Investigating Power
…in 2014—the week has grown rapidly through the backing of advocacy groups and deep pockets of funders focused on promoting charters, vouchers, and tax credits that aid private schools, including…
…has documented Exxon funding for ALEC at least as early as 1981. This funding makes ExxonMobil one of ALEC’s biggest financial supporters as ALEC has promoted legislation, resolutions, presentations, and…
…the face of criticism for its assault on the civil rights movement, the John Birch Society also funded a scholarship program to give college funds to African Americans who were…
…Project, which has received funding from DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund and of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, a project of the Bradley-funded Claremont Institute) Becket Fund for Religious Liberty…
…press in recent months for acknowledging that they help fund NACDL (the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), which does much more than promote better funding for underpaid public defenders…
…other corporations fund ALEC’s operations generally or fund the travel of lawmakers: Chair’s Level ($50,000) PhRMA State Policy Network Convention of States Vice Chair’s Level ($25,000) Altria Conservation Leadership Council*…
…on legislation that has already passed in Utah. This bill prescribes a $75,000,000 funding scheme for technology in schools that would siphon funds for public schools and mandate those funds…
…Bluegrass Institute. A significant chunk of the funding for SPN and its affiliates flows through Donors Trust and Donors Capitol, which are “donor-advised funds” that give funders an added layer…
…declare bankruptcy to “restructure contracts” and address a $1.14 billion budget shortfall instead of raising revenue to meet the need to fund 21st century schools. He also tried to blame…
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…
