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PO. Box 84
Atedo, TX 76008


Mr. Drew Ryun

AMQUNT 
STAFF 
PRQJECT YETLE:

BQARQ MEMBERS 
WITH REQUEST:

SYAFF:


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$239.5oo
$239,500

To support the Video Trackers project and generat operations

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Greenhouse Solutions is the parent organization for Media Trackers. Media Trackers was launched first
here in Wisconsin under the auspices of American Majority. It has gone on to open chapters in four
states." and is now an independent organization. in the midst of Wisconsin's politicai opheaval Media
Trackers has driven the debate, revealing new facts and covering stories that wouid previously have gone
undiscovered Staffed by a team of oniy two, the success of Media Trackers can be gauged by the
frequent media hits not only on conservative news in the conventional press as well. These
references inciode mentions by nationat organizations like National Journal, Washington
Times, Deity Caller, American Spectator: Washington Free Beacon, Time Magazine, the Nation The
Biaze; National Review Orr/ins, and Mother Jones Magazine

The Letl can be beaten with facts, but oniy if they are known. Media Trackers works to uncover the facts
for the public interest. With the addition of a video team?Video Trackers?new methods and approaches
to exposing the truth are being used to great effect.

Media Trackers does not wait for stories, it finds them. Using a combination of old fashioned investigative
reporting and sophisticated research techniques, it reveais stories and details that the mainstream media
either ignores or does not know. Research in a rorai courthouse reveaied, for example, that a candidate
for Wisconsin Attorney General had made a land deal with an accused sex offender, who then received a
special deal from the candidate?s District Attorney?s office. That story caught fire around the state, but
wouid have been unknown without Media Trackers.

in Milwaukee, the video team exposed a sign in front of City Hall giving preferred parking to get-out~the~
vote vans of particular liberat organizations. Video Trackers caught the President of the Milwaukee
teachers union joining a union front group?s minimum wage protest during the day, even while he was
supposedly earning his taxpayer?funded $120,000 wage.

In Madison, during the height of this summer's anti-poiice protests, Media Trackers caught protesters
carrying an obscene slogan. Even as the protests were covered by other media outlets as gentile and
harmless, the Media Trackers photos reached 88,000 Facebook followers, and made it to national news
outiets.

in addition, Media Trackers uses search engine optimization and other sophisticated media techniques to
aneure that its stories reach the maximum number of viewers. Among its projects in this arena is
?FIackpedia? a ?closed wiki? project that seeds the internet with facts about leftwing organizations. To date
more than 300 entries have been posted.

Media Trackers knows it is having an effect through its monitoring of the Left?s social media. Those
groups are now attering their events and tactics to avoid being caught by Media Trackers. Even the toes!
mainstream media pays attention to Media Trackers? revelations now, and acknowiedges their
effectiveness.

STAFF RECQMMENDATION:
As founder Drew Ryun put it: ?Media Trackers is a project the Left would Elke to go away. We would like it

to remain.? A grant of $239,500 to fully fund Media Trackers and its video projects in Wisconsin is
recommended.

 

 

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Grant History

 

 

 

 

Projegt Title. Grant Amman: Approved Fund
To suppo?'Medla Trackers - Wisconsin $185,000 Reguiar
To suppon? Media Trackers - Wisconsin $100,000 2f25f2014 Reguiar
To suppo? Media Trackers a Wisconsin 31%.030 1131232013 Regum
Grand Tetmg i3 imam} $460,800

 

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