A named set of plutocratic families underwrites the Christian nationalist movement.

Evidence

In recent years the movement has come to depend critically on the wealth of a growing subset of America’s plutocratic class. Without the DeVos/Prince clan, the Bradley Foundation, Howard Ahmanson Jr., the foundations of the late Richard Scaife, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Lynn and Foster Friess Family Foundation, the Maclellan Foundation, Dan and Farris Wilks, the Green family, and a number of other major funders I will discuss in this book—to say nothing of the donor-advised funds such as the National Christian Foundation, which channel hundreds of millions of dollars in annual donations anonymously, and the massive flow of right-wing dark money targeting the courts—the movement would not be what it is today. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 42

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: donor-advised funds like the National Christian Foundation routing hundreds of millions anonymously — a concrete mechanism to verify and quantify.
• SHARE: The roster of named funders (DeVos/Prince, Bradley, Ahmanson, Scaife, Olin, Friess, Maclellan, Wilks, Green) reads as a who’s-who list a specific politically engaged contact would enjoy disputing or extending.
• XREF: connects to: Nationalist movements typically fused aristocrats, intellectuals, and businessmen in distinct roles — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 308; Christian nationalism fuses ethnic, racial, and political hierarchy with religious identity — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 66; Christian nationalist power rests on skewed electoral representation — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 1073

Broader Connections

• Nationalist movements typically fused aristocrats, intellectuals, and businessmen in distinct roles #responds-to (0.75) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 308
• Christian nationalism fuses ethnic, racial, and political hierarchy with religious identity #responds-to (0.72) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 66
• Christian nationalist power rests on skewed electoral representation #responds-to (0.72) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 1073