How Wisconsin Money Funded Trump's Policies

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https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2026/03/05/murphys-law-how-wisconsin-money-funded-trumps-policies/

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The incredible speed with which President Donald Trump moved to radically reshape the United States has been traced to Project 2025, the policy road map created by the Heritage Foundation. More than 100 nonprofits signed on as advisers to Project 2025’s 900-page “Mandate for Leadership” document. Who funded this huge effort?

Much of the money came from Wisconsin, according to several publications that track philanthropy and foundation giving. By far the most important of the six biggest funders of the effort was the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, which gave $52.9 million to 29 different Project 2025 advisers since 2020, according to an analysis by DeSmog, the research group that calls itself “the world’s No. 1 source for accurate, fact-based information regarding global warming misinformation campaigns.”

The foundation’s money came from the sale of the Allen-Bradley company in 1985 and has grown ever bigger since then. Much of the $52.9 million in funding was awarded through the foundation’s growing subsidiary, the Bradley Impact Fund.

Ranking fourth highest in giving to Project 2025 were Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein, who have given $13 million to Project 2025 groups since 2020. The Uihleins are billionaires who are also near the top in funding right-wing Republican candidates, and whose money has come from their Wisconsin-based company, Uline.

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