The Capital Research Center announced on Mar. 27 that it has added several new profiles to its InfluenceWatch project, a website that compiles research on advocacy groups, foundations, and donors involved in public policy.
InfluenceWatch is designed to provide transparency about the funding, motives, and connections of organizations influencing public policy. The information is intended as a resource for news outlets and others interested in topics that may not receive widespread attention.
Among the latest additions are the Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP), which promotes state-level weather-dependent energy policies and has received support from multiple foundations; Free America, an activist movement founded by Women’s March in 2026 opposing the Second Trump administration with demands including “the abolition of ICE”; Cook Inletkeeper, an environmental group active in litigation against traditional energy projects within Alaska’s Cook Inlet watershed; Justice and Joy National Collaborative, which advocates for social justice for girls and gender-expansive young people of color through community organizing and research; and Voices for Racial Justice (VRJ), a Minnesota-based group focused on racial justice organizing since its founding in 1993.
The Capital Research Center said these updates help ensure that journalists and members of the public have access to detailed information about organizations shaping important issues. The center describes InfluenceWatch as offering insight often neglected by other watchdog groups.
The ongoing expansion of InfluenceWatch reflects continued efforts by the Capital Research Center to track influential actors across a range of policy areas.
