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The story of an Indigenous nation fighting for its water, an environmental nonprofit facing extinction, and an energy giant using the courts to punish protestors.
drilled.media
December 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Heritage doled out $9 mil in grants in 2024. The largest grant of $3.5 mil went to its Daily Signal publication. Its next largest grants of $1 mil went to the 170 Freedom Milwaukee 2024 Host Committee and the Trump Vance Inaugural Committee. We published the full list of 2024 grants on Sourcewatch.
Heritage Foundation - SourceWatch
www.sourcewatch.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Consumers' Research top identifiable funding sources are:
DonorsTrust: $33,888,100 (2013–24)
National Philanthropic Trust: $2,045,000 (2020-2023)
Donor Advised Charitable Giving: $1,745,600 (2021; 2023)
National Christian Charitable Foundation: $1,000,500 (2022)
Rowling Foundation: $500,000 (2021)
December 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Consumers' Research paid out $803K in grants in 2024, the largest of $468K went to its close ally in the fight against "woke capitalism," ESG, & DEI, the State Financial Officers Foundation.
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Consumers’ Research – State Financial Officers Foundation
sfofexposed.org
December 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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CMD first reported last month that the "dark money ATM" DonorsTrust funneled $21.3 million to America First Legal in 2024 some of which was designated for “matching the challenge to address election integrity” and “to stop election interference at the state level.”
Dark Money Donor Conduit Funneled $195 Million to Right-Wing Groups in 2024 - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Last year DonorsTrust, the preferred donor advised fund of the Koch political network, distributed $195.3 million in grants to the more than 300 right-wing influence groups, litigation centers, media ...
www.exposedbycmd.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM