Natascha Engel
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 โinfrastructure and regulationโ division, in July 2019.1โNatascha Engel,โ Parliament.uk. Archived July […]
TC4 Trust
TC4ย Trust Background TC4 trust was a nonprofit Koch network organization, described as a โshadow money mailbox.โ According to a 2013ย OpenSecrets report, TC4 and another group, the Center to Protect Patient Rights (CPPR), primarily operated โto further cover the tracks of tax-exempt groups that have provided major sums to help Republican causes in the 2010 and […]
Evangchr4 Trust
Evangchr4ย Trust Background Evangchr4 Trust is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization formed in 2011 that describes its mission as to โdevelop, 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,โ according to its IRS Form 990 filings. Evangchr4 […]
Themis
Themis / Themisย Trust Background Themis was a 501(c)(4) nonprofit group andย conservative voter database project launched by David and Charles Koch, and spearheaded by Koch operative Karl Crow.ย OpenSecretsย reported in 2012 that Themis began operating early […]
Public Notice
Publicย 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. โFormer Bush Admin. Spox […]
Public Engagement Group Trust
Public Engagement Groupย 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 2013ย that PEGT was part of a web of obscure groups andย organizations tied to the Koch Brothers’ funding network. The group has been dormant since at least 2015, according to […]
The LIBRE Initiative
The LIBREย Initiative Background The LIBRE Initiative is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization that has described itself as โdedicated 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 […]
Freedom School (later Rampart College)
Freedom School Background Freedom School was a school promoting radical libertarian ideas. It wasย foundedย in Colorado in 1956 by the businessman and theorist Robert LeFevre. Charles Koch was aย trusteeย of the sch ool and encouraged his three brothers and friends to attend. Koch alsoย helpedย fund the school, according to Gus diZerega, a former friend.1Jane Mayer. “Covert Operations,”ย The New […]
Center for Libertarian Studies
Center for Libertarianย Studies Background The Center for Libertarian Studies (CLS) was a libertarian, โanarcho-capitalistโ 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.1โCenter for Libertarian Studies […]
Center for Independent Education
Center for Independent Education (CIE) Background The Center for Independent Education (CIE) was a Kansas-based non-profit that produced publications criticizing public education. It also promoted a โschool voucherโ system and private schools in Kansas. CIE was an early recipient of funding from Charles Koch. 1Kim Phillips-Fein. โMont Pelerin in Virginia,โย The Nation, September 7, 2017. Archived […]