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Subject: Why Fundraisers Should Speak Up About Their Challenges (Opinion)
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Two Texas energy billionaires have used campaign donations and a network of think tanks, other nonprofits, and political action committees to gain influence over the state’s Republican politics, with an eye toward national domination. Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks have poured tens of millions of dollars into campaigns and PACs, and millions more into 501(c)(4) social-welfare organizations, with a goal of making Christianity the basis of the state’s culture and laws. Alongside crusades on abortion, gun rights, and immigration, the pair are waging a long battle for taxpayer-funded vouchers for private schools. (New York Times and ProPublica)
Background from the Chronicle: What Pro-Democracy Activists Can Learn From Their Adversaries
A fledgling group is providing a safe place for gay and transgender refugees escaping persecution in their own countries. Launched last year by the State Department, the Welcome Corps works with nonprofits and volunteers. It has so far connected 3,500 sponsors with 1,800 refugees, while 100,000 people have applied to become sponsors. Many refugees come from countries where homosexuality has been outlawed, sometimes on pain of death. (Los Angeles Times)
Background from the Chronicle: As LGBTQ Rights Come Under Threat, Lambda Legal Mounts Effort to Raise $180 Million
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