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…
Tides Foundation
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…
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…
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…
Funding Leftist Groups Is Apparently “Public Health”
The California Endowment, a massive nonprofit born of the health care industry, uses its vast wealth to support “social justice” campaigns and defund-the-police efforts. It’s a lesson in what passes…
Fiscal Sponsorship, the Left, and Beginning to Explore Reform
Most people have never heard of one of the Left’s potent weapons—“fiscal sponsorship”—yet it’s the secret to the legion of liberal activist groups flooding American politics today.
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…
The Left’s Top “Dark Money” Empires Brought in $1.7 Billion in 2019
In 2019 alone, the Left's the four biggest, most influential pass-through funders brought in $1.7 Billion. These “dark money” empires are Arabella Advisors, the Tides Nexus, NEO Philanthropy, and the…
Highlights from Scott Walter’s Answers to Questions for the Record from Sen. Whitehouse
“It is immoral for government to force citizens’ support of public causes to be made known to persons—in government and outside it—who would use the information to harass those citizens,”…
Scott Walter Testifies to a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on “Dark Money”
My preferred definition of “dark money” came from a witty man who said: Dark money is support for speech the Left wants to silence. That definition reveals how “dark money”…