Now it's the most talked-about environmental group in Washington. Sunrise also offered a “Sunrise Semester” where participants would be deployed for six months on the campaign trail. When first incorporated in 2017, the group's goal was to elect proponents of renewable energy in the 2018 midterm elections, first in the Democraticprimaries and then in the general election. These are mainstream Democrat groups. The Global Wallace Fund has given nearly $7 million to population control groups since the 1990s. Shutterstock, Sunrise, which has been an ardent supporter of the Green New Deal, protested outside now-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office late in 2018, demanding she take more action on climate change. The foundations funding the national litigation effort against energy companies are the same donors supporting the Sunrise Movement, the upstart group behind the recent push for the Green New Deal, according to reporting by Inside Philanthropy.. A recent profile of Sunrise shows that the group received much of its initial financial support from the Rockefeller Family Fund and Wallace Global Fund. The end-goal is to achieve 100 percent renewable energy and create “millions” of jobs through new infrastructure projects. The Sierra Club is a major player on the left, and has helped fund Senate Majority PAC. It would eliminate fossil fuels in an impossible time frame, eliminate nuclear energy, remove most vehicles on the road, rebuild or retrofit every home in America, potentially get rid of air travel, institute a government takeover of healthcare, and pay those unwilling to work, among other irresponsible proposals. They say the United States has become a “rogue nation” by promoting its energy industry. The Rockefeller Fund, the Wallace Global Fund and the Winslow Foundation are core funders of Sunrise Movement. Like XR, the Sunrise Movement is dedicated to advancing climate change legislation worldwide, ... and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, to the tune of … The group enjoyed a surge in donations after the protest. In their lawsuit, the localities are alleging that the two defendants are liable for damages resulting from climate change. “That is why we’re pushing Democrats. Rolling Stone recently interviewed Varshini Prakash, who is the co-founder of the Sunrise Movement. We see that there’s a real pathway here. You may have seen the “Sunrise Movement” in the news for one of their various protests against members of Congress. A recent profile of Sunrise shows that the group received much of its initial financial support from the Rockefeller Family Fund and Wallace Global Fund. The Rockefeller Family Fund has led a war against ExxonMobil, acknowledging it has colluded with Democratic attorneys general and funded negative media coverage against the oil company, The Daily Caller News Foundation previously reported. In addition to 350.org and the Sierra Club, the Sunrise Movement also has ties to politically-connected Democratic-leaning organizations, including the Wallace Global Fund, the Rockefeller Family Fund and the Winslow Foundation. In fact, the Sunrise Movement received initial funding from 350.org, a well-known environmental group. We actually believe that Democrats care about tackling climate change and they want to do something about it. And they’re making the “Green New Deal” and its socialist takeover of America their signature issue. Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. The foundations funding the national litigation effort against energy companies are the same donors supporting the Sunrise Movement, the upstart group behind the recent push for the Green New Deal, according to reporting by Inside Philanthropy. The three groups have continued to finance a large portion of Sunrise’s operations, with institutional funders making up 55 percent of the group’s 2018 budget. The three groups have continued to finance a large portion of Sunrise’s operations, with institutional funders making up 55 percent of the group’s 2018 budget. In 2014, Evan Weber and fellow Wesleyan University classmate Matthew Lichtash joined professor Michael Dorsey to found Sunrise Movement Education Fund. In addition to 350.org and the Sierra Club, the Sunrise Movement also has ties to politically-connected Democratic-leaning organizations, including the Wallace Global Fund, the Rockefeller Family Fund and the Winslow Foundation. Sunrise was founded in 2017 and emerged from a coalescence of alumni from several previous anti-fossil fuel activism efforts like the divestment campaign and protests against energy infrastructure. In addition to protests in Pelosi’s office, activists also demonstrated in the office of U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), who is the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee. However, a recent report from Inside Philanthropy, an outlet focused on philanthropic groups and their big donors, shed some light. (RELATED: Ocasio-Cortez Wants To Fund Her Green New Deal By Taxing People At The ‘Tippy Tops’ At 70 Percent). Sunrise Movement is an American youth-led political movement coordinated by Sunrise, a 501(c)(4) political action organization that advocates political action on climate change. The Sunrise Movement casts themselves as a grassroots group of climate activists. Nevertheless, Sunrise says it is in talks with additional potential donors. Many of the co-founders and organizers who started Sunrise Movement previously worked with other left-wing environmentalist organizations, including 350.org, which also provided financial support to the group in the past. The Green New Deal has been attracting much attention in Congress, as Democrats took back the majority in the House in 2018. But dig a little deeper, and it is clear that the group is hardly organic. Inside Philanthropy reports that Sunrise raised just under $1 million in 2018 and aims to increase that figure to $2.5 million this year. Institutional funders are responsible for more than half of Sunrise’s annual budget, at 55 percent. The Rockefeller Fund, the Wallace Global Fund and the Winslow Foundation are core funders of Sunrise Movement. The American Action Forum estimates that the “Green New Deal” could cost between $51 and almost $93 trillion. But this “Green New Deal” would end America as we know it. Evan Weber, one of Sunrise’s co-founders, was a political activist in the Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011. Research by Northeastern Prof. Matthew Nisbet analyzed $556.7 million in donations distributed by 19 major environmental foundations between 2011-2015 and found that more than 80 percent were dedicated to promoting renewable energy, communicating about and limiting climate change and opposing fossil fuels. The Sunrise Movement’s primary goal is to pass Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal.” The group has worked closely with Ocasio-Cortez, protesting alongside her. Thirty-five percent of its budget came from individual donors, and the rest came from non-profit partners. These are mainstream Democrat groups. Sunrise is also focused on the political game. None other than the offices of the Sierra Club, one of the largest eco-activist groups in the nation. Worth noting that the Wallace Global Fund was one of the 19 donors Nisbet analyzed. In February 2019, they used young children as props during an ambush of California Senator Dianne Feinstein to push for the “Green New Deal.” The stunt created a viral video of Feinstein giving the kids a needed civics lesson. Sunrise was founded in 2017 and emerged from a coalescence of alumni from several previous anti-fossil fuel activism efforts like the divestment campaign and protests against energy infrastructure. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez is the Green New Deal’s most vocal advocate. Ocasio-Cortez even praised the Sunrise Movement in a CNN interview, saying “we need to support groups like Sunrise Movement in their efforts to keep the pressure up.”. Over half of the Sunrise Movement’s funds came from “institutional funders” like these. Members of the Wallace Global Fund have given over $2 million to Democratic candidates since 2004, including to both the DCCC and DSCC. Weber attended Wesleyan University with Matthew Lichtash, who was studying environmental policy. “I think for certain funders, the grassroots organizing-based theory of change is a little foreign to them, and they don’t know how to make sense of it, and maybe they’re a little skeptical that it’s going to add up to real impact,” William Lawrence, Sunrise co-founder and development director, told Inside Philanthropy. Michael Dorsey, another Sunrise co-founder, was a visiting professor at Wesleyan… During the 2018 midterm elections, the group released a targeted list of states where they hoped to sway the outcome. Perhaps the longstanding relationships and concentration of donations to well-known organizations like the Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council is why Sunrise says institutional funders have been hesitant to fully commit to their cause. The strategy to pressure Democrats into supporting their agenda has met some success. And we were like, this is not enough. 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