Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has funneled millions of dollars to left-wing environmental groups which have engaged in political activity, raising questions about his involvement.
. Wyss founded the Wyss Foundation in the late 1990s as his main tax-exempt funding arm, and the Berger Action Fund in 2007. The billionaire has pushed hundreds of millions of dollars to his two nonprofits which have then spread his money to a vast array of groups, many of which like the LCV are actively involved in political issues.
Environmental groups that have received large funding amounts from Wyss' nonprofits worked to mine President Biden's voters' data to help preferred candidates win in 2022. DARK MONEY GROUP LINKED TO FOREIGN BILLIONAIRE INFUSED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO MAJOR DEM, LEFT-WING CAUSES Much of Wyss' donations over the years have supported environmental groups opposed to new oil and gas drilling., and the Sierra Club in 2020. Wyss has donated to CAP and remains a board member of the influential left-wing think tank.
Additionally, Wyss' Berger Action Fund contributed about $42.5 million to the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a key cog in aThe dark money network consists of five nonprofits that include the Sixteen Thirty Fund, New Venture Fund, Windward Fund, Hopewell Fund, and North Fund. The funds each act as a fiscal sponsor to other liberal nonprofits by providing their tax status to the nonprofits housed beneath them.
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