America’s top nonprofits bankroll attack on big tech

(Anthony Russo | The New York Times) Major nonprofits and other organizations have pledged millions of dollars toward groups that are taking on corporate giants. Washington • Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have discussed breaking up the biggest tech companies during their presidential campaigns. Federal and state regulators are investigating whether the companies have violated antitrust law.

But the activists and scholars who first raised concerns about the market power of companies like Facebook and Amazon don’t plan to stop there. They want to sell their thinking to the broader public, too. And they are amassing numerous wealthy backers to help them do it.

Major nonprofits,…