Capital Research Center (CRC) is an American

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non-profit organization located in

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Its stated purpose is "to study

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s, with a special focus on reviving the American traditions of

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, philanthropy, and voluntarism." According to ''

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'', it also discourages donations by corporations and non-profits supporting what it sees as liberal or anti-business policies. It monitors the giving of major liberal donors in the U.S.

History

Foundation

CRC was founded in 1984 by Willa Johnson, former senior vice president of the

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, Deputy Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, Office of Presidential Personnel in the first term of the Reagan administration, and a legislative aide in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, House of Representatives. Journalist and author Marvin Olasky previously served as a senior fellow at CRC. In 2011, ''Politico'' reported that CRC had received millions of dollars from conservative philanthropists over the years, with a total budget in 2009 of $1.4 million. Donors have included foundations run by the Koch Family Foundations, Koch family, the Scaife Foundations, Scaifes, and the Bradley Foundation, Bradleys. As of 2017, CRC had received more than $265,000 from ExxonMobil. David Clarke (sheriff), David Clarke, the former sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, is the chair of CRC's American Law and Culture program. In 2017, the CRC launched the website "Influence Watch," which focuses on identifying funding sources of progressive organizations and initiatives, and of progressive politicians.

Publications and policy stances

CRC has been highly critical of animal rights activists and the environmental movement. In 2006, it published ''The Green Wave: Environmentalism and Its Consequences'', a book by Bonner Cohen. In 2007, it published the third edition of ''The Great Philanthropists and the Problem of "Donor Intent"'' by Martin Morse Wooster, a senior fellow at the Center. In 2008, it published ''Guide to Nonprofit Advocacy,'' by James Dellinger. The CRC said Al Gore's campaign to control carbon emissions is motivated by the likelihood that he will make an "immense fortune" if laws are passed to control them, and has published authors who deny human influence in climate change. They have argued that organized labor is bad for America, and criticized government efforts to weaken intellectual property protection of prescription medications.

Film production

CRC has a film production arm called Dangerous Documentaries, which partially funded ''No Safe Spaces'' by Adam Carolla and radio host Dennis Prager, about political correctness on college campuses.

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* {{Authority control Political and economic think tanks in the United States Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C. Think tanks established in 1984 Conservative organizations in the United States 1984 establishments in Washington, D.C.