| Open Society Foundations | Social Security Works Education Fund | Grant to establish a Drop Site News Middle East desk (2024) | $250,000 | Chuck Ross on Open Society's $250,000 grant for Drop Site News, Washington Free Beacon · Nov 13, 2025 |
| Social Security Works Education Fund | Drop Site News | Fiscal sponsor: takes grants and tax-deductible gifts for Drop Site | – | Chuck Ross on Open Society's $250,000 grant for Drop Site News, Washington Free Beacon · Nov 13, 2025 |
| Ryan Grim | Drop Site News | Co-founder (July 2024) | – | Chuck Ross on Open Society's $250,000 grant for Drop Site News, Washington Free Beacon · Nov 13, 2025 |
| Jeremy Scahill | Drop Site News | Co-founder (July 2024) | – | Chuck Ross on Open Society's $250,000 grant for Drop Site News, Washington Free Beacon · Nov 13, 2025 |
| Drop Site News | Sharif Abdel Kouddous | Leads the Middle East desk | – | Chuck Ross on Open Society's $250,000 grant for Drop Site News, Washington Free Beacon · Nov 13, 2025 |
| Lincoln Media Foundation | Buckeye Bulletin | Manages the Bulletin's Facebook and Instagram accounts, per Meta's advertising data | – | Clara Harter on the Buckeye Bulletin and the Lincoln Media Foundation, Los Angeles Times · Oct 25, 2026
Mystery news site helps Vivek Ramaswamy push nasty attack ad, NewsOne |
| Lincoln Club of Orange County | Lincoln Media Foundation | Affiliated organization; IRS records show at least two shared executives | – | Clara Harter on the Buckeye Bulletin and the Lincoln Media Foundation, Los Angeles Times · Oct 25, 2026
It was John Wayne's political club. Now it's spending millions on online influence (Colin Lecher), CalMatters · Mar 9, 2026 |
| Tung Chee-hwa | China-United States Exchange Foundation | Founder | – | China-United States Exchange Foundation, Wikipedia |
| China-United States Exchange Foundation | Brown Lloyd James | Retained the firm to run journalist trips to China; the work is registered under FARA | – | China-United States Exchange Foundation, Wikipedia
Brown Lloyd James FARA registration exhibit (registration 5875), U.S. Department of Justice, FARA · Jul 29, 2011 |
| China-United States Exchange Foundation | Ezra Klein | Paid trip to China (2010) | – | Little Durantys (The Scrapbook), Washington Examiner · Jun 22, 2018 |
| China-United States Exchange Foundation | Matthew Yglesias | Trip to China with the CUSEF group (2010) | – | The 2010 Beatrice Webb Award finalists announced! (Michael Moynihan), Reason · Jun 1, 2010 |
| The Washington Post | Ezra Klein | Employed him in 2010, at the time of the trip | – | Little Durantys (The Scrapbook), Washington Examiner · Jun 22, 2018 |
| Press TV | Wyatt Reed | Payments for contributions in 2020 and 2021, per hacked Press TV documents | – | Joseph Menn on The Grayzone and state media payments (with correction), The Washington Post · Jun 2, 2024 |
| Sputnik | Wyatt Reed | Correspondent (2020-2021) | – | Joseph Menn on The Grayzone and state media payments (with correction), The Washington Post · Jun 2, 2024 |
| The Grayzone | Wyatt Reed | Staff from June 2023; later an editor | – | Joseph Menn on The Grayzone and state media payments (with correction), The Washington Post · Jun 2, 2024 |
| Max Blumenthal | The Grayzone | Founder | – | Joseph Menn on The Grayzone and state media payments (with correction), The Washington Post · Jun 2, 2024 |
| Mukesh Ambani | Reliance Industries | Chairman | – | Press release on acquiring control of Network18, Reliance Industries · May 29, 2014 |
| Reliance Industries | Network18 | Took control in July 2014 through the Independent Media Trust, of which Reliance is sole beneficiary | Rs 4,000 crore | Press release on acquiring control of Network18, Reliance Industries · May 29, 2014
NW18, TV18 gain as RIL completes takeover, Business Standard · Jul 8, 2014 |
| Gautam Adani | Adani Group | Chairman | – | Billionaire Adani to control nearly 65% of NDTV as founders sell stake (Reuters), ThePrint · Dec 23, 2022 |
| Adani Group | NDTV | Took control in December 2022: 64.71% through RRPR Holding, the open offer and most of the founders' stake | Rs 602 crore for the founders' 27.26% | Billionaire Adani to control nearly 65% of NDTV as founders sell stake (Reuters), ThePrint · Dec 23, 2022
NDTV founders resign from board after India's Adani takes control (Reuters), ThePrint · Dec 30, 2022 |
| Brian Timpone | Metric Media network | Holds executive roles in organizations that operate the network | – | The non-profits and PACs that spent $14 million on the Metric Media network in 2021-22 (Priyanjana Bengani), Columbia Journalism Review, Tow Center · Aug 8, 2024 |
| Restoration of America | Metric Media network | Paid Salvo Page for research and consulting (2021-22) | about $4.6 million | The non-profits and PACs that spent $14 million on the Metric Media network in 2021-22 (Priyanjana Bengani), Columbia Journalism Review, Tow Center · Aug 8, 2024 |
| Restoration PAC | Metric Media network | Paid Pipeline Media and Pipeline Advisors for production and consulting (2021-22) | $1.78 million | The non-profits and PACs that spent $14 million on the Metric Media network in 2021-22 (Priyanjana Bengani), Columbia Journalism Review, Tow Center · Aug 8, 2024 |
| People Who Play by the Rules PAC | Metric Media network | Paid Pipeline Media and Salvo Page for websites, text messages and consulting (2021-22) | $1.18 million | The non-profits and PACs that spent $14 million on the Metric Media network in 2021-22 (Priyanjana Bengani), Columbia Journalism Review, Tow Center · Aug 8, 2024 |
| Richard Uihlein | People Who Play by the Rules PAC | Donations to the PAC | $42 million | The non-profits and PACs that spent $14 million on the Metric Media network in 2021-22 (Priyanjana Bengani), Columbia Journalism Review, Tow Center · Aug 8, 2024 |
| Richard Uihlein | Restoration PAC | The Uihleins are the PAC's largest donors | – | The non-profits and PACs that spent $14 million on the Metric Media network in 2021-22 (Priyanjana Bengani), Columbia Journalism Review, Tow Center · Aug 8, 2024 |
| DonorsTrust | Metric Media network | Grant to the Metric Media Foundation (2020) | $1.27 million | The non-profits and PACs that spent $14 million on the Metric Media network in 2021-22 (Priyanjana Bengani), Columbia Journalism Review, Tow Center · Aug 8, 2024 |
| Tara McGowan | Good Information Inc. | Leads the company | – | Anna Merlan on Good Information Inc.'s backers and the Courier deal, VICE · Oct 29, 2021 |
| Good Information Inc. | Courier Newsroom | Acquired Courier Newsroom from ACRONYM (2021) | – | Anna Merlan on Good Information Inc.'s backers and the Courier deal, VICE · Oct 29, 2021 |
| Reid Hoffman | Good Information Inc. | Led the company's seed investment (2021) | multi-million | Anna Merlan on Good Information Inc.'s backers and the Courier deal, VICE · Oct 29, 2021 |
| George Soros | Good Information Inc. | Investor in the 2021 seed round | – | Anna Merlan on Good Information Inc.'s backers and the Courier deal, VICE · Oct 29, 2021 |