CAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER
1513 16TH STREET NW, WASHINGTON, DC 200361480 www.capitalresearch.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: CAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER EXAMINES HOW INDIVIDUAL DONORS, FOUNDATIONS, CHARITIES, AND OTHER NONPROFITS SPEND MONEY TO INFLUENCE POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY.

RESEARCH : CRC CONDUCTS RESEARCH ON THE NONPROFIT SECTOR (INCLUDING FOUNDATIONS, CHARITIES, ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER TAX-EXEMPT ENTITIES) AND PROVIDES THE PUBLIC WITH INFORMATION ON HOW THE SECTOR INFLUENCES POLITICS AND THE PUBLIC POLICY PROCESS. CRC SHARES ITS RESEARCH THROUGH REGULAR PRINT PUBLICATIONS, A DYNAMIC WEBSITE (CAPITALRESEARCH ORG), EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS, SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, AND OTHER OUTLETS. CRC'S RESEARCH SPECIALTIES INCLUDE INVESTIGATING POLITICAL ADVOCACY GROUPS, OTHER TAX-EXEMPT SPECIAL INTEREST ENTITIES (EDUCATION AND CONSUMER ADVOCACY GROUPS), SOCIAL WELFARE GROUPS, AND OTHERS, FOUNDATIONS, INDIVIDUAL DONORS, AND GRANT-MAKING ORGANIZATIONS, LABOR UNIONS, THEIR MISSION, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS, AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, AND ENVIRONMENTALIST GROUPS, THEIR MISSION, SOURCES OF SUPPORT, AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. CRC ALSO PROFILES OTHER INFLUENCERS, INCLUDING THE MEDIA AND WELL-KNOWN ACTIVISTS AND POLICYMAKERS. CRC PRODUCED SEVEN (7) PRINT/MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS OF LONG-FORM ARTICLES AND POPULATED THE WEBSITE WITH 10-15 POSTS PER WEEK OF ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY. IN ADDITION, CRC RELEASED TWO SPECIAL REPORTS ("BIG MONEY IN DARK SHADOWS: ARABELLA ADVISORS' HALF-BILLION DOLLAR 'DARK MONEY' NETWORK AND "THE MYTH OF NON-PARTISAN DISTRICTS: AN EXPERIMENT IN REDISTRICTING REFORM"), AND A NEW WEBSITE, DARKMONEYATM.COM. IN 2019, CRC ENTERED INTO A FISCAL SPONSORSHIP ARRANGEMENT TO PROVIDE FIDUCIARY OVERSIGHT, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO HELP BUILD THE CAPACITY OF CROWDSOURCERS, AN INFORMAL, UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION WHICH SERVES AS AN INCUBATOR FOR IDEAS ACROSS A NETWORK OF CONSERVATIVE LEADERS, CULTURAL ENTREPRENEURS, AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES.

INFLUENCE WATCH : CRC MAINTAINS INFLUENCEWATCH ORG, A WIKI-STYLE ONLINE RESOURCE OF FACT-BASED, ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS INFLUENCERS OF PUBLIC POLICY DEBATES. INFLUENCEWATCH STRIVES TO BE COMPREHENSIVE, PROVIDING FREQUENTLY UPDATED PROFILES COMPLETE WITH RELIABLE SOURCING. PROFILES INCLUDE ACTIVISTS, NONPROFIT ENTITIES, FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES, LABOR UNIONS, POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES, AGENCIES, LEGISLATION, AND MOVEMENTS. THE WEBSITE GREW TO 6,500 TOTAL ENTRIES, WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,500 LONG PROFILES, AND WEBSITE TRAFFIC NEARLY TRIPLED, WITH OVER 519,000 UNIQUE USERS AND OVER 1 MILLION PAGEVIEWS. IN 2019, INFLUENCEWATCH PROFILES APPEARED IN 36 MILLION GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS, WITH 16 MILLION OF THOSE APPEARANCES OCCURRING ON THE FIRST PAGE OF RESULTS.

COMMUNICATIONS : CRC WORKS TO SHARE ITS RESEARCH (VIA PRESS RELEASE, MEDIA STATEMENTS, AND OTHER MEDIA RELATIONS EFFORTS) WITH NEWS OUTLETS THAT COVER THE TOPIC OF PUBLIC POLICY INFLUENCE. IN 2019, CRC'S MEDIA APPEARANCES (INCLUDING OP-EDS, INTERVIEWS, REFERENCES IN THE MEDIA, AND OTHER CITATIONS IN OUTLETS LIKE THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, FOX NEWS, REAL CLEAR POLITICS, THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER, THE DAILY CALLER, THE WASHINGTON TIMES, ETC. ) INCREASED BY 83 PERCENT, WITH OVER 180 MEDIA APPEARANCES.

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