This section of DiscoverTheNetworks examines the assets and the grant-making patterns of many foundations that are among the leading donors to leftist causes, and it documents the degree to which donations made by such foundations exceed those made by their conservative counterparts. Moreover, this section examines the diverse and interrelated agendas of leftist foundations and the organizations they bankroll. These include such agendas as:
Finally, this section also explores the very large extent to which American corporations fund leftist groups and causes.
Left vs. Right Funding Summary
By Michael Bauer
2011
Top Funders of the Left (Spreadsheet)
By Michael Bauer
2011
Top Funders of the Right (Spreadsheet)
By Michael Bauer
2011
Additional Charts Examining Left & Right Funding (Spreadsheets)
Compiled by Michael Bauer
2011
Top Organization Contributors
By OpenSecrets.org
AGENDAS OF LEFTIST FOUNDATIONS & THEIR GRANTEES
Guide to the George Soros Network
By Discover The Networks
Organizations Funded by George Soros & His Open Society Foundations
By Discover The Networks
The Billions of Dollars that Made Things Worse
By Heather MacDonald
Autumn 1996
Do More Than Give: A Particularly Dangerous Book [a look at the agendas of leftist funders]
By Jeff Cain
August 31, 2011
How We Got Here: Foundations Fund Open Borders Agenda
By Phil Kent
June 21, 2007
CORPORATE FUNDING OF THE LEFT
Funding Liberalism with Blue-Chip Profits
By David Hogberg and Sarah Haney
August 2006
Patterns In Corporate Philanthropy: Corporate America Gets Failing Grade for Funding Liberal Activism
By Christopher Morris
August 2002
Patterns of Corporate Philanthropy: A Mandate for Reform
By Mona Charen and Christopher Yablonski
2001
Corporate Giving: The Case for Enlightened Self-Interest
By Edward H. Crane
1991
The Green Counter-Establishment: How It Holds Power
By Bonner R. Cohen
June 6, 2006
The Permanent Shakedown Left
By David Hogberg
November 10, 2005
GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF THE LEFT
Government Funding of the Left
By Michael Bauer
May 2011
Government Funding of the Left (spreadsheet)
By Michael Bauer
September 2011