The right-wing State Policy Network (SPN) and its state-based affiliates now collectively bring in $152 million annually in revenue, according to an analysis of the most recent publicly available tax filings by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). This represents a 27% increase over the $120 million CMD calculated the network brought in almost three years ago. In 2020 alone, SPN and 45 of its affiliates received $15.1 million in contributions from DonorsTrust, the preferred donor conduit of the Koch political network, CMD reported. Texas Public Policy Foundation Raises $17.7 MillionThe Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) outraised SPN's 63 other affiliate members with $17.7 million in revenue in 2020, an IRS filing obtained by CMD details. "I really think ESG is going to be the [critical race theory] of 2023 and 2024," Murante said when speaking at a Heritage Foundation meeting earlier this year.

Source: The Guardian September 30, 2022 13:24 UTC