Civility Nonprofit
Moral Courage College
Background
Moral Courage College offers certificate programs for professionals, students, and teens to acquire skills that “turn heated issues into healthy conversations.” They provide colleges and universities with trainings aimed at higher ed leaders to teach them that “uniformity is not unity.”
Notable People
Irshad Manji
Founder and CEO, Moral Courage College
Manji is the author of the 2003 book The Trouble With Islam Today: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith. Manji has been featured in video and narrative content on the Charles Koch Foundation website.
Notable Funders
The Charles Koch Foundation/Stand Together Trust
$378,000 (2021)
Established by billionaire oil fortune heir, Charles Koch, the foundation has been a major funder of right-wing infrastructure for several decades. Koch invests millions into the Heritage Foundation and other conservative groups, including climate change denial organizations such as CO2 Coalition. See UNCIVIL’s June 2026 Funder Analysis for more details on Koch’s giving.
See also: American Council of Trustees and Alumni; American Enterprise Institute; Anti-Defamation League; Cato Institute; Heritage Foundation; Interfaith America; Manhattan Institute; College Presidents for Civic Preparedness; Pluralism Accelerator Fund; George Mason University; University of Pittsburgh; Dartmouth College; Princeton University; Jack Miller Center.
Andrew and Corey Morris-Singer Foundation
$50,000 (2023)
Led by the eponymous couple. Andrew Morris-Singer is the son of billionaire hedge fund founder Paul E. Singer; as of 2024, Andrew was listed on tax filings as “President/Director” of the three-person Singer Family Charitable Foundation board, which also includes Paul. The Morris-Singer Foundation has made significant grants to the politically conservative and Zionist Tikvah Fund, Orthodox Union (an explicitly anti-BDS organization), and The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland (an explicitly anti-BDS organization). In addition to its support for Braver Angels, the foundation’s 2022 tax filing lists a $400,000 grant to David Blankenhorn’s previous organization (see “Background” sub-section, above), Institute for American Values. For reference, see the Morris-Singer Foundation’s tax filings for 2024, 2023, 2022.
See also: Braver Angels.
Cato Institute
$30,000 (2022)
A well known libertarian think tank.
Unlikely Collaborators Foundation
Amount not identified; funding relationship documented here
Established by Elizabeth R. Koch, the daughter of Charles Koch.