I am curious: Why would you assume that I am intellectually dishonest? Why not assume good faith?
As for the actual argument: There are no ideology-free actors. Therefore, the best way for an organization to become more independent is to reduce its reliance on a single source (or cluster) of funding by diversifying its financial backing.
The more backers who are not closely aligned between each other, the more independent the organization is. Conversely, the more the backers share the same alignment, the more they tend to act similarly, reducing the benefit of the split.
As for the actual argument: There are no ideology-free actors. Therefore, the best way for an organization to become more independent is to reduce its reliance on a single source (or cluster) of funding by diversifying its financial backing.
The more backers who are not closely aligned between each other, the more independent the organization is. Conversely, the more the backers share the same alignment, the more they tend to act similarly, reducing the benefit of the split.
This is a fruitful and well studied concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_dependence_theory