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Cherokee Nation

OK

Tracked giving exceeds tracked receipts by

$434,100

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$434,100

Tracked donations to candidate

$0

Connections

2

The Money Trail

How money flowed from Cherokee Nation

$302K
15 transactions across 10 counterparties

Cherokee Nation directed $124K to COLE COMBINED COMMITTEE across 3 contributions between December 2023 and October 2024.

Dec 2023 – Oct 2024individual

Cherokee Nation directed $71K to NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE-LEGAL FUND across 2 contributions between December 2023 and July 2024.

Dec 2023 – Jul 2024individual

Cherokee Nation directed $60K to HOUSE MAJORITY PAC across 2 contributions between October 2024 and October 2024.

Oct 2024 – Oct 2024individual

Cherokee Nation directed $17K to JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND across 2 contributions between December 2023 and September 2024.

Dec 2023 – Sep 2024individual

Cherokee Nation directed $5K to Alex Padilla.

Dec 2024pac

Cherokee Nation also gave to 5 other entities totaling $25K.

$302K tracked across 10 counterparties

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

$77,619

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
EMORY$52,6192023RESEARCH/SUBCONTRACT
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LOCKBOX$25,0002022SUB-AWARD

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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Donations Given

RecipientAmountDateCycle
COLE COMBINED COMMITTEE$52,900Dec 8, 20232024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$50,000Oct 16, 20242024
COLE COMBINED COMMITTEE$46,300Oct 21, 20242024
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE-LEGAL FUND$41,300Dec 8, 20232024
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE-LEGAL FUND$30,000Jul 17, 20242024
COLE COMBINED COMMITTEE$25,000Oct 21, 20242024
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND$11,600Dec 19, 20232024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$10,000Oct 23, 20242024
JACKY ROSEN VICTORY FUND$5,000Oct 24, 20242024
CANTWELL VICTORY 2024$5,000Oct 16, 20242024
COLE PAC$5,000Dec 29, 20232024
ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE$5,000Dec 24, 20242024
OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND$5,000Oct 31, 20242024
CANTWELL VICTORY 2024$5,000Dec 1, 20232024
CHRIS MURPHY VICTORY FUND$5,000Dec 31, 20232024
LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PAC$5,000Oct 30, 20242024
HEINRICH VICTORY FUND$5,000Oct 23, 20242024
HEINRICH VICTORY FUND$5,000Dec 5, 20232024
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND$5,000Sep 18, 20242024
Alex Padilla$5,000Dec 24, 20242024
WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY$3,900Dec 1, 20232024
NEVADA STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY$3,700Oct 24, 20242024
ROSEN FOR NEVADA$3,300Dec 28, 20232024
PRAMILA FOR CONGRESS$3,300Dec 12, 20232024
NADLER FOR CONGRESS$3,300Nov 5, 20242024
CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE$3,300Dec 27, 20232024
MIKE FLOOD FOR CONGRESS$3,300Oct 31, 2024
JULIA LETLOW FOR CONGRESS$3,300Nov 5, 2024
AMODEI FOR NEVADA$3,300Oct 23, 20242024
DR. RAUL RUIZ FOR CONGRESS$3,300Sep 26, 20242024
LORI CHAVEZ-DEREMER FOR CONGRESS$3,300Oct 24, 2024
ALSOBROOKS FOR SENATE$3,300Dec 13, 20232024
DOUG LAMALFA COMMITTEE$3,300Oct 31, 20242024
PRAMILA FOR CONGRESS$3,300Sep 29, 20242024
MARY PELTOLA FOR ALASKA$3,300Dec 31, 20232024
JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS$3,300Dec 19, 20232024
FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN$3,300Oct 7, 20242024
SCHATZ FOR SENATE$3,300Dec 30, 20242024
FRIENDS OF MARIA$2,500May 24, 20222022
HEINRICH VICTORY FUND$2,500Sep 26, 20242024
JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON$2,500Dec 30, 20232024
GRANITE VALUES PAC$2,500Dec 28, 20232024
GIDDY UP PAC$2,500Dec 12, 20232024
NORMA TORRES FOR CONGRESS$2,500Jun 13, 20242024
GIDDY UP PAC$2,500Dec 8, 20242024
AMODEI FOR NEVADA$2,500Dec 18, 20232024
GRIT & HEART PAC$2,500Sep 15, 20242024
REV UP PAC$2,500Dec 29, 20232024
AHORA PAC$2,500Sep 16, 20242024
MOORE FOR CONGRESS$2,500Sep 20, 2024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Received money fromJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LOCKBOXIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,000 (tax year 2022). Purpose: SUB-AWARDSource
Received money fromEMORYIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $52,619 (tax year 2023). Purpose: RESEARCH/SUBCONTRACTSource