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Real Clear Foundation

Supports RealClear Media Group projects, received $2.2 million from DonorsTrust in 2021
Tracked because Supports RealClear Media Group projects, received $2.2 million from DonorsTrust in 2021 · 8 documented connections
Facts on record1
Connections mapped8
Sources cited12
✦ Thin coverage gap +12 connected to 8 entities · only 1 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 1P
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Connection Map
Key Connections
← Donors Capital Fund company
donor
The donor-advised fund has provided grants to the Real Clear Foundation, which operates the RealClearPolitics and RealClearPolicy news aggregators.
→ DonorsTrust company
funding_recipient
Received $2.2 million from DonorsTrust in 2021
Facts (1)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 160d ago · Avg age: 781d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (1)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Primary Source Real Clear Foundation received $2.2 million from DonorsTrust in 2021, largest media grant
Date: 2021-01-01 Added: 13 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Center for Media and Democracy analysis
All Connections (8)
→ DonorsTrust company
funding_recipient confirmed
Received $2.2 million from DonorsTrust in 2021
← Daily Caller News Foundation organization
affiliation secondary since 2020
Real Clear Foundation, which operates the RealClearPolitics news aggregation platform, has organizational and funding ties to conservative media outlets including the Daily Caller News Foundation.
← Prager University Foundation organization
affiliation inferential since 2026
Both entities appear in a cluster of conservative media and education foundations.
← Sarah Scaife Foundation organization
listed_together inferential since 2026
Sarah Scaife Foundation and Real Clear Foundation are both listed in the known entities database, suggesting they are tracked as similar entities by the investigative system. Both appear in the same list of known entities.
← Donors Capital Fund company
donor primary since 2013
The donor-advised fund has provided grants to the Real Clear Foundation, which operates the RealClearPolitics and RealClearPolicy news aggregators.
← Bradley Foundation organization
donor inferential since unknown
Bradley Foundation has been a donor to Real Clear Foundation; both listed in the same cluster of conservative media/foundation entities.
← M-POWER organization
affiliation inferential since 2026
M-POWER appears in the entity list alongside Real Clear Foundation, suggesting a potential organizational or thematic association within the same database context related to media or journalism.
affiliation inferential since 2022
Real Clear Foundation appears adjacent to State Policy Network in the database near Committee to Protect Journalists, consistent with being a related journalism/policy organization.
Sources (12)
2026-03-02 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Real Foundation (2026-03-02) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2024-06-26 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Real Foundation (2024-06-26) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2014-03-07 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Real Foundation (2014-03-07) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-09 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Real Clear Foundation not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Real Clear Foundation — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Real Clear Foundation — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Real Clear Foundation — IRS Form 990 filings (no results) form_990 Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Real Clear Foundation — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Real Clear Foundation — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Real Clear Foundation — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Real Clear Foundation — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2021-01-01 ↗ Center for Media and Democracy analysis web_search Processed 📜 Receipt