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,”
The New Rules of Political Spending Oversight
Rising reputational, legal and shareholder risks are pushing boards to treat political spending as a governance priority.
Maintaining an Ethical Compass in Turbulent Times
Companies and their leadership are at a crossroads: how to constructively engage in the political process and manage political spending. Confronted with challenges and risks never faced before, their previous political spending and engagement strategies, designed for a period of predictability under stable democratic institutions, no longer advance or protect corporate interests.
The Crypto Industry’s Big Election Spending Highlights Political Risk of Super PACs
The U.S. cryptocurrency industry has become one of the most aggressive players in U.S. elections, but its spending has amplified scrutiny and backlash of the industry without delivering clear wins.
Nathan Cummings Foundation v. Axon Enterprise, Inc.
Between 2011 and 2025, proposals seeking disclosure of political spending won majority support at 30 companies, according to the Center for Political Accountability (CPA).