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BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER ACTION

DC · US

501(C)(4) organization. Received $190,536 grant in 2024. Purpose: GENERAL SUPPORT

Tracked direct giving

$0

Tracked donations to candidate

$0

LDA reported lobbying spend

$6,990,000

Connections

11

Dark Money Spending

Election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors. Dark money flows through 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar entities that are not required to reveal their funders. 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. These inter-organizational transfers are a key pathway in dark money flows — a nonprofit may receive a grant from one entity and then spend that money on election ads.

IRS 990 Schedule I grants received

$190,536

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
BATTERY FOUNDATION$190,5362024GENERAL SUPPORT

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 because 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.

Lobbying Activity Detail

Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.

Top Lobbying Issues

HOUHOU
$10.6M
BUDBudget/Appropriations
$10.5M
TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
$10.4M
SCIScience
$10.3M
HCRHealth Issues
$10.2M
ENGENG
$10.2M
GOVGovernment Issues
$10.1M
TRATransportation
$10.1M
LBRLabor/Employment
$10.0M
FAMFamily/Marriage Issues
$10.0M

Lobbying Firms Retained

BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER ACTION$10.0M
MONUMENT ADVOCACY$340K
SPLITOAK STRATEGIES LLC$300K
FEDERAL HALL POLICY ADVISORS, LLC$300K
Harbinger Strategies$220K
BREAKAWAY$120K
FORBES-TATE$100K
MAYER BROWN LLP$20K

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

clean energy creditFarm Bill

Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.

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Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Employed bySPLITOAK STRATEGIES LLCHired SPLITOAK STRATEGIES LLC to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
Employed byMAYER BROWN LLPHired MAYER BROWN LLP to lobby (2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2023)Source
Employed byHarbinger StrategiesHired HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC to lobby (3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2024)Source
Employed byBREAKAWAYHired BREAKAWAY to lobby (3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025)Source
Employed byFORBES-TATEHired FORBES-TATE to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
Employed byFEDERAL HALL POLICY ADVISORS, LLCHired FEDERAL HALL POLICY ADVISORS, LLC to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
Employed byMONUMENT ADVOCACYHired MONUMENT ADVOCACY to lobby on Farm Bill Reauthorization 2024Source
Lobbied forFarm Bill Reauthorization 2024LDA filing: lobbied on Farm Bill Reauthorization 2024, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)Source
Lobbied forIRA Clean Energy Tax Credits (Sections 45/48)LDA filing: lobbied on IRA Clean Energy Tax Credits, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $210,300Source
Lobbied forFarm Loan Programs; Direct and Guaranteed Loan Changes, Certified Mediation Program, and Guaranteed Loans Maximum Interest RatesLobbied on Farm Bill — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.Source
Received money fromBATTERY FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $190,536 (tax year 2024). Purpose: GENERAL SUPPORTSource