Foundation Watch

Foundation Watch is a monthly newsletter put out by the Capital Research Center that looks at the grant making of private foundations.

Recent contributors
Recent contributors to Foundation Watch include:

When is a foundation not a foundation? When it gives away other foundations&#8217; money. 
 * Ron Arnold, the Executive Director of the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
 * Neil Hrab from the Competitive Enterprise Institute
 * Martin Morse Wooster
 * John Carlisle, the editor of Foundation Watch
 * Robert Lerner partner in Lerner and Nagai Quantitative Consulting
 * Althea K. Nagai partner in Lerner and Nagai Quantitative Consulting
 * Robert Huberty CRC's Executive Vice-President and Director of Research
 * David RiggsDirector of CRC's Greenwatch
 * Gretchen Randall partner in Chicago PR company Winningreen
 * Tom Randall partner in Chicago PR company Winningreen
 * Ivan G. Osorio, Editorial Director at the Competitive Enterprise Institute;
 * Patrick Reilly, who edited ''Foundation Watch until approximately 2000.

Recent editions

 * Patrick Reilly, "Not a grassroots campaign: foundations, government bankroll anti-tobacco crusade", Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, August 1998. (&#8220;Substantial research assistance was provided by Koch Foundation fellow Karen Jones, a junior classics major at the University of Dallas and Brendan Scanlon, a junior history major at Boston College&#8221;).
 * Patrick Reilly, Smoking out the gun industry: foundations repeat anti-tobacco tactics in assault on guns, Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, August 1999. (&#8220;Substantial research assistance was provided by Koch Foundation fellow Karen Jones, a junior classics major at the University of Dallas and Brendan Scanlon, a junior history major at Boston College&#8221;).
 * Patrick Reilly, "The Tides Foundation and Center: unusual philanthropies funnel money to activist groups", Foundation Watch, January 1998.
 * Ron Arnold, &#8220;Tides Foundation&#8217;s Activist Network exerts &#8216;undue influence&#8217;&#8221;, Foundation Watch, April 2000.
 * Robert Lerner and Althea K. Nagai, &#8220;Explorations in non-profits: Part 1: Trends and disparities&#8221;, Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, June 2002.
 * Robert Lerner and Althea K. Nagai, &#8220;Explorations in non-profits: Part 2: Environmentalists gain ground: education and human service nonprofits remain dominant in &#8216;90s&#8221;, Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, July 2002.
 * Martin Morse Wooster, "Nation&#8217;s leading foundations violate donor intent: foundations funding America&#8217;s left have conservative origins", Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, October 2002.
 * Neil Hrab, "George Soros: a bridge to radicalism: Soros funds a leftwing network addressing media, legal and social issues", Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, February 2003.
 * John K. Carlisle, "Feminist movement exploits sports to advance agneds: &#8216;gender equity&#8217; groups and think tanks target professional and collegiate athletics&#8217;", Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, June 2003.
 * Robert Huberty and David Riggs, "NGO Accountability: what the U.S. can teach the U.N.: applying U.S. nonprofit disclosure laws to international NGOs", Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, July 2003.
 * Neil Hrab, "A look at the Macarthur Foundation", Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, August 2003.
 * Neil Hrab, "The Macarthur Foundation on foreign policy and defense: funding the left&#8217;s counterattack on Bush Administration policies", Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, September 2003.
 * Martin Morse Wooster, "The Ford Foundation: it keeps a low profile, but funds government entitlements, racial preferences, legal activists", Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, October 2003.
 * Ivan G. Osorio, "The international green agenda: U.S. foundations support environmental activists on the world stage", Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, November 2003.
 * Gretchen Randall and Tom Randall, &#8220;Tides Foundation: liberal crossroads of money and ideas&#8221;, Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, December 2003.
 * John Carlisle, George Soros: his plan to defeat George Bush: part 1: philanthropist gives millions to America Coming Together (ACT), Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, February 2004.
 * John Carlisle, George Soros and MoveOn.org: his plan to defeat George Bush: part 2: his money and the internet are new tools for advocacy politics, Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, March 2004.
 * Ron Arnold &#8220;The Heinz foundations and the Kerry campaign: one has money, the other needs money&#8221;, Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, April 2004.
 * Ron Arnold, &#8220;The Pew Charitable Trusts: global warming power nexus&#8221;, Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, May 2004.