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OPEN SATS INITIATIVE INC

TX

501(C)(3) organization. Received $250,000 grant in 2024. Purpose: BITCOIN DEVELOPMENT FUND

Tracked direct giving

$0

Tracked donations to candidate

$0

Connections

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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

$477,042

GranteeAmountTax YearPurpose
CORACLE SOCIAL LLC$62,5002023Free and Open Source Software Development
Mutiny Wallet Inc$150,0002023Free and Open Source Software Development
Coinstr Inc$12,0002023Free and Open Source Software Development
Payjoin LLC$30,0002023Free and Open Source Software Development
DAKOTA SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LLC$12,5002023Free and Open Source Software Development
Anoncomputer LLC$20,0002023Free and Open Source Software Development
BRINK TECHNOLOGY LLC$21,0002023Free and Open Source Software Development
BITCOIN DEV KIT FOUNDATION$119,0422023Free and Open Source Software Development
SUMMER OF BITS INC$50,0002023Free and Open Source Software Education

IRS 990 Schedule I grants received

$11,500,000

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
Human Rights Foundation$250,0002024BITCOIN DEVELOPMENT FUND
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$11,250,0002022For 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 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.

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TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Gave money toCORACLE SOCIAL LLCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $62,500 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Free and Open Source Software DevelopmentSource
Gave money toMutiny Wallet IncIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $150,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Free and Open Source Software DevelopmentSource
Gave money toCoinstr IncIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $12,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Free and Open Source Software DevelopmentSource
Gave money toPayjoin LLCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $30,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Free and Open Source Software DevelopmentSource
Gave money toDAKOTA SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LLCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $12,500 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Free and Open Source Software DevelopmentSource
Gave money toAnoncomputer LLCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $20,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Free and Open Source Software DevelopmentSource
Gave money toBRINK TECHNOLOGY LLCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $21,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Free and Open Source Software DevelopmentSource
Gave money toBITCOIN DEV KIT FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $119,042 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Free and Open Source Software DevelopmentSource
Gave money toSUMMER OF BITS INCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $50,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Free and Open Source Software EducationSource
Received money fromHuman Rights FoundationIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $250,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: BITCOIN DEVELOPMENT FUNDSource
Received money fromFidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $11,250,000 (tax year 2022). Purpose: For grant recipient's exempt purposesSource