In 2021, a fleet of 27 organizations controlled by Charles Koch and other Koch Industries executives spent a combined net total of $656.8 million on political and charitable causes.
Charles Koch’s Campaign to Make Dark Money Even Darker
IRS filings from Charles Koch’s Americans for Prosperity Foundation confirm that the group paid $10 million to the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, which litigated Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta from 2015 through 2021.
Charles Koch’s Shape-Shifting Influence Machine
Charles Koch’s massive influence network is undergoing yet another round of restructuring this year.
Koch Network Uses National Philanthropic Trust to Conceal Transactions
The National Philanthropic Trust helped Charles Koch’s tightly controlled network of nonprofits shield close to $100 million in donations and grants from public view between 2019 and 2021.
Son of a Koch: $1.2 Billion Infusion Into Chase Koch’s Dark Money Group Suggests Political Ambitions
A previously unreported 501(c)(4) “social welfare” political nonprofit called CCKC4 received a giant cash injection of $1.2 billion in 2020, making it a potentially formidable political player.
Koch-Controlled Organizations Spent More Than $1.1 Billion During the 2020 Election Cycle
Nonprofits controlled by Koch Industries executives were valued at $2.8 billion, with $2.7 billion in net revenue.
State Bills to Criminalize Peaceful Protest of Oil & Gas “Critical Infrastructure”
These anti-protest bills adopted by ALEC and by CSG allow prosecutors to impose large fines and felonies, not only on individuals who are arrested, but organizations that are deemed to be supporting those individuals.
ALEC Conference Funding Dominated by Big Polluters
At the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) 2015 annual meeting in San Diego, California, dirty energy companies and their supporters–including ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Duke Energy–continue to dominate the funding of activities, according to a list of conference sponsors obtained jointly by the Center for Media and Democracy and Greenpeace.