Donations have surged to groups linked to conservative Project 2025

[Eugene]

Source: NBC News

Donations have surged to groups linked to conservative Project 2025

Nov. 17, 2023, 2:17 PM EST / Updated Nov. 17, 2023, 6:18 PM EST
By Katherine Doyle

WASHINGTON — The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, stepped up efforts to boost its Project 2025 initiative by ramping up grants to the venture aimed at creating a “government-in-waiting” for the next Republican presidential administration, according to a new tax filing.

The foundation distributed over $1.67 million in grants in 2022 — including a total of $965,000 to organizations on the advisory board of Project 2025, tax records show. These donations accounted for 58% of Heritage’s total grant-making in 2022. It also distributed $400,000 to its political arm, Heritage Action for America.

By comparison, in 2021, the foundation contributed only $174,000 to other nonprofit organizations. In 2022, contributions to the Heritage Foundation also increased, to $95 million, a jump of 26% compared to the previous year.

The filing was first shared with NBC News by Accountable.US, a progressive advocacy group.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/donations-surged-groups-linked-conservative-project-2025-rcna125638

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A few recent related DU threads:
• Project 2025, is a blueprint for a totalitarian country. Trump's aides have been very busy.
• Is It Just Me, or does Project 2025 Scare the Crap out of you?
• The Far-Right Playbook for American Authoritarianism: Project 2025

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Headline makes it sound like a grass roots movement

It's really stealth marketing by a subversive organization.

[Qutzupalotl]

3. Astroturf is expensive

but money is not a problem for these groups. It's the lipstick on the pig part that's the problem.