The Democracy Alliance's Grant Recipients
By Discover The Networks
January 2011
Because
the Democracy Alliance (DA) has largely refrained from providing information
about its giving,
only a small percentage of the Alliance's donees are known to the public.1
Thus it is impossible to determine precisely how much money DA has
disbursed since its inception. Most estimates, though, place the
figure at more than $100 million.2
One source―Alliance
partner (i.e., member) Simon Rosenberg―claimed
in
August 2008 that DA had already “channeled
hundreds of millions of dollars
into progressive organizations.”3
Below are
the
names
of a number of DA's known donees -- and,
in certain cases, the sums
they have received from the Alliance.4 The Capital Research Center has done extensive research in identifying these donees, many of whom have financial and ideological ties to George Soros and the
Open Society Institute that long predate their connections to the
Democracy Alliance.5
ACORN:
DA founder Rob Stein has called
this pro-socialist, notoriously corrupt
“community organization” a “tough-minded” and “very
responsible” group.6
Air
America Radio:
When this left-leaning radio station was
on
the verge of bankruptcy in early 2006, it received a funding
commitment
of $8 million from DA.7
America
Votes:
This
voter-mobilization coalition has
received
at least $6
million in DA-approved funding commitments from George Soros.
Election
Administration Fund:
Housed at the Tides Foundation in San Francisco, this entity has
received at least $2.5 million in DA money for its
voter-registration and get-out-the-vote efforts―plus
some $1 million from George Soros's Open Society Institute.
New
Organizing Fund:
This group, which “train[s]
prospective progressive campaign workers in online campaign and
organizing techniques,”
has accepted donations
directly from DA members George Soros and Deborah Rappaport.11
Progressive
Majority:
Working
to help “promising
progressive candidates” get elected to state and political
offices, this group has
received
at least $5 million in DA
grants.12
Secretary
of State Project: This organization promotes the election of Democratic secretaries of state in key battleground states.
Sierra
Club: One of the America’s most influential environmentalist groups, the Sierra Club views industrial activity as inherently harmful to the natural world.
United
States Student Association:
This group is “dedicated
to training, organizing, and developing a base of student leaders”
who will become “social justice” activists.13
USAction:
This group favors
increased government spending on social-welfare programs and public
education.14