A nonprofit organization funded by Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss recently donated more than $60 million to left-wing groups and causes, tax filings show.
The Berger Action Fund, a Wyss-funded organization that has channeled billions of dollars into progressive initiatives, is building a wide range of climate action funds from large nonprofits within America’s most prominent black-finance networks. continued to support liberal organizations, even those overseeing the efforts of the United States.
“The Burger Action Fund supports organizations working to conserve biodiversity, promote clean energy solutions, and promote economic opportunity,” a spokesperson for the organization told Fox News Digital.
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The Berger Action Fund, backed by Hansjorg Wyss, recently donated more than $60 million to progressive groups and initiatives. (Getty Images)
Burger Action Fund tax form, which politico Documents obtained show that Wyss-backed organizations spent $63 million on 13 left-wing groups between April 2022 and April 2023.
Its largest donation, $35 million, went to the Sixteen Thirty Fund, an underground finance nonprofit managed by the Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm Arabella Advisors.
The Sixteen Thirty Foundation does not disclose its donors, but the matching donation ($34.7 million) was the largest amount the nonprofit reported receiving on its own tax forms in 2022. The remaining $300,000 from the Burger Action Fund will be sent in April 2023 unless the group rounds up its contribution, which was likely sent between January and January. His next largest donation to the Sixteen Thirty Fund was $19 million.
During this time, the 16 Thirty Fund has raised approximately $190 million and distributed nearly $150 million to groups and causes aligned with the Democratic Party, including large donations to organizations working on voter engagement and environmental initiatives. I gave them a grant. It also injected cash into groups located in key battleground states.
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Berger Action Fund’s tax records also show it has donated $19.75 million to the Fund for a Better Future and $5 million to the League of Conservation Voters. For a while, Climate Power was part of the Fund for a Better Future. In 2022, the company partnered with the League of Conservation Voters to undertake “sophisticated targeting projects never before undertaken” to advance the Democratic Party.
Climate Power and the League of Conservation Voters are two prominent far-left environmental groups promoting aggressive green transition policies. Fund for a Better Future previously oversaw Climate Power, but the organization spun off as its own nonprofit organization in the summer of 2023, a spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital.
In addition, Berger Action Fund will provide $1.5 million to WorkMoney and hundreds of thousands more to other organizations including the Indivisible Project, Western Conservation Action, Citizen Action of New York, Americans for Financial Reform, and Common Cause. provided.
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and philanthropist Hansjorg Wyss attend Oceana’s New York City charity event at the Four Seasons Restaurant on April 1, 2015. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images, Oceana)
For more than 20 years, Wyss has been financially involved in various left-wing causes. Wyss founded the Wyss Foundation in the late 1990s and the Berger Action Fund in 2007.
Meanwhile, his citizenship came under the microscope as his political donations gained attention.
The watchdog group Americans for Public Trust (APT) cited multiple documents questioning his citizenship, including a 2021 Securities and Exchange Commission filing in which he said he was a “Swiss national.” I found a document.
“Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss has meddled in our country’s political affairs for years, funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to liberal and left-wing causes through his Arabella Advisors network,” said APT Executive Director. , Caitlin Sutherland previously told FOX News Digital.
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“Despite openly boasting to the international press about Wyss’ extensive influence in our country, Wyss’ U.S.-based nonprofit organization refuses to acknowledge what has now been confirmed,” Sutherland said. “This means Wyss was never a U.S. citizen and is not currently a U.S. citizen.”
Wyss’ work has also attracted the attention of Republican lawmakers who are eyeing legislation to prevent foreign nationals from “influencing America’s political system.” Axios reports last year.
A spokesperson for the organization told Fox News Digital: “Berger complies with the laws and regulations governing its activities and uses its grants to support or oppose candidates or political parties, or for other campaign activities. It is prohibited,” he said. “Mr. Berger has also supported efforts to increase transparency in the campaign finance system through disclosure laws.”
Fox News Digital’s Thomas Catenacci contributed to this report.
