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Will J.D. Vance change tax law for endowed nonprofits -- from Harvard University to the Ford Foundation — if he becomes vice president? Read this analysis from Chronicle of Philanthropy Senior Reporter Alex Daniels.

"There hasn't been anyone at this height of American politics and policy making who has thought as seriously about these things for more than half a century," Michael Hartmann, senior fellow at the Capital Research Center, said. "Establishment philanthropy and its lobbyists should have at least a little concern now that he's the vice presidential nominee."

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Joining us to discuss foreign funding of higher education and the DETERRENT Act proposed to scrutinize it is Angela Morabito of the Defense of Freedom Institute.

InfluenceWatch Podcast #325: America’s Enemies Funding Universities? -Capital Research Center America's Investigative Think Tank

“According to the Capital Research Center, 28 states in all have voted to ban Zuckerbucks since the 2020 election.”

Trump Fires Warning Shot Regarding 2024 Election: 'Zuckerbucks, Be Careful' "Our whole voting system is under siege," former President Donald Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Tuesday.

CRC is pleased to present some of the most significant additions to InfluenceWatch in the past week:
-Integrity Institute
-Olayan Charitable Trust
-Floridians Protecting Freedom
-Harriet Heyman
-Aileen Getty
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InfluenceWatch Friday -Capital Research Center America's Investigative Think Tank

“The National Task Force on Election Crises is a project of the left-wing Protect Democracy Project, a litigation group created to “oppose” former President Donald Trump’s policies, according to InfluenceWatch.”

Leftist 'Task Force' Is A Who's Who Of Infamous Election Meddlers Among the task force's more than 50 members are some of the most infamous names in the election rigging business.

“The tea leaves here don’t look good, given President Biden’s track record, and given that the Honolulu case is being backed by the Arabella Advisors network, which has been called the Left’s “Dark Money ‘ATM Machine.’”

Can President Biden Resist His Dark Money Allies? Does President Biden have any ability to resist his dark money allies? That question was teed up when the U.S. Supreme Court recently asked for the Biden Department of Justice, through the Solic

"Climate Defiance, which has made headlines for disrupting high-profile events to protest federal officials and politicians in attendance, has received much of its funding via a shadowy pass-through group named the Climate Emergency Fund (CEF), according to Influence Watch."

'F—king Pass the Torch': Clinton-tied Climate Activist Group Goes Scorched Earth Attacking Joe Biden In the weeks since President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance reignited questions about his fitness to serve, Climate Defiance has emerged as one of the loudest voices on the left calling for the president to step aside.

"Today, a struggle that would have ended before it started in the past rages on. On one side are national nonprofit organizations, activist judges, and big donor funding, and on the other are outraged parents and state legislatures. How will this battle end?"

The Battle over Drag Queen Story Hour -Capital Research Center America's Investigative Think Tank

“The skyrocketing revenues of Majority Forward over the years is proof that the Democratic Party establishment is leaning more and more into the use of ‘dark money,’” , an Investigative Researcher at the Capital Research Center, told The Daily Wire. “We can expect that the group’s fundraising will increase even more in 2024. Even though tax forms have a two-year delay in reporting, campaign finance disclosures show that Majority Forward has already moved nearly $40 million to Democrat-aligned Super PACs during the first half of the 2024 cycle.”

Top Dem ‘Dark Money’ Org Sees Secret Donations Skyrocket To Over $120 Million In Single Year One of the top Democrat-aligned dark money organizations has experienced massive growth, with donations surging to over $120 million in its most recent disclosure, according to tax forms obtained by The Daily Wire. The Washington D.C.-based organization, called Majority Forward, raked in a whopping....

“If they really believe the Earth is on fire, then they won’t put out the blaze with wind-powered fire trucks.”

Congress Approves of Nuclear Energy, but There’s Still a $2.3 Billion Annual Opposition -Capital Research Center America's Investigative Think Tank

“Central to Democrats’ efforts is the Voter Participation Center (VPC), a left-wing nonprofit that, despite claiming to be “nonpartisan,” aims to create a “New American Majority” by facilitating “registration of numerous Democratic-leaning voting populations” such as “unmarried women, [racial] minorities and millennials,” according to InfluenceWatch.”

This Left-Wing Nonprofit Uses Voter Data To Juice Dem Turnout A closer look at the Voter Participation Center reveals how it uses harvested voter data to enhance Democrats' election machine.

"American climate alarmists are impossible to please. Recent news about trash management demonstrates they permit no good deed to go unpunished."

