they saw themselves as patriotic “fathers” of their country, and their wealth and prestige were tied up in their…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 20, 2021

Foundation Watch
Philanthropy for “Citizens of the World”: Grants
So which politically active organizations are the biggest beneficiaries of community foundation money? To sift through tens of thousands of grants and avoid cherry-picking recipients, we identified nonprofits that are…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 20, 2021

Foundation Watch
Philanthropy for “Citizens of the World”: Donors
Community foundation grants ultimately originated with (mostly) anonymous donors, not the community foundations themselves, which serve as conduits for donor-advised-fund account holders. The largest community foundation givers on this list…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 20, 2021

Foundation Watch
Philanthropy for “Citizens of the World”: What Is Philanthropy For?
Who does philanthropy serve? Until we answer that question—one that our forebears understood—community foundations, private foundations, and 501(c) groups are immaterial. Philanthropos is the love of mankind rooted in the…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 20, 2021

CRC in the News
The “Quiet” Funding of the Left’s Agenda
Hayden Ludwig appeared on Newsmax to discuss his work on Big Philanthropy and how it funds a great deal of the left-leaning political activism surfacing in myriad ways in modern…
by Hayden Ludwig on August 27, 2021

Philanthropy
Local Philanthropy Isn’t Local for ‘Citizens of the World’
America’s liberal plutocrats’ “philanthropy” is more political than charitable and utterly disconnected from its roots in Christianity’s love for one’s fellow man. It isn’t only the Ford Foundation or George…
by Hayden Ludwig on August 11, 2021

Green Watch
Eco-Right Groups Rake in More Left-Wing Money
There’s no shortage of cash for groups pushing global warming policies. New filings reveal funding from major liberal donors to two members of the eco-Right, global warming groups that present…
by Hayden Ludwig on August 4, 2021

Philanthropy
Big Philanthropy is Not America’s Friend
When considering big liberal donors, most people tend to think of George Soros or the Ford Foundation. Forgotten are scores of megadonors that few non-philanthropoids have heard of. Yet these…
by Hayden Ludwig on July 13, 2021