PurchasingPolicy.orgPURCHASINGPOLICYBETA
← Back to Influence Map
Entity DossierThink Tank

BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE

VA

501(C)(3) organization. Received $15,000 grant in 2024. Purpose: EDUCATIONAL

Tracked direct giving

$0

Tracked donations to candidate

$0

Connections

7

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 given

$565,000

GranteeAmountTax YearPurpose
Bridgewater State University Fdn$65,0002024Chronicles Project
ICIVICS$500,0002024Civic Star Challenge

IRS 990 Schedule I grants received

$594,033

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$15,0002024EDUCATIONAL
DonorsTrust$339,7002024for general operations
LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$6,0002024General Purpose
BRADLEY IMPACT FUND$83,3332024AMERICAN CIVICS & HISTORY INITIATIVE-FLORIDA
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$150,0002024UNRESTRICTED GENERAL 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.

Connection Graph
0 nodes · 0 edgesHover for labels · Double-click to expand
Loading graph...
Person
Organization
PAC
Gov Body
Legislature
Think Tank
Industry
Outcome

Click a node to see details

Double-click to expand its connections

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Gave money toBridgewater State University FdnIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $65,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: Chronicles ProjectSource
Gave money toICIVICSIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $500,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: Civic Star ChallengeSource
Received money fromAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $15,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: EDUCATIONALSource
Received money fromDonorsTrustIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $339,700 (tax year 2024). Purpose: for general operationsSource
Received money fromLEADERSHIP INSTITUTEIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $6,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: General PurposeSource
Received money fromBRADLEY IMPACT FUNDIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $83,333 (tax year 2024). Purpose: AMERICAN CIVICS & HISTORY INITIATIVE-FLORIDASource
Received money fromMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $150,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORTSource