ProPublica is an investigative journalist organization which publishes reports on perceived and actual abuses of power by governments, businesses, and other entities. 10
The Sandler Foundation provided initial funding for ProPublica, and Foundation founder Herb Sandler was ProPublica’s founding chairman of the Board of Directors until 2016. 10
According to their 2021 990 tax info, its largest donation, $3 million, came from the Crankstart Foundation, the family foundation of Sequoia Capital partner Michael Moritz. Another $2 million donation came from Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, through her investment firm Emerson Collective. In addition, ProPublica received $175,903 from grantmaking network Foundation to Promote Open Society, founded by philanthropist George Soros. 25
Pushback
IRS Targeting Scandal during 2012 Presidential Elections
A Capital Research Center (CRC) article written in 2016 reported how, in 2013, ProPublica had released a story claiming that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had, “deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election.” 29
Potential Herb Sandler Wrongdoing
ProPublica has been accused in op-eds at the Daily Caller and the Washington Examiner of ignoring potential and actual wrongdoing by Herb Sandler and others which fund its reporting. The Sandler family made billions off of adjustable rate mortgages, which were later blamed for part of the Great Recession. 0){
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