InfluenceWatch Friday
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Wellspring Philanthropic
The ascent of PolicyLink
A who’s who of left-leaning big philanthropy behemoths has helped turn a once-modest, far-left socialist advocacy nonprofit into a large and rich player in the public policy space. This illustrates…
Fred Taylor’s world war against energy
A mysterious American billionaire has become one of the major funders of the climate nonprofits fighting a global war against nearly 90 percent of the energy that makes civilization possible.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Soft Eyes for Criminal Justice Solutions: Nonprofit Donations
We have more people in prison per capita than almost every other nation, San Francisco is being overrun by thieves, and other big cities have recently set new records for…
Soft Eyes for Criminal Justice Solutions: A Tale of Four Cities
Some big cities have recently become sharply worse, but the full picture is more complicated. In 2021, records were set for total murders in 10 of America’s 40 most populated…
Soft Eyes for Criminal Justice Solutions: The Soros Prosecutors
Since 2016, according to research tabulated by the Capital Research Center, the network of political committees funded by George Soros have contributed $35 million to the election of left-wing district…