New Documents Show ALEC Targeting School Board and Other Local Races
This piece is published in partnership with True North Research, and is viewable on its site here. Recent documents acquired by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) reveal a new initiative...
View Article“Dark Money ATM” Injected Right-Wing Groups with $123 Million in 2021
DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund, the favorite donor conduits of the Koch political network, distributed $123 million in grants in 2021 to right-wing advocacy groups, litigation centers, media...
View ArticleCharles Koch Distributes $82 Million to 140 Colleges and Universities
Billionaire Charles Koch’s personal foundation disclosed $81.7 million in grants to 140 colleges and universities in its 2021 IRS filing, the latest obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy...
View ArticleALEC Lawmakers and Corporate Lobbyists Meet in D.C. to Debate Rewriting the...
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meets this week in Washington, D.C., for its annual States and Nation Policy Summit at the four-star Grand Hyatt Washington, where rewriting the U.S....
View ArticleALEC Ditches Free Market and Limited Government Principles at its 50th Annual...
Republican state lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, and right-wing operatives are descending on Orlando this week for the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) ready to...
View ArticleAfter 50 Years, This Right-Wing Law Factory Is Crazier Than Ever
This story, produced in collaboration with the Center for Media and Democracy, first appeared in The American Prospect. With the political media’s attention firmly fixed on Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL)...
View ArticleDonorsTrust Funneled $134 Million to Right-Wing Groups in 2022
To hide their identities from public scrutiny, megadonors used the Koch political network’s favorite conduit, DonorsTrust, to funnel $134 million in 2022 to groups promoting the Right’s culture wars...
View ArticleCharles Koch Foundation Sent $52.6 Million to Colleges and Universities in...
Charles Koch contributed $52.6 million in grants to colleges and universities through his Charles Koch Foundation in 2022, an analysis of the personal foundation’s latest IRS filing obtained by the...
View ArticleALEC Policy Summit Features Push to Legally Force a Constitutional Convention
State lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, and right-wing operatives got together in Scottsdale, Arizona last week for the 2023 States and Nation Policy Summit hosted by the American Legislative Exchange...
View ArticleBradley Funneled $86 Million to Right-Wing Litigation, Policy, Media, Youth...
The Milwaukee-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and its “aligned” donor advised fund funneled a total of $86.4 million to right-wing litigation outlets, national and state policy groups, media...
View ArticleCharles Koch’s “Stand Together” Donor Conduits Move $176 Million into his...
In 2022, Stand Together Trust and Stand Together Chamber of Commerce contributed over $176 million to groups in Charles Koch’s “Stand Together” constellation of nonprofits as well as to higher...
View ArticleKoch Injected Nearly $500 Million into Hundreds of Colleges and Universities...
Nonprofits controlled by Charles Koch funneled $458.7 million to 338 higher education beneficiaries between 2018 and 2022, according to a Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) analysis of IRS filings by...
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Wisconsin Right-Wing Litigation Center Grooms School Board Members
On April 12, the right-wing Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) hosted a School Board Summit outside of Milwaukee for the state’s school board members and candidates. The Noah Webster...
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