Generation Opportunity

Generation Opportunity Background Generation Opportunity was an Arlington, Virginia-based non-profit whose stated aims were to “advance policy change, hold policymakers accountable, fight for opportunity, and defend the freedoms of young Americans.” Officially named YEM Trust and founded in 2010 as a sister organisation to Americans for Prosperity,1“About us,” Generation Opportunity. Archived February 19, 2019. Archive.fo […]

CRC Advisors

CRC Advisors Background CRC Advisors, previously Creative Response Concepts, is a Virginia-based public relations firm, known for working with numerous high-profile right-wing clients, as well as fossil fuel companies such as oil major Chevron. On a now-deleted website when the company was known as CRC Strategies, it stated in a list of “case studies” that it “developed winning communications, […]

Council for a Competitive Economy

Council for a Competitive Economy Background The Council for a Competitive Economy (CCE) was a group founded by Charles Koch in May 1979 and made up of approximately 2,000 business leaders who pledged to lobby Congress to end corporate subsidies.1David R. Francis. “Some free enterprisers who insist on no subsidies,” Christian Science Monitor, September 26, 1980. Archived June […]

Concerned Veterans for America

Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) Background Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) is an Arlington, Virginia, non-profit that bills itself as a veterans’ rights group. According to its website, Concerned Veterans for America’s mission is “to preserve the freedom & prosperity we & our families fought & sacrificed to defend.”1Concerned Veterans for America homepage. Archived June 6, […]

American Encore

American Encore (formerly Center to Protect Patient Rights) Background American Encore is a non-profit founded and managed by GOP strategist and Koch ally Sean Noble. According to its website, American Encore aims to “defend freedom, promote free markets, work to expand economic opportunity and make the case for the American ideals of liberty and democracy, both at home and […]

American Commitment

American Commitment Background According to its website, American Commitment describes itself as “dedicated to restoring and protecting the American Commitment to free markets, economic growth, Constitutionally-limited government, property rights, and individual freedom.” The group says it “engages in critical public policy fights over the size and intrusiveness of […]

Aegis Strategic

Aegis Strategic Background According to Politico, Aegis Strategic was founded “with the Kochs’ blessing after an analysis concluded that their network’s efforts in the run-up to the 2012 election suffered from flawed GOP candidates.” In 2014, Mother Jones wrote a […]

Freedom Partners

Freedom Partners Background Freedom Partners, or Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce (FCPP), describes itself as a major political operation spearheaded by billionaire Charles Koch to organize his billionaire allies and distribute funds to influence elections and public policy. In May 2019, a superceding Koch organization, dubbed “Stand Together,” announced that Freedom Partners would cease to […]

Seminar Network

Seminar Network (Stand Together) Background The Seminar Network describes itself as a “growing network of social entrepreneurs” founded by Charles Koch in 2003. In 2019, the Kochs announced the Network would reorganize and operate under a new name: Stand Together. Rather than a “network,” the terminology would also change to a “philanthropic community.”1 “The Seminar […]

Jonathan A. Lesser

Jonathan A. Lesser Credentials Background Jonathan A. Lesser is the president of Continental Economics, Inc. According to his CV, Lesser has “over 35 years of experience “working for regulated utilities, governments, and as an economic consultant.” Lesser is an adjunct fellow at the […]