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Yearly Archives: 2025

Donald Trump’s Inauguration: The Millions Are Flowing

In the NewsBy DavidJanuary 23, 2025

“With Donald Trump, everything is transactional and based on his animosity towards people. Some companies donate to gain access, while others do so for protection,” Bruce Freed explains

Toyota and Meta slipped close to Mr. Trump. The Meaning of ‘donation to the presidential inauguration’

In the NewsBy DavidJanuary 21, 2025

“Every company is lining up to ‘buy favors,’” said Bruce Freed, CPA President.

Trump’s inaugural fund has a record $170M US in donations. Why corporations are so eager to give

In the NewsBy DavidJanuary 16, 2025

“The donations to the inaugural fund are basically to gain favour and to gain access,” said Bruce Freed, president and co-founder of the Center for Political Accountability

The Corporate Underwriters Trilogy

CPA ReportsBy DavidJanuary 16, 2025

The 2024 trilogy of reports by the Center for Political Accountability— Corporate Underwriters and the Democracy Gap, Courting Risk: Corporate Underwriters & State Attorneys General, and Corporate Underwriters: Where the Rubber Hits the Road executive summary.

2024 Proxy Season Analysis (Institutional Investor Report)

CPA ReportsBy danJanuary 7, 2025

Support by the largest institutional investors for the Center for Political Accountability’s corporate political disclosure resolution dropped to 63.7 percent in the 2024 proxy season, down from 2023’s 70.1 percent support from this group of investors, according to analysis based on shareholder voting data from Diligent Market Intelligence.

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