Pulling the Strings

A Special Report by the San Francisco Bay Guardian

Private Foundations are increasingly squelching progressive causes in the name of public service - and have effectively set the limits of acceptable political debate on the left. A special anniversary investigation.

Introduction
by Tim Redmond.
The new power brokers
Foundations are bursting with money and influence - and little of it trickles down. By Eileen Ecklund.
Anatomy of a sellout
How a few foundations and the nonprofits they support sold out the Presidio. By Martin Espinoza.
- Who's living in the park?
  By Martin Espinoza.
- Sleeping with the enemy
  By Martin Espinoza.
- Tax Exempt Secrecy.
  By Martin Espinoza.
Plundering the parks, 1913-97
A (slightly) expurgated timeline. By Daniel Zoll
The private energy elite
How the energy foundation used big money to greenwash private utilities. By Savannah Blackwell.
Buying the news
How foundations are underwriting - and shaping - local news coverage. By Ron Curran.