Trash Policies of Climate Nonprofits: Opposing Whatever Works -Capital Research Center America's Investigative Think Tank

"Talk about darkness in politics. These folks have popped up a ‘dark money’ group whose name and ads imply it represents bipartisanship, centrism, and border hawk policies. Yet their group is actually a subsidiary of the reelection crusade of one party, not known for border control, and the group has filed federal forms that appear to have failed to disclose its political ties." -CRC President Scott Walter

Schumer's Shell Game: Dark Money Group Disbands Then Resurfaces To Dump Cash into Swing States A new dark money group that has been blanketing swing state airwaves with ads supporting vulnerable Democratic senators has taken steps to conceal its ties to Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer’s (D., N.Y.) super PAC, according to a Washington Free Beacon review of tax records.

"Projects to address social problems do better when centered on an individual’s and community’s unique characteristics."

Big Charity Is Often No More Effective Than Big Government -Capital Research Center America's Investigative Think Tank

"According to Influence Watch:
Demand Justice was established as a project of Sixteen Thirty Fund, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization characterized as “dark money” by critics which hosts a number of similar advocacy groups advocating for a left-wing policy agenda. Demand Justice itself has been characterized by the left-leaning Center for Responsive Politics as a “liberal dark money” group."

Leftists Launch New 'Dangerous and Coordinated' Attack on SCOTUS  

"Is it possible to encourage philanthropy—especially Big Philanthropy—to redirect its vast tax-advantaged resources to fund more consensus “charity?” That would seem to be a worthwhile endeavor, both for the sector and society."

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“Here’s how Capital Research Center (CRC) describes it: ‘PI connects like-minded activists worldwide by organizing and promoting campaigns and developing ‘blueprints’ to share ‘the principles and policies of a progressive international order.’”

Instapundit » Blog Archive » EVER HEAR OF PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL (PI)? Odds are the answer to that question is no because thes EVER HEAR OF PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL (PI)? Odds are the answer to that question is no because these Leftist puppet masters are most interested in organizing protests around the world to advance their thoroughly Marxist agenda. Here’s how Capital Research Center (CRC) describes it: “PI connects...

"The appeal of these kinds of investigative journalism operations is clear: By shifting public opinion and pressuring already-left-leaning media outlets to move even further leftward, all kinds of political power can be cultivated."

ProPublica’s Weaponization of Journalism: The Ugly Truth -Capital Research Center America's Investigative Think Tank

"With the wind very much removed from its sails, the ProPublica series on the Supreme Court continues to fade from relevance as it focuses on more and more specious “scandals,” but a look underneath the hood suggests that ProPublica’s bad journalism might be uglier than it seems."

ProPublica’s Weaponization of Journalism: The Bad -Capital Research Center America's Investigative Think Tank

"The building blocks for a good nonprofit newsroom are there. ProPublica’s data journalism and exportable expertise model should be admired and mimicked by other prospective nonprofit newsmen. Not everything they do is commendable, though."

ProPublica’s Weaponization of Journalism: The Good -Capital Research Center America's Investigative Think Tank

CRC is pleased to present some of the most significant additions to InfluenceWatch in the past week:
-Palestine Digital Activist Forum (PDAF)
-High Tide Foundation
-It Takes Roots (ITR)
-California Faculty Association (CFA)
-Palestine Legal
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InfluenceWatch Friday -Capital Research Center America's Investigative Think Tank

“The forces behind this planned disruption of the presidential debate would like to have you believe that they were triggered by Israel’s ‘genocide. But the truth, based on their own words and actions, is that they are volunteers for an international campaign of terrorism and sedition that wants to dismantle the U.S.” -Ryan Mauro

Far-left groups organize with goal of disrupting 2024 presidential debate - JNS.org Investigative journalist Ryan Mauro told JNS that participants “are almost all pro-Hamas and Communist, or anarchist or anarcho-Communist.”

"If charity … is becoming more and more something only for the wealthier and wealthiest among us, that’s bad, for a lot of reasons. If charity is alternatively defined in the way most people would understand it, there really may be less reason for discouragement." -Michael Hartmann, The Giving Review

Charitable donations after inflation fell for second straight year in 2023 Americans gave less money to charity in 2023 for the second straight year, reversing years of increases as nagging inflation left small donors feeling pinched.

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“It’s important to look at the process, consider the size of the transaction and determine if it’s clear the types of services that board members are providing to the organization. Organizations that enter into contracts with board members should understand that those transactions will be scrutinized more closely because of the potential for private benefits.” -Kristen Eastlick, CRC VP of Research and Communications

Media Matters Paid Over $100,000 To Consulting Firm Owned By Board Member Tom Perez Media Matters for America paid out six figures to a consulting firm owned by one of it s board members, tax forms show.

"Now more than ever, for Americans need to understand the size and scope of the Left’s political machine and to understand that the faces and names they see in the news supporting the current administration might not have landed there organically."

The Arabella Network’s “Dark Money” Fix for Biden’s Economic Messaging Problem -Capital Research Center America's Investigative Think Tank