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Leonard Anthony Leo [2] was born on Long Island, New York, in November 1965, and raised in suburban New Jersey. His grandfather, an Italian immigrant, was a vice president of fashion company Brooks Brothers. [3] [4] [5] He grew up in a family of practicing Catholics. [3] Leo's father was a pastry chef who died when Leo was a toddler. [6]
Project 2025’s board of more than 80 conservative organizations includes nearly 40 that have received funding from dark-money groups linked to Leonard Leo, a major right-wing donor who ...
Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a trove of so-called "dark money" was about to be unleashed. Two activists prepared to seize the moment.
His donation of Tripp Lite, worth $1.6 billion to the Marble Freedom Trust, a new conservative "dark money" group led by Leonard Leo, was called the largest single known contribution to a politically focused nonprofit as of 2022. [3] He also gave at least $775 million in charitable donations between 1996 and 2018. [2]
Calling it the "dark money ATM" of the political right, ... led by Leonard Leo, gave $41 million to DonorsTrust in 2021 after a donation from Barre Seid. [34]
Since 2021, Leo’s network and groups that have gotten funding from it have funneled over $50.7 million to the groups advising the 2025 Presidential Transition Project as part of its “Project ...
Nearly half of the project's collaborating organizations have received dark money contributions from a network of fundraising groups linked to Leonard Leo, a major conservative donor and key figure in guiding the selection of Trump's federal judicial nominees. [45]
The Concord Fund, a Virginia 501(c)(4) nonprofit tied to conservative activist Leonard Leo, donated half a million to an Amendment G opponent.