The Capital Research Center was established in 1984 to examine how foundations, charities, and other nonprofits spend money and get involved in politics and advocacy, often in ways that donors never intended and would find abhorrent.
From the start, CRC has exposed how those organizations are “captured” by interest groups and used to undermine Americans’ freedoms.
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InfluenceWatch Podcast #360: Charities Against Israel, Charities Against America. There’s an odd thing about the loud demonstrators protesting Israel in the year and a half since the Hamas attacks on the country in October 2023: They don’t like America much either. And now, there’s documentary proof to go along with the suppositions derived from protest […]
Biden Administration Approved $485 Million for Anti-Nuclear Nonprofits. During the last half of the Biden administration, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm began talking up the virtues of reliable, safe, and carbon-free nuclear energy. In August 2024 she called for constructing 98 more of our largest nuclear reactors—enough to power 50 million additional American homes. But as she […]
It’s a simple question: How can “Queers for Palestine,” the slogan on protest signs of pro-Palestinian (or anti-anti-Hamas) protesters, be a thing? (Homosexuality is stigmatized and criminalized in the Palestinian territories, while in Israel it is legal, and in secular spaces not stigmatized. As a practical matter, one would much rather be queer in Tel […]
Everybody Votes Campaign Masquerading as a Charity to Register Democrat Voters. You wouldn’t believe what’s going on behind the scenes at America’s charities. Even though the IRS forbids charities from getting involved in elections, crafty political operatives have been violating those rules and misusing charities to help Democrats win for years. After digging into this […]
Sustainable Development, Agenda 2030, and the Great Reset (full series) Sustainability | Origins | ESG and Social Credit Scores Bad Economics | Maurice Strong | UN History ESG and Social Credit Scores The “sustainability” concept was introduced to the investing world in 2006 with the UN publication “Principles for Responsible Investing” (PRI), which advocated investments that incorporated environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concepts.[1] Once […]