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THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC

CA

501(C)(3) organization. Received $10,000 grant in 2023. Purpose: GENERAL SUPPORT

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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

$2,058,489

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC$7,0002024GENERAL SUPPORT AND VARIOUS PROJECTS
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$628,5002024ANIMAL-RELATED
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$10,0002023GENERAL SUPPORT
Schwab Charitable$322,8402023ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$19,3712023CHARITABLE DONATION
AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$51,1502023ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL PROTECTION
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1,019,6282022For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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 fromAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $628,500 (tax year 2024). Purpose: ANIMAL-RELATEDSource
Received money fromAYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $51,150 (tax year 2023). Purpose: ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL PROTECTIONSource
Received money fromBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $7,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: GENERAL SUPPORT AND VARIOUS PROJECTSSource
Received money fromCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICAIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $19,371 (tax year 2023). Purpose: CHARITABLE DONATIONSource
Received money fromSTANFORD UNIVERSITYIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $10,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: GENERAL SUPPORTSource
Received money fromSchwab CharitableIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $322,840 (tax year 2023). Purpose: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALSSource
Received money fromFidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $1,019,628 (tax year 2022). Purpose: For grant recipient's exempt purposesSource