Foreign Charities Contributed $2 Billion to Left-Wing Groups, Policies in US.
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"The United States has laws preventing foreign nationals and governments from giving money to candidates, political committees, and Super PACs, and from participating in a campaign’s decision-making.
"However, according to the report, many other politically active groups in the United States are not required to publicly disclose donations from these and other foreign groups, creating aloophole to influence policy-making.
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"Foreign donors can also pay for lobbying, think tanks, litigation, higher education, issue advocacy, voter registration drives, get-out-the-vote drives, newsrooms, door knocking, and ballot harvesting.
“Behind the scenes of climate litigation, lobbying, and advocacy campaigns are foreign financers eager to bankroll the next advocacy fight to enact their vision for our country, undermine our energy independence, promote civic unrest, and ultimately, weaken America,” the report stated.
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Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
"… British billionaire activist and hedge fund manager Christopher Hohn… operates the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation.
"…funding climate legislation; anti-fossil fuel protests; diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives; and other social justice policies.'
The foundation has a $6 billion endowment and is funded by Hohn’s $60 billion activist hedge fund, which has donated more than $553 million to dozens of U.S.-based organizations, nonprofits, and businesses since 2014…
“The threat of [the foundation] unwittingly being used by the CCP to spread anti-American propaganda clandestinely across the country only further amplifies the danger of the foreign influence Hohn’s organizations are exerting on American politics and policy,” the report said.
Quadrature Climate Foundation
"The Quadrature Climate Foundation, created in 2019 by British billionaires Greg Skinner and Suneil Setiya, is dedicated to addressing what it calls the climate emergency…given almost $530 million to U.S.-based groups to influence energy policy, according to the report.
KR Foundation
"The KR Foundation—also a climate and environmental activist organization—was created in 2014 and has spent more than $36 million to shape U.S. policy and phase out fossil fuels…
"The group funded “everything from climate litigation to U.S. climate protests to pushing back against pro-energy legislation at the state level,” Americans for Public Trust stated.
Oak Foundation
The Oak Foundation, created in 1983 by British billionaire Alan Parker, has backed environmentalist positions, including supporting opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline…advocates for zero-carbon targets and the Paris Climate Accord’s goals.
"The Oak Foundation has contributed at least $8.2 million to the Tides Center, affiliated with the Tides Network… The center funds an immigration rights group called Opportunity Agenda that supports abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Laudes Foundation
"The Laudes Foundation, founded by the Brenninkmeijer family, has given almost $20 million to 17 U.S.-based groups, according to the report.
"“…established as a philanthropic venture to tackle, among other things, climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and social inequality,” the report stated. It seeks to influence policymakers in the financial sector, and businesses.
Reforms Needed
"Americans for Public Trust stated, “Reforms are needed to prevent undue foreign influence in U.S. policy fights, as foreign money coming into the United States can undermine our sovereignty and weaken our energy independence.”
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"Some states are already passing laws restricting foreign adversaries from purchasing land or banning foreign contributions to state ballot issue campaigns, according to the report.
Other states are creating laws for greater transparency of foreign gifts and contracts.
"The report stated that foreign money can still fund U.S.-based organizations and nonprofitsvirtually unchecked,despite some added restrictions. Americans for Public Trust suggested that state and federal authorities investigate the extent of foreign giving in the United States, and whether laws were broken by the foreign groups.
“Lawmakers should consider policy reforms that comprehensively address foreign influence, while also investigating and holding groups and foreign nationals who violate the law accountable,”the group stated."
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