foreign funding

Discussion follows creation of the Think Tank Funding Tracker, which quantifies support from foreign governments, the U.S. government, and Defense Department contractors.

The former Fulbright Scholar and research fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the upward trend in foreign funding of American think tanks, the applicability of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and lobbying-disclosure law to U.S. think tanks, and some recommendations in the new report he’s co-authored on think-tank funding for policy reform and a “culture shift.”

The former Fulbright Scholar and research fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the new report he’s co-authored on the funding of American think tanks, the online repository of data he’s helped compile about the funding, and the transparency scale created for the project.

Republican lawmakers are committed to nonprofit reform in 2025. That could spell challenges for the field.

Leading nonprofit associations have rejected efforts to expand the rules governing donor privacy. Their concern is misplaced, and the field’s legitimacy is at stake.