Tides

Organization Trends
Unearthing the Tides Nexus: “Dark Money” Pioneer
The modern pass-through funding model dates back to the mid-1970s, when entrepreneurial political activist Drummond Pike created the Tides Foundation, launching the pass-through scheme that now dominates the nonprofit netherworld.
by Hayden Ludwig on March 8, 2022

Organization Trends
Unearthing the Tides Nexus: The Tides Nexus
Since the 1970s, Tides has become a brand that now encompasses eight distinct organizations, seven 501(c)(3) public charities and one 501(c)(4) advocacy group, collectively referred to as the Tides Nexus.
by Hayden Ludwig on March 8, 2022

Organization Trends
Unearthing the Tides Nexus: Incubation
While the Tides Foundation actually started incubating new groups in 1979, it spun off its fiscal sponsorship services into the Tides Center in 1996, possibly to insulate the main group…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 8, 2022

Organization Trends
Unearthing the Tides Nexus: Pushing Policy
Tides Advocacy combines the pass-through and incubation efforts of the Tides Foundation and Tides Center in order to service 501(c)(4) groups, which are allowed to spend significantly more on lobbying…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 8, 2022

CRC in the News
Best of CRC Media Hits for May 2021
May 2021 was another month of prolific output as CRC analysts and experts covered the spectrum of issues—everything from Big Labor and the Biden administration to “Zuck bucks” and the…
by Sarah Lee on June 8, 2021

Commentary, Organization Trends
Riot Funding Could Use Some Sunlight
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently confirmed it had opened a criminal investigation into funding behind the civil unrest. While some members of Congress have called for an investigation, critics…
by Sarah Lee on September 29, 2020

Foundation Watch
A Donor Can Stand Up
(PDF here) Conservatives may not approve of many of the causes that former billionaire Charles Feeney has given money to over the years, but they would agree that he…
by Neil Maghami on April 13, 2015