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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA

CA

501(C)(3) organization. Received $119,637 grant in 2022. Purpose: Research

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Outside Spending and Dark Money

Dark money is election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors: 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar non-committee filers (FEC Form 5 and Form 9). Registered super PACs also make independent expenditures. But they itemize their donors with the FEC, so their spending is not dark money. Figures below are never combined with disclosed-donor totals.

IRS 990 Schedule I Grant Chain

Grants between nonprofits reported on IRS Form 990 Schedule I. Grants between organizations are one route for dark money. A nonprofit may receive a grant from one entity and then spend that money on election ads.

IRS 990 Schedule I grants received

$4,521,579

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
CANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA$12,0002024RESEARCH MENTORSHIP
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$100,0002024UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$29,0002024EDUCATIONAL
AMERICAN GIFT FUND$7,5002024OPERATIONS
CHAPMAN UNIVIVERSITY$261,2222023BASIC RESEARCH
BREAKTHROUGH T1D SOUTHWEST OH CH$537,6382023T1D RESEARCH
Schwab Charitable$1,364,4102023EDUCATION
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION- ARKANSAS CHAPTER - 320 EXECUTIVE COURT SUITE 30$160,5602023RESEARCH
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED$102,1612023—
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC$144,5802023RESEARCH
AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$17,5002023EDUCATION
University of Pittsburgh$34,5122022RESEARCH- SUBCONTRACT
Columbia University$119,6372022Research
University of Delaware$43,9432022RESEARCH SUBAWARD
University of Notre Dame$145,3612022See Part IV
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LOCKBOX$505,7892022SUB-AWARD
Joan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University$356,0352022RESEARCH
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$99,2422022STRENGTHENING LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY AND DROUGHT RESILIENCE DATA AND DECISION-MAKING
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$470,4892022For grant recipient's exempt purposes
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,0002022EDUCATION

Source: IRS Form 990 Schedule I (Grants and Other Assistance to Organizations) via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and IRS 990 XML e-files. Grant amounts represent the most recent filing year available.

IRS 990 data lags a year or more behind filing. Grants shown are for the stated tax year and do not establish current-cycle funding.

Methodology Disclosure

Dark money figures are derived from FEC Form 5 (independent expenditures by non-committee organizations) and Form 9 (electioneering communications). These filings capture spending on ads and election communications but do not reveal the identity of the organization's donors. QPQ totals may differ from benchmarks like the Brennan Center's estimates. QPQ includes all Form 5 filers, while some benchmarks count only a subset of non-disclosing nonprofits. Grant chain data is from IRS Form 990 Schedule I and may not include all years or all grantee organizations.

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TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Received money fromCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $10,000 (tax year 2022). Purpose: EDUCATIONSource
Received money fromColumbia UniversityIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $119,637 (tax year 2022). Purpose: ResearchSource
Received money fromUniversity of DelawareIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $43,943 (tax year 2022). Purpose: RESEARCH SUBAWARDSource
Received money fromUniversity of Notre DameIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $145,361 (tax year 2022). Purpose: See Part IVSource
Received money fromJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LOCKBOXIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $505,789 (tax year 2022). Purpose: SUB-AWARDSource
Received money fromAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $29,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: EDUCATIONALSource
Received money fromAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $144,580 (tax year 2023). Purpose: RESEARCHSource
Received money fromAYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $17,500 (tax year 2023). Purpose: EDUCATIONSource
Received money fromBREAKTHROUGH T1D SOUTHWEST OH CHIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $537,638 (tax year 2023). Purpose: T1D RESEARCHSource
Received money fromJoan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $356,035 (tax year 2022). Purpose: RESEARCHSource
Received money fromCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION- ARKANSAS CHAPTER - 320 EXECUTIVE COURT SUITE 30IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $160,560 (tax year 2023). Purpose: RESEARCHSource
Received money fromSchwab CharitableIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $1,364,410 (tax year 2023). Purpose: EDUCATIONSource
Received money fromENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $102,161 (tax year 2023)Source
Received money fromCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $99,242 (tax year 2022). Purpose: STRENGTHENING LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY AND DROUGHT RESILIENCE DATA AND DECISION-MAKINGSource
Received money fromFidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $470,489 (tax year 2022). Purpose: For grant recipient's exempt purposesSource
Received money fromMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $100,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORTSource
Received money fromCHAPMAN UNIVIVERSITYIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $261,222 (tax year 2023). Purpose: BASIC RESEARCHSource
Received money fromAMERICAN GIFT FUNDIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $7,500 (tax year 2024). Purpose: OPERATIONSSource
Received money fromCANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARAIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $12,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: RESEARCH MENTORSHIPSource
Received money fromUniversity of PittsburghIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $34,512 (tax year 2022). Purpose: RESEARCH- SUBCONTRACTSource