> Thus, they fund specific (extreme left wing) political agendas They fund specific agendas. I suspect you are from the USA, have never come across groups with

> Thus, they fund specific (extreme left wing) political agendas They fund specific agendas. I suspect you are from the USA, have never come across groups with extreme leftwing views, and have confused touchy-feely leftish liberalism with "extreme left wing". Certainly they are using the funds to discreetly push a political agenda; I think they shouldn't do that. I think they should invest the capital, and run Wikipedia on the investment income. That's what you do with an endowment; you don't launch a search for ways to give all the money away.