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</div><div><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-spacing: 3.6px;">The Dirty Dozen Funders of Climate Misinformation</h2>A dozen of the largest nonprofits donated $47.8 million to the leading climate denial organizations, accounting for 88% of the funds CMD was able to track down using FY 2014-20 federal tax returns. Half of the traceable funding came from DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund, two donor-advised fund sponsors that pass along their clients’ donations to other charities approved by their boards of directors. While the two funds give exclusively to conservative causes, no restrictions are apparent within that ideology. For instance, CMD was first to report that DonorsTrust is by far the <a href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2020/12/04/dark-money-atm-of-the-conservative-movement-gives-1-5-million-to-white-nationalist-hate-group/" data-wpel-link="internal" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; box-sizing: inherit; transition: all 500ms ease-in-out 0s;">biggest known funder of American white nationalist hate groups</a>.Among the “Dirty Dozen” climate denial financiers are foundations established by the right-wing Bradley, Koch, Mercer, Searle, and Scaife families. The Kochs, Mercers, and other Republican megadonors pour additional money into political groups and electoral campaigns focused on electing right-wing candidates who oppose meaningful action on climate change and often support expanding and deregulating the fossil fuel industry.The funders named in this report have also financed a broader right-wing political strategy to misinform the public about a number of issues and increase GOP voter turnout.“Bad actors are using a tried and tested playbook to weaken public mandates and create confusion [about] viable solutions going forward,” notes Jennie King, head of civic action and education at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, an independent nonprofit dedicated to protecting human rights and reversing polarization, extremism, and disinformation around the world. “This includes weaponizing climate response within a broader ‘culture wars’ frame and conflating it with any supposed controversy, from Covid-19 lockdowns and vaccine mandates to critical race theory, trans rights, or geopolitics.” Leading non-ideological donor-advised fund sponsors connected to the Vanguard and Fidelity financial firms are also among the Dirty Dozen climate misinformation funders.“We cannot solve the climate crisis until we solve the climate misinformation crisis,” U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) told CMD. “It is disappointing that mainstream organizations are still keeping ties with groups that have attacked climate science and legislative solutions. We need to be calling this behavior out publicly, so Americans know which organizations are linked to climate denial efforts.”All nonprofits identified by CMD that gave $10,000 or more to the top climate misinformation groups from 2014–20 are listed in the table below.
tABLE 2Top Nonprofit Climate Denial Funders, 2014-20Numerous charities, private foundations, and trade associations have bankrolled the climate misinformation movement. Page 1 of 4  Table with 9 columns and 53 rows. Currently displaying rows 1 to 15.Donor    2014 2015 2016   2017 2018   2019 2020   TOTAL1 DonorsTrust/Donors Capital Fund $3,293,850 $3,816,850 $3,676,750 $2,422,000 $3,830,200 $2,101,732 $1,416,500 20,557,8822 Searle Freedom Trust $839,500 $589,500 $1,140,000 $940,000 $1,096,000 $754,000 $985,000 6,344,0003 Sarah Scaife Foundation $350,000 $610,000 $842,000 $875,000 $960,000 $715,000 $1,245,000 5,597,0004 Mercer Family Foundation $885,000 $100,000 $1,075,000 $970,000 3,030,0005 Dunn Foundation $1,200,000 $250,000 $325,000 $200,000 $350,000 $350,000 $350,000 3,025,0006 Bradley Foundations $344,376 $318,876 $458,500 $519,000 $280,000 $475,000 $110,000 2,505,7527 American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers $365,000 $275,000 $470,000 $400,000 1,510,0008 Koch Foundations $100,128 $431,891 $333,028 $413,016 $84,000 $99,049 $18,749 1,479,8619 Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $38,500 $228,500 $265,000 $230,000 $235,000 997,00010 Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund $35,525 $21,350 $27,867 $241,355 $212,310 $231,055 $201,952 971,41411 National Philanthropic Trust $150,000 $175,000 $175,500 $176,000 $200,000 876,50012 Bartley J. Madden Foundation $45,000 $270,000 $270,000 $250,000 $30,000 865,00013 Thomas W. Smith Foundation $150,000 $175,000 $200,000 $200,000 725,00014 The 85 Fund $700,000 700,00015 Ed Uihlein Family Foundation $10,500 $129,000 $35,000 $115,000 $115,000 $140,000...<div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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 RECIPIENTs aei 16%, heritage 14, hoover 8% 45 mil$, Manh 6%, cato 5, hudson 5, atlas 4, afp 4, locke 3, heartl 3, reason 3, mrc 3, mercatus 3, ncpa 3, cei 2, spn2, pacif res 2, iwf 1, landmark 1, freedomwork 1 5.3m$ <a href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/232/888/2011-232888152-07c5f82a-9.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/232/888/2011-232888152-07c5f82a-9.pdf</a>  amnesty, some asian rx
