…funders once its actual legislative agenda and its operations receive public scrutiny. As CMD has reported, ALEC’s funding was down by at least $1.3 million in 2013, nearly 20% of…
Who Is Behind the National Right to Work Committee and its Anti-Union Crusade?
…Work Committee, while the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation gave a $15,000 grant to the NRTWLDF, which has also received significant funding from the Koch-connected DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund….
One of the Koch Family-Controlled Foundations Has Quietly Folded
…SPN in 2013 which detailed the Koch funding of that network. “At least 13 SPN think tanks, not including SPN itself or SPN associate members, have received funding directly from…
Peabody Energy Lobbyist Schools Legislators on Getting More ALEC Travel Perks
…chairs is to solicit funds from corporations for the ALEC “scholarship fund,” which raises more than $600,000 per year and which enables legislators to travel for free to ALEC conferences,…
The State Policy Network’s Cozy Relationship with Big Tobacco
…key funders (bolded funders have also funded ALEC): Giving $1.5 million or more: Donors Capital Fund Giving $250,000 to $600,000: DonorsTrust Inc. Northern Trust Charitable Giving Program (a donor-advised fund)…
SPN: Right-Wing Stink Tanks Pushing the ALEC Agenda in the States
…— of a total reported 129 grants that year — were from mysterious sources: the “State Think Tank Fund”, the “Government Transparency Fund” and the “Paul Revere Fund.” A fourth…
Tracie Sharp: Bursar of Mystery Money and “IKEA Model” Materials to Stink Tanks
…were listed as being received from the “State Think Tank Fund” and the “Government Transparency Fund,” respectively — two funds about which virtually nothing is known (one recipient of money…
Keystone Academy: Where Legislators Learn the Etiquette of Serving Special Interests
…threat to the tar sands industry, because it might restrict the U.S. market for fuels derived from the tar sands. AFPM, which has funded one of the other groups on…
“Elections Confidential” Report Reveals Role of Dark Money Nonprofits and Shell Corporations in 2012
…who—or what—actually provided much of the funding, or even if those funds came from American individuals or corporations,” said Brendan Fischer, Staff Counsel at the Center for Media and Democracy….
Right-Wing Operatives Take Up ALEC’s Voter Suppression Agenda
…from Friends of Jack Abramoff? Over the years, NCPPR has received funding from numerous charitable foundations created by billionaires and millionaires who are funding an array of right-wing ventures to…