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===Bradley Foundation Kept Wisconsin Watchdog Afloat as Franklin Center Struggled Financially===
A 2017 Center for Media and Democracy investigation of [[Bradley Foundation]] internal documents revealed that "in recent years the Franklin Center has foundered. The number of state offices dwindled to five in 2016 and employees fled the sinking ship when a single, mystery funder withdrew support."<ref name="damb">David Armiak and Mary Bottari, [httphttps://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/05/25/bradley-foundation-floated-wisconsin-watchdog-franklin-center-floundered/ Bradley Foundation Floated Wisconsin Watchdog While Franklin Center Floundered], ''ExposedbyCMD'', May 25, 2017.</ref>
It is a "text book case of imprudent funding," wrote Bradley staff. "Unable to resist the offer of $10M annually from one source, the organization grew beyond its capacity to manage itself, and became too dependent on one funder, making it able to shrug off criticism from elsewhere (including Bradley). Last year, when that funder shifted priorities and the fecklessness of the administration became evident, the organization began to collapse" (Grant Proposal Record, August 16, 2016).<ref name="damb"/>
