Investigating Power
…receptive policymakers, symbiotic relationship with grassroots groups, and committed local funding support. WILL has received significant “local funding” from two other major sources, the Kern Family Foundation (KFF) and the…
…David Koch Foundation funded one group, and the two donor-advised fund (DAF) sponsors, DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund, have financed many of these same outfits. Charles and his late brother,…
…president. Who might be funding these ads? The answer is tricky because both groups–the American Action Network (AAN), which is closely tied to House Republican leadership, and the pro-Trump America…
…fundraising period. That amount includes contributions to RAGA’s related entities such as the Rule of Law Defense Fund, a 501(c)(4) dark-money group founded in 2014 and funded by Koch-linked political…
…Ed. Sec. Arne Duncan’s speech writer, Peter Cunningham, about creating a billionaire-funded, ed-reform blog to defend ed reformers against “being piled on” by non-funded, grass-roots-emergent, pro-traditional-public-ed bloggers. (Sad but true.)…
…to media organizations by roughly $1 million in 2018. Koch has generally funded right-wing organizations such as the Daily Caller News Foundation, which funds much of the content on the…
…Colleges Receive $84.4 Million CKF dispersed two-thirds of the $127.5 million in 2018 to universities and colleges, or a total or $84.4 million. George Mason University, host to the Koch-funded…
…plutocrats in backing the nominee. In 2018, the Bradley Impact Fund gave $32,500. DAFs Donor-advised funds Fidelity Charitable and the Schwab Charitable Fund contributed roughly $151,000 and $177,000, respectively, in…
…groups could serve as a game plan for these groups and their allies to try to sway outcomes in future contests. Although the sources of these dark money funds are…
…climate and energy at the World Wildlife Fund. Koch also spent money trying to pass H.R. 431, which would repeal Corporate Average Fuel Economy or CAFE standards. The bill, introduced…
