How We Score
- Direct and indirect corporate donations
- Activities and stated policies from these companies
- Documented sponsorships for various political and advocacy-related events
- Corporate leadership donations, activity and advocacy
- Lobbying spent for or against various issues on the federal and state levels
We use this information to score each company on a scale of 1 to 5 on various issues.
The scale is calculated as follows:
1. Liberal
Demonstrates strong or direct monetary and/or advocacy support for liberal values and organizations.
2. Lean Liberal
Demonstrates moderate or indirect monetary and/or advocacy support for liberal values and organizations.
3. Neutral
Absence of any social/political advocacy or monetary support, or otherwise no information was found.
4. Lean Conservative
Demonstrates moderate or indirect monetary and/or advocacy support for conservative values and organizations.
5. Conservative
Demonstrates strong or direct monetary and/or advocacy support for conservative values and organizations