The Independent Women’s Law Center is a project of the Independent Women’s Forum, a right-wing group that originated as “Women for Justice Thomas.” The Independent Women’s Forum’s advocacy arm has tried to boost political candidates who claimed women could not get pregnant from “legitimate rape.”
Leonard Leo
Leonard Leo is an arch right-wing operative who has amassed a fortune through a web of dark money organizations he has used to radically transform the judiciary. Between 2020 and 2021, Leo’s 85 Fund gave the Independent Women’s Forum, the parent organization of the Law Center, $660,000. Leo’s Freedom and Opportunity Fund gave IWF’s advocacy arm $4 million in 2016-2017 during the fight over the seat vacated by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death.
Koch Network
Billionaire Charles Koch is a major funder of the Independent Women’s Forum. In 2019, the Charles Koch Foundation gave $100,000 to the Independent Women’s Forum. Between 2020 and 2021, the Charles Koch Institute gave $303,000 to the Independent Women’s Forum. The Independent Women’s Forum is also an associate member of the Koch-linked State Policy network.
