“Major Research Groups Are Given Low Marks on Disclosing Donors”

NYT:

The conservative-leaning Hoover Institution, based in California, and the liberal Center for American Progress, based in Washington, are polar opposites in terms of political leanings. But according to a first-of-its-kind survey of the world’s most prominent research organizations, the institutions share an important trait: a relatively poor record of disclosing the sources of their financing.

The two organizations, along with other major players in Washington such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Hudson Institute, each earned just one star out of a possible five in the survey, to be made public on Wednesday, an advance copy of which was provided to The New York Times.

The survey, conducted by a small nonprofit group called Transparify, has already caused major ripples in the think tank world, even before its official release.

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The Transparify report includes some quirks, like the zero stars it assigned to the Open Society Foundations, created by Mr. Soros, which financed the Transparify study.

Open Society received the score because it does not explicitly state on its website that it is bankrolled by Mr. Soros, although it does disclose this in its tax return. Only one other United States institution, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard, received a zero rating.

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