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Consumers Research Inc
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13 (3 findings, 10 relationships)
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Consumers Research; Consumers' Research; consumers' research inc

Consumers Research Inc

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Network map of this entityConsumers Research Inc part of Consumers Defense · ○ reported only · LittleSis: hierarchyConsumers Research Inc lobbied Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · ○ reported only · LittleSis: lobbying, 2019-02-12Will Hild position at Consumers Research Inc · ○ reported only · LittleSis: executive director, from 2020-03, currentBeau Brunson position at Consumers Research Inc · ○ reported only · LittleSis: Senior Policy Advisor, currentPaul Watkins position at Consumers Research Inc · ○ reported only · LittleSis: Senior Legal FellowKyle Burgess board member of Consumers Research Inc · ○ reported only · LittleSis: Executive Director, from 2017Leonard Leo position at Consumers Research Inc · ○ reported only · LittleSis: advisor, currentConsumers Research Inc · Organization · 3 findingsConsumers Research IncBeau Brunson · Person · 0 findingsBeau BrunsonConsumer Financial Protection Bureau · Government body · 0 findingsConsumer Financial Prot…Consumers Defense · Organization · 0 findingsConsumers DefenseKyle Burgess · Person · 0 findingsKyle BurgessLeonard Leo · Person · 0 findingsLeonard LeoPaul Watkins · Person · 0 findingsPaul WatkinsWill Hild · Person · 0 findingsWill Hild
8 entities, 6 recorded relationships, 1 board interlock. 39 more named entities have no recorded link and are not drawn.
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Consumers Research Incpart ofConsumers Defense
Consumers Research InclobbiedConsumer Financial Protection Bureau
Will Hildposition atConsumers Research Inc
Beau Brunsonposition atConsumers Research Inc
Paul Watkinsposition atConsumers Research Inc
Kyle Burgessboard member ofConsumers Research Inc
Leonard Leoposition atConsumers Research Inc

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Findings

  • The 9-seat State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF, EIN 462604771) board functions as a verified interlock control surface for the anti-ESG state-treasurer apparatus: a single uncompensated director (Bridgett Wagner) concurrently held Heritage Foundation ED of the Feulner Institute ($273,375, tax year 2023), Foundation for Government Accountability Director, and SFOF Vice President in the same tax year, while ALEC's 501(c)(4) lobbying arm (Lisa B Nelson, CEO of the Jeffersonian Project, paid $507,409 via the parent ALEC in 2024) and the 1792 Exchange anti-ESG corporate-rating shop (Paul Fitzpatrick, President, $241,519 in 2024) sit beside her, and revenue tripled from $935K (tax year 2021) to $2.86M (tax year 2023) on a funding pyramid where $2.9M of identified IRS Schedule I dark-money grants (2021–2024) is dominated by Bradley Impact Fund ($1.16M), Consumers Research ($1.085M), and Donors Trust ($405K).
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  • Ten Republican-aligned ad, mail, and media-buy vendors (Targeted Victory, Flexpoint Media, Mentzer Media, The Lukens Company, HSP Direct, Jamestown Associates, The Prosper Group, Creative Direct, Conrad Direct, CRC Advisors) form a wholesale conversion layer at the bottom of the conservative network: they collected ~$847M from 828 distinct FEC committees (2019-Mar 2026) plus ~$447M from the largest 501(c)(4)/(c)(3) conservative shops on disclosed IRS 990 contractor schedules (tax years 2013-2024), yet only one of the ten (CRC Advisors) is currently profiled in key_findings_registry.
  • Ten-firm Republican ad/mail/media-buy vendor oligopoly absorbs the conservative dark-money pipeline at the wholesale layer
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