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Nancy Anschutz

Nancy Anschutz Industry: InvestmentPrimary Company: Various. FEC Data lists her employer alternately as “housewife,” “homemaker,” Southern Pacific, or the Anschutz CompanyAge: UnconfirmedLocation: Denver, ColoradoEstimated Worth: Unknown4“Philip Anschutz,” Forbes, July 10, 2019. Archived July […]

Joseph W. Craft

Joseph W. Craft III Industry: CoalPrimary Company: Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP)Age: Born ~1950Location: Tulsa, OklahomaEstimated Worth: $1.4 billion as of 20123“#913 Joseph Craft, III. & family,” Forbes, […]

Natascha Engel

Photo credit: Channel 4 News Natascha Engel Credentials Background Natascha Engel is a former Labour MP and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons who has advocated strongly in favour of the UK’s fracking industry. She was made a partner at the PR firm, Public First, leading the company’s “infrastructure and regulation” division, in July […]

TC4 Trust

TC4 Trust Background TC4 trust was a nonprofit Koch network organization, described as a “shadow money mailbox.” According to a 2013 OpenSecrets report, TC4 and another group, the Center to Protect Patient Rights (CPPR), primarily operated “to further cover the tracks of tax-exempt groups that have provided major sums to help Republican causes in the 2010 and […]

Evangchr4 Trust

Evangchr4 Trust Background Evangchr4 Trust is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization formed in 2011 that describes its mission as to “develop, disseminate and apply biblical principles to economics, politics and society as a whole in order to make the United States a Country where spiritual and economic prosperity flourishes,” according to its IRS Form 990 filings. Evangchr4 […]

Themis

Themis / Themis Trust Background Themis was a 501(c)(4) nonprofit group and conservative voter database project launched by David and Charles Koch, and spearheaded by Koch operative Karl Crow. OpenSecrets reported in 2012 that Themis began operating early […]

Public Notice

Public Notice Background Public Notice was a right-wing public policy think tank and polling company tied to the Koch network of libertarian groups. Public Notice was launched in February 2010 by Gretchen Hamel, a former spokesperson for the George W. Bush administration, to combat what it saw as over-spending in Washington.1Zachary Roth. “Former Bush Admin. Spox […]

Public Engagement Group Trust

Public Engagement Group Trust Background The Public Engagement Group Trust (PEGT) was a little-known Arlington, Virginia-based group led by Republican opposition researcher Mike Roman. OpenSecrets reported in 2013 that PEGT was part of a web of obscure groups and organizations tied to the Koch Brothers’ funding network. The group has been dormant since at least 2015, according to […]

The LIBRE Initiative

The LIBRE Initiative Background The LIBRE Initiative is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization that has described itself as “dedicated to informing the U.S. Hispanic community about the benefits of a constitutionally limited government, property rights, rule of law, sound money supply and free enterprise through a variety of community events, research and policy initiatives that protect our […]

Center for Libertarian Studies

Center for Libertarian Studies Background The Center for Libertarian Studies (CLS) was a libertarian, “anarcho-capitalist” educational non-profit founded in 1976 by the late Murray N. Rothbard and the late Burton S. Blumert. The center developed out of the Libertarian Scholars Conferences and was originally headquartered in New York, before moving to Bulingame, California.1“Center for Libertarian Studies […]