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.
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The Mellon Foundation’s Monumental Metamorphosis
2020 was an annus horribilis of disease, disruption, civil unrest, and acrimonious politics. It was also a year in which much of the charitable sector expanded its commitment to left-of-center…
The Organization Behind the Karmelo Anthony Case
Anyone following the Karmelo Anthony case has probably heard of the Next Generation Action Network (NGAN) and its controversial president Minister Dominique Alexander. Alexander in center stage at the recent…
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.
What’s Wrong with Ethnic Studies?
In 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation requiring all California high school students to complete Ethnic Studies by the 2025–2026 school year. This divisive new course is riddled with social…
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.
Big Philanthropy’s Most Radical Scholars
Last month, the Marguerite Casey Foundation announced the 2024 winners of its annual Freedom Scholar award, highlighting the work of some of the country’s most prominent leftist activist-academics.
The Marguerite Casey Foundation: “Social Justice Philanthropy”
Big Philanthropy is often rightly criticized for the large share of its grantmaking that supports activism and public policy advocacy, necessarily at the expense of funding for the traditional charitable…
The Marguerite Casey Foundation: A Focus on Group Identity
The most consistent theme running through the Marguerite Casey Foundation’s activities is a central focus on group identity—chiefly race and ethnicity, but also immigration status, sexual orientation, and more—which it…
The Marguerite Casey Foundation: Left-Wing Grantmaking
the Marguerite Casey Foundation’s approach often appears openly political and sometimes virtually impossible to separate from electoral outcomes. As 501(c)(3) organizations themselves, private foundations are categorically prohibited from directly or…