P is for Payoff
The Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation is among the largest funders of the right-wing propaganda machine in the country. Their influence in Wisconsin cannot be underestimated.
One Wisconsin Institute
12/14/2015
12/14/2015
Bradley Foundation Grants
Grants from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and the Bradley Impact Fund 2005 – 2017
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s Fight Against Labor
Melissa Harris-Perry and her guests examine union and pension battles for potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates Scott Walker and Chris Christie.
MSNBC
02/28/2015
02/28/2015
Big Money Donors Prepare to Open Wallets
Joy Reid and One Wisconsin Now's Scot Ross look at how the Supreme Court obliterated post-Watergate campaign finance protections against "big money" trying to buy American elections.
MSNBC
04/03/2014
04/03/2014
Will Scott Walker Run in 2016?
Governor Walker has access to an ungodly amount of money. His campaign co-chair runs the $500 million right wing funding Bradley foundation. His largest donor is the wealthiest woman in Wisconsin.
MSNBC
11/24/2013
11/24/2013
S is for Shill
This report exposes the web of right-wing funders advancing a radical school privatization agenda through the use of Wisconsin-based front groups, with special focus on the Bradley Foundation, headed by Scott Walker's campaign co-chair Michael Grebe.
One Wisconsin Institute
11/13/2013
11/13/2013
Fast Food Workers in 5 Cities Stage High Profile Strikes
Fast food workers in Milwaukee went on strike this week demanding a doubling of the minimum wage. How successful will their efforts be as they join a growing movement for better pay? Executive Director of One Wisconsin Now Scot Ross joins the Melissa Harris-Perry panel.
MSNBC
05/19/2013
05/19/2013
Foundation Behind ‘Voter Fraud’ Billboards Exposed
Thanks to reporting done by The Grio's Joy Reid and the advocacy organization One Wisconsin Now, Melissa Harris-Perry is able to name names for 'This Week In Voter Suppression” in exposing the foundation behind billboards that splashed false information on voter fraud.
MSNBC
11/03/2012
11/03/2012
Little known Wisconsin foundation behind ‘voter fraud’ billboards
When Scot Ross heard about more than a dozen billboards going up in largely minority neighborhoods around Cleveland, Ohio, bearing ominous images of the legal penalties for voter fraud, the story had a familiar ring.
theGrio
10/28/2012
10/28/2012
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty Plans Growth in Face of Democratic Administration
“It’s a pretty dramatic expansion,” said Mike Browne of One Wisconsin Now — a liberal group that clashes frequently with WILL.
Capital Times, 03/28/2019Republicans, Touting Conservative Study, Warn Against Medicaid Expansion
Liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now revealed Williams offered to advise former Gov. Scott Walker’s presidential campaign.
Wisconsin State Journal, 02/20/2019WMC Putting on Pre-Election Corporate Special Interest Pep Rally for Gov. Scott Walker
The state’s largest corporate special interest lobbying outfit, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, is hosting a pre-election pep rally for Scott Walker today.
One Wisconsin Now, 10/09/2018Report: Bradley Foundation Has Spent $154 Million on Higher Education Agenda
Bradley Foundation Underwrites Efforts to Suppress Student Speech on College Campuses, Funds University Professors to Generate Promotional Propaganda.
One Wisconsin Now, 09/18/2018One Wisconsin Now Database Exposing Bradley Foundation Funding of Right-Wing Propaganda Machine Goes Live Online
One Wisconsin Now is shining a light on one of the biggest funders of the right-wing propaganda machine, the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation.
One Wisconsin Now, 05/04/2018Latest Conference Hosted by Tommy Thompson Center Continues Promoting the Right-Wing Agenda on the Public Dime
The Tommy Thompson Center is designed to apply a veneer of academic respectability to the right-wing agenda they’re promoting.
One Wisconsin Now, 04/26/2018Gov. Scott Walker Campaign Chair Helped Fund Project Veritas Sleaze
IRS records show a Milwaukee based fund gave significant financial support to James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas.
One Wisconsin Now, 11/30/2017At Least 925,000 Reasons Why Right-Wing Florida Group Produces Campaign-Style Video Promoting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
Scott Walker's 2018 Election Bid Kicks Off With Bradley Foundation Once Again Writing Checks to Support His Ambitions.
One Wisconsin Now, 10/20/2017Records Expose Right-Wing Agenda of Latest Academic Center on University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus
Right-wing politicians and academics are using tax dollars and chasing more money from right-wing foundations to promote their ideological agenda.
One Wisconsin Now, 10/12/2017University of Wisconsin Board of Regents Threatens Students Free Speech
The UW Board of Regents is poised to codify as policy the provisions of potentially unconstitutional legislation to restrict free speech on UW campuses.
One Wisconsin Now, 10/04/2017Follow the Money: A Handy Guide to Some of the Organizations on the School Choice Gravy Train
One Wisconsin Institute compiled a list of the organizations that have been funded by the far-right Bradley Foundation of Milwaukee.
