Influencewatch
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| Wiki-format website established to examine how foundations, charities, and other nonprofits spend money and get involved in politics and advocacy |
Influencewatch is a wiki-format website of individual and organizational influencers in U.S. politics. While having a decidedly Republican predominance in its board and staff[1], thus mostly focusing on "left wing" groups and people, it is a very useful resource to reveal hidden money connections.
Own words
"Influencewatch is a project of the think-tank The Capital Research Center, which 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.[2]
From the start, CRC has exposed how those organizations are "captured" by interest groups and used to undermine Americans’ freedoms. They study unions, environmentalist groups, and a wide variety of nonprofit and activist organizations. We also keep an eye on crony capitalists who seek to profit by taking advantage of government regulations and by getting their hands on taxpayers’ money.
Capital Research Center conceived of this project after identifying a need for more fact-based, accurate descriptions of all of the various influencers of public policy issues. Many so-called "watchdog" groups are instead opponents of the outlets they are watching.
CRC has a perspective on the public policy process as well, but this resource is more important than that. We let the information speak for itself—information that frequently is not cited in reports about these individuals and organizations. InfluenceWatch brings unprecedented transparency to the funding, motives, and interconnections of the entities profiled."[3]
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Influencewatch, as of 2024, referenced "the conspiracy theory that the terrorist attacks of September 11".[4]
