The Constitutional Accountability Center is a left-leaning judicial policy group that promotes the notion that Constitutional text is inherently left-progressive.
Funders
Donors to Constitutional Accountability Center
The largest known donor ($5 million) to the Constitutional Accountability Center is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, a donor-advised fund (DAF) provider; as such, Fidelity should not be considered the actual donor, since the DAF provider’s funds originate with another, unknown donor (or set of donors) which is responsible for directing Fidelity to pass that donor’s grants along to the Constitutional Accountability Center. 1
Liberal billionaire George Soros has also granted at least $2.45 million to the Constitutional Accountability Center through his Foundation to Promote Open Society, one of two major grantmaking entities in the so-called Open Society Network. 2
The left-of-center William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has granted at least $300,000 to the Constitutional Accountability Center. 3
Democracy Alliance
Democracy Alliance is a collective of wealthy left-progressive donors that meet at semi-annual conferences for the purpose of providing a list of recommended recipients to major donors. Constitutional Accountability Center is on Democracy Alliance’s list because it is allegedly “dedicated to the promise of our Constitution.” 4
The following are all known grants to the Constitutional Accountability Center: 5
| Donor | Amount | Year | Grant Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust | $600,000 | 2018 | General purpose |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | $1,151,000 | 2017 | FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES |
| Bernard And Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust | $600,000 | 2017 | General purpose |
| Deer Creek Foundation | $250,000 | 2017 | To support scholarship litigation and public education exposing common misconceptions about the U.S. Constitution and demonstrating that its text and history reveal it to be a progressive document. |
| Warsh Mott Legacy | $45,000 | 2017 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Wallace Global Fund II | $40,000 | 2017 | General support to protect and expand democratic systems |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | $1,100,000 | 2016 | For grant recipent's exempt purposes |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $800,000 | 2016 | To provide general support |
| Wyss Foundation | $400,000 | 2016 | Charitable contribution |
| Deer Creek Foundation | $200,000 | 2016 | To support scholarship litigation and public education exposing common misconceptions about the U.S. Constitution and demonstrating that its text and history reveal it to be a progressive document. |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $100,000 | 2016 | For general operating support |
| Wallace Global Fund II | $50,000 | 2016 | General support to protect and expand democratic systems |
| Warsh Mott Legacy | $45,000 | 2016 | General support |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | $1,300,000 | 2015 | |
| Wyss Foundation | $400,000 | 2015 | Charitable contribution |
| Deer Creek Foundation | $200,000 | 2015 | To support scholarship litigation and public education exposing common misconceptions about the U.S. constitution and demonstrating that its text and history reveal it to be a progressive document. |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $100,000 | 2015 | For general operating support |
| Wallace Global Fund II | $50,000 | 2015 | General support to protect and expand democratic systems |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | $1,500,000 | 2014 | For grant recipient's exempt purposes |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $800,000 | 2014 | To provide general support |
| Deer Creek Foundation | $200,000 | 2014 | To support scholarship litigation and public education exposing common misconceptions about the U.S. Constitution and demonstrating that its text and history reveal it to be a progressive document |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $100,000 | 2014 | For general operating support |
| C.S. Fund | $45,000 | 2014 | General support |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $800,000 | 2013 | To provide general support |
| Deer Creek Foundation | $150,000 | 2013 | To support scholarship litigation and public education exposing common misconceptions about the U.S. constitution and demonstrating that its text and history reveal it to be a progressive document. |
| C.S. Fund | $50,000 | 2013 | General support |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | $50,000 | 2013 | To enable the constitutional accountability center to play a key role in the leadership conference education fund-led public advocacy collaborative focused on Shelby County v. Holder and Arizona v. inter-tribal council of Arizona |
| Tides Foundation | $50,000 | 2013 | Legal advocacy political outreach and media relations work to defend voting rights |
| Wallace Global Fund II | $50,000 | 2013 | General support for work on jurisprudential innovation |
| Grand Total: | $11,226,000 |
References
- Information provided by FoundationSearch. Search conducted October 13, 2020. www.FoundationSearch.org
- Information provided by FoundationSearch. Search conducted October 13, 2020. www.FoundationSearch.org
- Information provided by FoundationSearch. Search conducted October 13, 2020. www.FoundationSearch.org
- “Organizations Archive.” Democracy Alliance. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://democracyalliance.org/investments/.
- Information provided by FoundationSearch. Search conducted October 13, 2020. www.FoundationSearch.org