Concerned Women for America is an anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ group which once launched a lawsuit in Tennessee alleging that children’s religious freedoms were being infringed when they were required to read “godless” texts such as The Wizard of Oz, Rumplestiltskin, and science textbooks. It was founded in 1979 by Beverly LeHaye, the spouse of the evangelical minister who wrote the “Left Behind” series of books.
Leonard Leo
The Leonard Leo-tied Concord Fund gave Concerned Women for America a combined total over $950,000 in 2019, 2021, and 2022. Leo’s 85 Fund additionally gave the group a total of $125,000 between 2020 and 2021.
Koch Network
Concerned Women for America has also received millions of dollars from groups affiliated with billionaire Charles Koch, like “Freedom Partners” (now Stand Together, $8.4 million from 2012-2013), the “Center to Protect Patient Rights” (now American Encore, $1.6 million from 2010-2013), and the “TC4 Trust” ($1.3 million in 2011).
