Heritage Foundation rejects six-figure donations from Big Tech companies

The Heritage Foundation, one of the oldest and most respected conservative think tanks in Washington, D.C., rejected six-figure donations from Big Tech companies Google and Facebook, taking a principled stand against Big Tech censorship of conservatives.

In letters written by outgoing Heritage President Kay Cole James addressed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the conservative nonprofit turned turned down more than $350,000 in contributions, according to a report from Axios, which obtained copies of the letters.

"We cannot in good conscience take money from a company that repeatedly, and blatantly, suppresses conservative speech on your platforms," James wrote to Pichai.

Axios reported that Heritage formally rejected a $225,000 donation from Google and announced it would return a $150,000 contribution from Facebook.