PragerU: The DARK SIDE of Nonprofits
Have you ever wondered who PragerU's donors are? Come take a look at the dark side of philanthropy, using PragerU as a case study.
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chapters
0:00 Introduction
4:03 What is a 501(c)(3)?
6:24 PragerU: Past and Present
14:40 Following the Money
19:39 Conclusion
22:09 Outro
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form 990s/annual reports found via:
PragerU - https://projects.propublica.org/nonpr...
Thirteen Foundation - https://www.desmog.com/thirteen-found...
TurningPoint USA - https://projects.propublica.org/nonpr...
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation - https://projects.propublica.org/nonpr...
2020 PragerU Annual Report - https://www.prageru.com/prageru-2020-...
2018 Donors Trust Prospectus, https://assets.documentcloud.org/docu...
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sources:
“THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL CHANGE,” Donor Intent of the Koch Network, UnKoch My Campus, https://static1.squarespace.com/stati...
501(c)(3) Political Restrictions, IRS, https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-pro...
Who Funds PragerU’s Anti-Muslim Content?, Sludge, https://readsludge.com/2018/12/27/who...
Koch, Bradley Money Fuels Trump's Right-Wing Echo Chamber, PR Watch, https://www.prwatch.org/news/2019/07/...
“Dark Money ATM of the Conservative Movement” Gives $1.5 Million to White Nationalist Hate Group, Exposed by CMD, https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2020/12/...
PragerU, Source Watch, https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php...
Charles Koch's "Uniter" Rebrand Strains Credulity After Funding Congressional Coup Supporters, PR Watch, https://www.prwatch.org/news/2021/02/...
Right-Wing PragerU Triples Revenue in Two Years, PR Watch, https://prwatch.org/news/2020/01/1352...
How a Los Angeles-based conservative became one of the internet’s biggest sensations , LA Times, https://www.latimes.com/politics/stor...
Right-Wing Views for Generation Z, Five Minutes at a Time, NY Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/04/us...
How PragerU Is Winning The Right-Wing Culture War Without Donald Trump, BuzzFeed News, https://web.archive.org/web/201902140...
The Future of Conservative Media Belongs to Those Who Embrace Change, Washington Examiner, https://web.archive.org/web/201803111...
Right-Wing Megadonors Are Financing Media Operations to Promote Their Ideologies,
Exposed by CMD, https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2020/01/...
Fracking Titans Spend Millions Proselytizing School Children, Rewire News Group, https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2...
PragerU relies on a veneer of respectability to obscure its propagandist mission, Media Matters America, https://www.mediamatters.org/dennis-p...
PragerU is conservatism for the youths—brought to you by old billionaires, Daily Dot, https://www.dailydot.com/debug/prager...
Weaponized Philanthropy: Document Trove Details Bradley Foundation’s Efforts to Build Right-Wing “Infrastructure” Nationwide, Exposed by CMD, https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/05/...
How the IRS Gave Up Fighting Political Dark Money Groups, ProPublica, https://www.propublica.org/article/ir...
The Right Curriculum? How PragerU Infiltrates Schools., The American Prospect, https://prospect.org/education/right-...