Who's Gonna Pay for This?

Ari Berman has a truly informative article about the uber-secretive Democracy Alliance in The Nation. Berman tracks the history of the Alliance since its inception in 2004, and his conclusions are not encouraging.

It's a long piece, but well worth the time of anyone interested in what the progressive funding world looks like. There's really too much good stuff to pick a single quote.

My questions, none of which are adequately addressed in the article, are these:

1. How much money has the Alliance given to youth groups?
2. Who are those groups?
3. How much of that money have they invested in youth GOTV/engagement organizations?
4. How much has been spent on training young people for leadership positions in field work, the media, public policy, and public speaking?

If they truly are interested in building for the longterm, dollar for dollar, cultivating new leaders and engaging Millenials is the best investment.