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# Center for Media and Democracy
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/center-for-media-and-democracy/
- Published: 1999-01-02T13:11:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-02T01:30:53.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

The **Center for Media and Democracy (CMD)** is an American non-profit organization based in Madison, Wisconsin. It publishes [ALEC Exposed](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/ALEC-Exposed), BanksterUSA, PR Watch, and SourceWatch.[\[1\]](#fn1)

## Team

| Name       | Position                                                          | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Alex Kotch | Senior Investigative Reporter and Editor (2020-2022)[\[2\]](#fn2) | [OptOut Media Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/OptOut-Media-Foundation), [Institute for Southern Studies](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Institute-for-Southern-Studies) |

## Funding

CMD has received funding from:[\[1:1\]](#fn1)

- American Legacy Foundation
- Bauman Family Foundation
- Careth Foundation
- Carolyn Foundation
- Changing Horizons Charitable Trust
- Courtney's Foundation
- CS Fund
- Deer Creek Foundation
- Educational Foundation of America
- Ettinger Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- Foundation for Deep Ecology
- Foundation for Political Management
- Funding Exchange
- Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
- Grodzins Fund
- Helena Rubinstein Foundation
- HKH Foundation
- Litowitz Foundation
- Marisla Foundation
- Mostyn Foundation
- Open Society Foundations
- Park Foundation
- Public Welfare Foundation
- Proteus Fund
- V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
- Rockefeller Associates
- Rockefeller Family Foundation
- Rockwood Fund
- Schwab Charitable[\[3\]](#fn3)
- Stern Family Fund
- Schumann Center for Media and Democracy
- Sunlight Foundation
- Threshold Foundation
- Tides Foundation
- Town Creek Foundation
- Turner Foundation
- Wallace Global Fund
- Winslow Foundation

## External links

- [Website](https://www.exposedbycmd.org/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center%5Ffor%5FMedia%5Fand%5FDemocracy)

### Further reading

- October 30, 2023: "[Who’s Behind 'OptOut Media'?](https://whiteroseintelligence.com/index.php/2023/10/30/whos-behind-optout-media/)" by [Liam Sturgess](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Liam-Sturgess), published by *The Kennedy Beacon*

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1. *About Us.* PR Watch. Retrieved December 20, 2012, from <http://archive.today/2012.12.20-233335/http://www.prwatch.org/finances.html> [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1)
2. *Experience | Alex Kotch.* LinkedIn. Retrieved October 24, 2023, from <http://archive.today/2023.10.24-233023/https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-kotch-1a862718/details/experience/> [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. Craver, J. (2013, December 7). *Progressive watchdog group gets two big anonymous donations.* Wisconsin State Journal. <http://archive.today/2023.10.24-234322/https://madison.com/news/local/writers/jack%5Fcraver/progressive-watchdog-group-gets-two-big-anonymous-donations/article%5Ffd110a62-5ea5-11e3-90ad-001a4bcf887a.html> [↩︎](#fnref3)