Follow the money.

Yesterday:

Nonprofit near Kansas City seeks to become ‘epicenter of the school-choice movement’
Before his death, Stanley Herzog’s largesse bankrolled a generation of GOP candidates. His company still pours money into politics, but his fortune is now focused on expanding ‘Christ-centered K-12 education’
BY: ANNELISE HANSHAW – JULY 10, 2023

The headquarters of the Herzog Foundation sits on the edge of Smithville, in an 18,000-square-foot stone and glass building on a corner lot across the street from a cornfield on a gravel-lined highway.

Few Missouians have likely heard of the Stanley M. Herzog Charitable Foundation, or the organization’s namesake. But the unassuming locale masks what has been described as the “epicenter of the school-choice movement.”

Stan Herzog’s political largesse bankrolled a generation of conservative candidates and causes in Missouri, pouring through a constellation of political action committees and nonprofits. When he died in 2019, he set aside $300 million to start a foundation dedicated to expanding the reach of Christian education.

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Follow the money.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: it sure looks like more teabagger astroturf money (April 28, 2020)

Campaign Finance: business as usual (June 14, 2022)

“…Three arms of Herzog’s operations — Herzog Contracting Corporation, Herzog Technologies Inc. and Herzog Railroad Services Inc. — donate simultaneously to multiple political action committees. The three-pronged approach ensures that the committees aren’t primarily funded by a single company — although the three businesses act in unison….”

Campaign Finance: this time, with more feeling, or not (June 15, 2022)

Campaign Finance: write a check, write a check, write a check (June 18, 2020)

Campaign Finance: write another check, write another check, write another check (June 19, 2020)

Campaign Finance: Let everyone know that you’re an asshole without stating, “I’m an asshole.” (July 13, 2022)

Campaign Finance: Until it’s down to zero, eh? (July 16, 2022)

Campaign Finance: making the rubble bounce (October 25, 2022)