Risks of Political Giving Primer
“The risk companies face from political spending has reached an all-time high,” said Bruce Freed, the president of the Center for Political Accountability. “It is hitting Code Red.”
Top US Firms that backed Voting Rights Act donate to groups working to undermine it
“A $100,000 contribution that ends up impacting a handful of state races can flip a state legislature, can flip an AG’s office,” said Jeanne Hanna, CPA’s vice-president of research.
The Supreme Court Reaffirms Its Embrace of Political Disclosure
For a host of reasons, both legal and business, public corporations share Congress’ interest in stemming corruption.
Corporate Donations in the ‘Crosshairs’
A top business school and the Center for Political Accountability are out with a new guide cautioning business leaders that their political donations “are in the crosshairs.”
Is Corporate Political Spending Becoming Bad for Business?
A small D.C. policy shop, the Center for Political Accountability, is driving a critique of money in politics aimed at spurring new thinking in C-suites and boardrooms.
2026 Proxy Season: CPA Political Disclosure and Accountability Effort Maintains Strong Momentum
The 2026 proxy season continued to show strong shareholder support for the Center for Political Accountability’s corporate political disclosure and accountability effort in an increasingly challenging environment.
Press Release: Research Primer Corporate Political Activity
The Impact, Value, and Sustainable Business Initiative at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton Impact) and the nonprofit Center for Political Accountability have jointly published the Wharton Impact-CPA Corporate Political Activity Research Primer, cautioning business leaders that “In today’s polarized politics, corporate political donations are in the crosshairs.”
Research Primer: Corporate Political Activity
Corporate donations to political campaigns are at an all-time high, with billions of dollars flowing into individual candidates’ campaigns and third-party entities, making it exceedingly difficult to follow the money.
OpenAI Employees Are Funding a Political Fight Against Their Own President
Freed said boards should consider the reputation consequences of executives’ personal political activity when it overlaps with a company’s business or regulatory interests.
Trump’s Freedom 250 draws corporate sponsors with business before his administration
“The concern is not that companies are sponsoring a national celebration. The concern is that this celebration appears to offer access to the president while some of those companies have business before his Administration,”