PurchasingPolicy.orgPURCHASINGPOLICYBETA

Think Tank Influence Pipeline

How corporate donors and billionaires fund think tanks that produce research shaping federal policy. Trace the influence chain from funding source to policy outcome.

Think Tanks
8
Corporate/Billionaire Funders
14
Tracked Funding
$31,400,000
Policy Links
10 links to 7 outcomes
Funder
→
Think Tank
→
Policy Outcomes
Tom Steyer
$5,000,000
→
Center for American Progress
→
enactedInflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions
enactedIRA clean energy implementation guidance
Bradley Foundation
$5,000,000
→
Hudson Institute
→
enactedAUKUS Implementation Legislation
Smith Richardson Foundation
$3,000,000
→
Hudson Institute
→
enactedAUKUS Implementation Legislation
DonorsTrust
$3,000,000
→
Competitive Enterprise Institute
→
enactedInflation Reduction Act (IRA)
enactedLoper Bright v. Raimondo (Chevron overturned)
Paul Singer
$3,000,000
→
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
→
enactedAnti-ESG state legislation wave
enactedInflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions
Koch Industries
$2,000,000
→
Competitive Enterprise Institute
→
enactedInflation Reduction Act (IRA)
enactedLoper Bright v. Raimondo (Chevron overturned)
Koch Industries
$2,000,000
→
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
→
enactedAnti-ESG state legislation wave
enactedInflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions
Microsoft
$2,000,000
→
Center for American Progress
→
enactedInflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions
enactedIRA clean energy implementation guidance
ExxonMobil
$1,500,000
→
Competitive Enterprise Institute
→
enactedInflation Reduction Act (IRA)
enactedLoper Bright v. Raimondo (Chevron overturned)
Google
$1,500,000
→
Center for American Progress
→
enactedInflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions
enactedIRA clean energy implementation guidance
Mercer Family Foundation
$1,000,000
→
Competitive Enterprise Institute
→
enactedInflation Reduction Act (IRA)
enactedLoper Bright v. Raimondo (Chevron overturned)
Citadel
$1,000,000
→
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
→
enactedAnti-ESG state legislation wave
enactedInflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions
Walmart
$500,000
→
Center for American Progress
→
enactedInflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions
enactedIRA clean energy implementation guidance
Apple
$500,000
→
Center for American Progress
→
enactedInflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions
enactedIRA clean energy implementation guidance
RTX Corporation (Raytheon)
$400,000
→
Hudson Institute
→
enactedAUKUS Implementation Legislation

Data sourced from IRS 990 filings, OpenSecrets, corporate disclosure reports, and think tank annual reports. Funding estimates may not capture all donations, especially those routed through donor-advised funds like DonorsTrust. "Policy links" indicate a think tank produced research or advocacy that aligns with a specific policy outcome — not proof of direct causation.