Foundations have no voters, no customers, no investors.
The people who run big foundations are part of an elite and insulated group. They are typically located hundreds or even thousands of miles from the communities affected by policies they advocate. They receive little or no feedback from those affected by their decisions, nor are they accountable to anyone for promoting policies which adversely affect the well-being of rural people and local economics. They did it by an initiative they called the 'Heritage Forest Campaign'. Half of these assets are controlled by fewer than 200 foundations.