…over $2 million between 2017 and 2021 through his personal foundation and Stand Together Fellowships, formerly known as the Charles Koch Institute. Koch’s political operation opposed the ACA and fought…
Koch Injected Nearly $500 Million into Hundreds of Colleges and Universities Between 2018 and 2022
…by the donor conduits. Funding was channeled through the Charles Koch Foundation, Stand Together Trust, Stand Together Fellowships, and Stand Together Chamber of Commerce, with the foundation contributing the most…
Charles Koch’s “Stand Together” Donor Conduits Move $176 Million into his Network, Higher Education, and Right-Wing Policy, Advocacy, Litigation, and Media Groups in 2022
In 2022, Stand Together Trust and Stand Together Chamber of Commerce contributed over $176 million to groups in Charles Koch’s “Stand Together” constellation of nonprofits as well as to higher…
Constitution in the Crosshairs: The Far Right’s Plan for a New Confederacy
…amendments to the Constitution that would lock in conservative control of the U.S. Supreme Court, impose Congressional term limits, hamstring federal spending, severely limit the Commerce Clause (the basis for…
ALEC Policy Summit Features Push to Legally Force a Constitutional Convention
…needed and making it more difficult for counties trying to finance policies and programs unfunded by state legislatures. Gutting Regulations In the Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force, members…
Dispatches from the COP28 Climate Talks in Dubai
…I understand your concern for prioritizing immediate actions to address today’s real and present harm from legacy CO2 emissions. While it’s challenging to assign a specific numerical ranking, I can…
Koch’s Super PAC Endorses and Will Canvass For Nikki Haley
…super PAC spent, $20 million came from Charles Koch’s conglomerate, Koch Industries, and $26.5 million from the Koch-funded Stand Together Chamber of Commerce. AFP Action is the third largest Republican-aligned…
Charles Koch Foundation Sent $52.6 Million to Colleges and Universities in 2022 to Promote Its Business and Policy Interests
…to right-wing litigation, advocacy, and other tax-exempt groups. The lion’s share of that funding, $1.9 million, went to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Charles Koch is the CEO and…
ALEC’s Stand Your Ground Laws Have Created a Deadly Culture of Shoot-First Vigilantism
…legacy of its Stand Your Ground model legislation. From Castle Doctrine to Stand Your Ground Stand Your Ground laws are an expansion of what’s known as the “Castle Doctrine,” the…
Mock Constitutional Convention Reveals Far Right’s Vision for Rewriting the U.S. Constitution
…mock convention seek to curtail the federal government’s discretionary spending authority, land ownership rights, ability to regulate interstate commerce — and, most radically, power to enforce any federal law or…