Investigating Power
…Education Fund. “VELA invests in everyday entrepreneurs — students, parents, educators, and community leaders — who are envisioning new approaches that meet learners’ and families’ needs,” the fund states on…
…Investments Charitable Gift Fund, another donor advised fund set up to mask the identities of donors. The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), which received close to $1.1 million…
…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…
…advised funds as follows: Bradley Impact Fund ($12.7 million); Vanguard Charitable ($420,572); Greater Horizons ($62,322); and Fidelity Charitable ($20,001). The Bradley Impact Fund is managed by the Bradley Foundation, which…
…companies in exchange for six-figure contributions to a fund to help reelect Republican attorneys general,” Pearson wrote. The State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF), an organization of GOP state treasurers and…
The fast food giant Yum! Brands has reversed its 2012 decision to stop funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and started paying annual dues to an association of right-wing…
…pension funds from taking into account the climate crisis when making investment decisions. ALEC’s top sponsor at this summer’s annual meeting was Consumers’ Research, a Leonard Leo–funded group leading the…
…the GOP. During the 2022 midterm elections, Ellison gave more than $30 million to the Opportunity Matters Fund, a conservative independent expenditure campaign fund — or super PAC — he…
…in their business and investment practices. The largest investments made by these three asset managers are in Exchange Traded Funds (or ETFs), which include a bundle of stocks in a…
One of Leonard Leo’s funding vehicles is once again the top contributor to the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), according to an analysis of the group’s latest 2023 IRS filing…
