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WISDOM

WI

Nonprofit organization. Received $30,000 grant in 2023. Purpose: GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

Tracked direct giving

$0

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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

$385,000

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
PHILANTHROPY INC$150,0002024Program Grant
Windward Fund$125,0002024ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
New Venture Fund$60,0002024CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
BASIC NEEDS GIVING PARTNERSHIP INC$30,0002023GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION$20,0002023PROJECT SUPPORT MENAKHEM COMMUNITY REBUILDERS

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 fromBASIC NEEDS GIVING PARTNERSHIP INCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $30,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSource
Received money fromCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $20,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: PROJECT SUPPORT MENAKHEM COMMUNITY REBUILDERSSource
Received money fromPHILANTHROPY INCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $150,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: Program GrantSource
Received money fromWindward FundIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $125,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMSSource
Received money fromNew Venture FundIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $60,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACYSource