At least one foreign organization is connected to the Chinese Communist Party, the report stated.
Five foreign charities have contributed nearly $2 billion to left-wing climate and social justice agendas in the United States, according to an Oct. 31 report by nonpartisan group Americans for Public Trust.
The report stated that at least one of the listed foreign organizations is connected to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The United States has laws preventing foreign nationals and governments from giving money to candidates, political committees, and Super PACs, and from participating in a campaign’s decision-making.
However, according to the report, many other politically active groups in the United States are not required to publicly disclose donations from these and other foreign groups, creating a loophole to influence policy-making.
For example, a foreign national may not finance a Super PAC advertisement that says, “Vote for Jones for President,” but the foreigner can pay for an ad that says, “Senator Jones voted to increase taxes in 2025,” according to the report.
Foreign donors can also pay for lobbying, think tanks, litigation, higher education, issue advocacy, voter registration drives, get-out-the-vote drives, newsrooms, door knocking, and ballot harvesting.
“Behind the scenes of climate litigation, lobbying, and advocacy campaigns are foreign financers eager to bankroll the next advocacy fight to enact their vision for our country, undermine our energy independence, promote civic unrest, and ultimately, weaken America,” the report stated.
The organizations named by the report include Quadrature Climate Foundation and Children’s Investment Fund Foundation in the United Kingdom, KR Foundation in Denmark, and Oak Foundation and Laudes Foundation in Switzerland.
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
In September, Americans for Public Trust issued a report on British billionaire activist and hedge fund manager Christopher Hohn, who operates the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation.
Hohn has contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to various organizations and nonprofits operating in the United States, funding climate legislation; anti-fossil fuel protests; diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives; and other social justice policies.
The foundation has a $6 billion endowment and is funded by Hohn’s $60 billion activist hedge fund, which has donated more than $553 million to dozens of U.S.-based organizations, nonprofits, and businesses since 2014, according to the report.
The foundation also has ties to the CCP, which was more concerning, according to the report.
“The threat of [the foundation] unwittingly being used by the CCP to spread anti-American propaganda clandestinely across the country only further amplifies the danger of the foreign influence Hohn’s organizations are exerting on American politics and policy,” the report said.
