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==Ties to the Bradley Foundation==
Through 2016 the Competitive Enterprise Institute received [[Contributions of the Bradley Foundation | $2,130280,040]] from the [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]].<ref>Bradley Files, [on file with CMD], ''Bradley Files'', 2017.</ref>
Bradley detailed the most recent grants in internal documents examined by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). Below is a description of the grant prepared by CMD. The quoted text was written by Bradley staff.
'''2015: $200,000''' to support general operations and litigation. Emphasis of work will be on energy and the environment. As of this grant, CEI has received '''$2,130,040''' from the Bradley Foundation. CEI's Center for Energy and the Environment is "working closely with Bradley supported conservative think tanks and the Bradley supported American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) on public education about energy and the environment." CEI's "work on energy and the environment in particular is helping to expose and cut back onerous federal regulations that choke economic growth and prosperity." CEI's litigation agenda "includes a reinvigorated challenge to Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and other cases in areas ranging from government transparency to climate science."
'''2014: $150,000''' to support general operations and litigation. The grant request notes that the support of general operations is "with an emphasis on its work on energy and environment. This grant is separate and apart from that for CEI's litigation efforts… Among other things, (CEI's) Center for Energy and Environment is also working closely with Bradley supported conservative state think tanks and the Bradley supported American Legislative Exchange Council on public education about the likely economic and other effects of the proposed XL pipeline and the repeal of renewable energy standards in Kansas, Ohio and North Carolina. It aggressively used the Freedom of Information Act process to expose the collusion between officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and green and global warming alarmist groups. As well, including their attempt to rely on the federal Endangered Species Act to stymie energy development." CEI's litigation program included challenges to Dodd Frank, the CPA and the Affordable Care Act, which Bradley called "ambitiously creative."