 Vanguard Charitable is a top 15 U.S. nonprofit organization* that fulfills its mission to increase charitable giving by administering a donor-advised fund--a tax-effective way to consolidate, accrue, and grant assets to charity. Since our inception in 1997, we have helped donors fulfill their philanthropic goals and make lasting charitable impacts. ---  John J. BrennanVanguard, chairman emeritus and senior advisorUniversity of Notre Dame, trusteeFinancial Industry Regulatory Authority, governorFinancial Accounting Foundation, trustee and past chairmanUnited Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, director
       Pamela Dippel ChoneyWellington Management Company, LLP, retired partner and senior vice presidentWellesley (MA) Scholarship Foundation, trustee and investment committee chairHarvard Business School, fundraising committee member 
       James H. GatelyVanguard, retired managing directorWilliam Penn Foundation, board memberFairmount Park Conservancy, board memberUnited Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, former board member and chair
       Kathleen C. GubanichVanguard, managing director of Human ResourcesAmerican Benefits Council, executive board of directors officerThe Montgomery School, trustee and executive committee member
       Michael F. HollandHolland & Company, LLC investment firm, chairmanHarvard College Fund, executive committee member and former co-chairThe Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States, trustee emeritus
       Christine James-BrownChild Welfare League of America, president and CEOEagles Youth Partnership, directorWilliam T. Grant Foundation, board member Center for Effective Philanthropy, director---<h3 class="dafSubhed" style="padding: 0px; margin: 25px 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Assets and Giving in 2011</h3><div class="dafFactwrap" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 20px; line-height: 24px;">Total assets of all donor-advised funds at the organization: $2.33-billion (+21.3% change from 2010)Total amount donors contributed to their funds: $568.6-million (+18.3%)Total sum donors channeled to charity from their funds: $486.9-million (+3.9%)Number of funds: 7,760 (+11.5%)</div><h3 class="dafSubhed" style="padding: 0px; margin: 25px 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">About the Organization’s Funds</h3><div class="dafFactwrap" style="font-size: small; margin-left: 20px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Average amount in each fund: $300,038 (+8.7%)Minimum amount a donor must supply to open a fund: $25,000Minimum a donor must give each time he or she adds to the fund: $5,000Fees: 0.60% on the first $500,000 of assets; 0.45% on the next $500,000; 0.15% on the next $29-million.</div><h3 class="dafSubhed" style="padding: 0px; margin: 25px 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Contributions to Charities</h3><div class="dafFactwrap" style="font-size: small; margin-left: 20px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Accepts grant applications: NoGrant recipients, a sampling:<ul style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 17px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px; list-style-position: inside; list-style-image: initial;"><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0.625em 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.71429em;">Appalachian Community Fund, Knoxville, Tenn. -- $19,000</li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0.625em 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.71429em;">Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Ill. -- $620,500</li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0.625em 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.71429em;">Minnesota Orchestral Association, Minneapolis -- $2.4-million</li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0.625em 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.71429em;">Physicians for Human Rights, Cambridge, Mass. -- $350,000</li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0.625em 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.71429em;">Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America, Burbank, Calif. -- $51,000</li></ul>To see a full list of all contributions: A list of grants made is available on the organization's <a href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/232/888/2011-232888152-07c5f82a-9.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;">IRS form 990</a>.</div><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px;">Get more information about this fund’s past performance</a> <img class="premium-icon" src="file:///C:/DATAleno/BRAINS/webodec3_brain/Files/D1338581-4AE4-C482-9FBE-F7A9FC7F38D2/PersonalBrain%20Notes/downloadedimagefile0.gif" alt="Premium Link" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />====</div>