Diane Ravitch, 09/06/2017ICYMI: Gov. Scott Walker’s Favorite Right-Wing Foundations Funding Gov. Scott Walker’s Favorite Professor
Noah Williams has received grants worth $340,000 from right-wing mega funders Koch and Bradley Foundations this year.
One Wisconsin Now, 09/01/2017UW-Madison’s New CROWE Think Tank Funded by Koch, Bradley
One Wisconsin Now revealed that in February, 2015, Williams used his UW-Madison email account to offer “economic analysis and advising” to Walker.
Capital Times, 08/31/2017No Politics at $900 Million Right Wing Bradley Foundation?
Internal documents leaked and reported on by the media have invited new scrutiny of the activities of the $900 million Bradley Foundation
One Wisconsin Now, 05/18/2017Bradley Foundation Bankrolls Front Groups of Discredited PR Spin Doctor Richard Berman
Bradley even has an enemies list. The groups are a mixture of good government groups, media groups, public relations firms, and funding organizations.
Center for Media and Democracy, 05/09/2017One Wisconsin Now ‘Proud’ to Be the Wisconsin-Focused Group on Bradley Foundation ‘Enemies List’
We are proud to have made the Bradley Foundation’s enemies list and we have every intention of remaining on it.
One Wisconsin Now, 05/05/2017Hacked Records Show Bradley Foundation Taking Its Conservative Wisconsin Model National
An internal Bradley document compiles... an enemies list, of sorts. Making the list were two Wisconsin groups, One Wisconsin Now and the Center for Media and Democracy.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 05/05/2017Why Would Gov. Scott Walker’s Campaign Chair Host Fundraiser for Walker Recall Petition Signer John Humphries? Follow the Money.
John Humphries pledged his loyalty to Michael Grebe’s agenda to take money from public schools and give it to private voucher schools in exchange for support.
One Wisconsin Now, 01/19/2017Conservative Legal Group Announces States’ Rights Initiative
Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said the new center and the Bradley Foundation don't represent the state's citizens and their needs.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 07/11/2016GOP Insider Rick Graber to Lead Bradley Foundation
"He certainly checks Bradley's biggest boxes," said Scot Ross, head of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, which closely tracks the foundation.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06/24/2016Right-Wing Bradley Foundation Spent $108M to Privatize Public Education
A major new report from One Wisconsin Institute finds that the Bradley Foundation spent more than $108 million to privatize public schools in Wisconsin.
Diane Ravitch, 01/05/2016Gov. Walker’s Campaign Co-Chair Terms Attack on Public Ed. in Wisconsin an ‘Accomplishment’
Michael Grebe called draining hundreds of millions in public tax dollars away from public schools for unaccountable private schools an “accomplishment.”
One Wisconsin Institute, 12/18/2015Bradley Foundation’s Radical Education Privatization Campaign Rolls On
Updated research exposing the right-wing Bradley Foundation’s spending over $108 million in support of education privatization from provides some answers.
One Wisconsin Institute, 12/17/2015P Is for Payoff
The Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation is among the largest funders of the right-wing propaganda machine in the country. Their influence in Wisconsin cannot be underestimated.
One Wisconsin Institute, 12/14/2015Bradley Foundation Primary in Full Swing
Michael Grebe may have failed to elevate Scott Walker as a contender on the national stage, but he has multiple suitors who’d like to have his support.
One Wisconsin Now, 11/10/2015Bradley Foundation Head Michael Grebe to Retire
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting Bradley Foundation CEO Michael Grebe will be stepping down from his post no later than June 30, 2016.
One Wisconsin Now, 10/23/2015Michael Grebe to Retire As CEO of Bradley Foundation
Michael Grebe took the $800 million-plus he controlled as head of the Bradley Foundation and integrated it into the fabric of state and national GOP politics.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/22/2015Muslim Advocate: Scott Walker Is ‘enabling ISIS’ With ‘radical Islam’ Rhetoric
One Wisconsin Now suggested Walker's message was driven by the conservative Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, whose president is Walker's presidential campaign chairman.
Capital Times, 08/29/2015Walker Taps Chair of $830 Million Right-Wing Bradley Foundation to Head Presidential Campaign
The Bradley Foundation, with over $830 million in assets, its largesse insulates Walker from criticism by the vast network of leading right-wing influence peddlers that Bradley finances.
One Wisconsin Now, 07/10/2015Sen. Ron Johnson Panders on Pet Project of Wisconsin Money Badger Michael Grebe
Add U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson to the list of politicians seeking to feed at the education privatization cartel’s trough.
One Wisconsin Now, 06/19/2015Bradley Foundation Plays Key Role in Setting Stage for Scott Walker Presidential Run
"The Bradley Foundation millions have bought Scott Walker an insurance policy from criticism by the intellectual right," said Scot Ross of One Wisconsin Now.
Associated Press, 06/13/2015Before Walker Run, a Conservative Foundation Set the Stage
The Bradley Foundation millions have bought Scott Walker an insurance policy from criticism by the intellectual right.
Associated Press, 06/12/2015