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Iowa State University

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501(c)(3) organization. Received $69,261 grant in 2022. Purpose: See Part IV

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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

$698,940

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
PHILANTHROPY INC$5,0002024Program Grant
MAYO CLINIC IN ROCHESTER$35,5032024SUPPORT EXEMPT PURPOSE
DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER$51,2082024RESEARCH
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$135,7462023Support of research activities
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC$48,2902022SUPPORT OF MISSION
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LOCKBOX$46,0862022SUB-AWARD
Joan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University$307,8462022RESEARCH
University of Notre Dame$69,2612022See Part IV

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 fromUniversity of Notre DameIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $69,261 (tax year 2022). Purpose: See Part IVSource
Received money fromJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LOCKBOXIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $46,086 (tax year 2022). Purpose: SUB-AWARDSource
Received money fromJoan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $307,846 (tax year 2022). Purpose: RESEARCHSource
Received money fromDANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTERIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $51,208 (tax year 2024). Purpose: RESEARCHSource
Received money fromPHILANTHROPY INCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $5,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: Program GrantSource
Received money fromMAYO CLINIC IN ROCHESTERIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $35,503 (tax year 2024). Purpose: SUPPORT EXEMPT PURPOSESource
Received money fromNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINEIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $135,746 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Support of research activitiesSource
Received money fromCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $48,290 (tax year 2022). Purpose: SUPPORT OF MISSIONSource