Sixteen Thirty Fund
DC · US
Promoting social welfare, including providing public education and conducting advocacy
Tracked direct giving
$11,297,500
LDA reported lobbying spend
$90,000
Connections
10
How money flowed from Sixteen Thirty Fund
Sixteen Thirty Fund directed $6.8M to LCV VICTORY FUND.
Sixteen Thirty Fund directed $1.9M to HOUSE MAJORITY PAC across 3 contributions between October 2024 and October 2024.
Sixteen Thirty Fund directed $1.3M to Senate Majority PAC across 2 contributions between October 2024 and October 2024.
Sixteen Thirty Fund directed $860K to MAINSTREAM COLORADO FUND across 2 contributions between August 2024 and October 2024.
Sixteen Thirty Fund directed $550K to OPEN DEMOCRACY PAC across 3 contributions between October 2023 and June 2024.
Where Sixteen Thirty Fund’s money ended up
Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this
smallest single documented leg $7K
smallest single documented leg $11K
smallest single documented leg $5K
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smallest single documented leg $13K
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smallest single documented leg $12K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
Plus 42 additional chains totaling $502K.
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
$65,582,923
| Grantor | Amount | Tax Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Venture Fund | $58,932,923 | 2024 | CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY |
| Windward Fund | $1,000,000 | 2024 | ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS |
| North Fund | $5,650,000 | 2022 | CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY |
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.
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
Lobbying Firms Retained
Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings
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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Donations Given and Outside Spending
Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.
| Recipient | Amount | Date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| LCV VICTORY FUND | $6,787,500 | Dec 23, 2019 | 2020 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $1,100,000 | Oct 9, 2024 | 2024 |
| Senate Majority PAC | $1,000,000 | Oct 29, 2024 | 2024 |
| MAINSTREAM COLORADO FUND | $560,000 | Aug 23, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $500,000 | Oct 28, 2024 | 2024 |
| MAINSTREAM COLORADO FUND | $300,000 | Oct 10, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $250,000 | Oct 30, 2024 | 2024 |
| Senate Majority PAC | $250,000 | Oct 31, 2024 | 2024 |
| OPEN DEMOCRACY PAC | $250,000 | Jan 31, 2024 | 2024 |
| OPEN DEMOCRACY PAC | $250,000 | Jun 5, 2024 | 2024 |
| OPEN DEMOCRACY PAC | $50,000 | Oct 11, 2023 | 2024 |
Relationships
| Type | Connected To | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retained | PONTIFEX STRATEGIES LLC | Hired PONTIFEX STRATEGIES LLC to lobby on Insurance / Health Plans | Source |
| Retained | FONTENOT HEALTH POLICY LLC | Hired FONTENOT HEALTH POLICY LLC to lobby on Insurance / Health Plans | Source |
| Lobbied on | Inflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions (H.R.5376) | LDA filing: lobbied on IRA Drug Pricing Provisions, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $40,000 | Source |
| Lobbied on | Inflation Reduction Act - Energy Provisions (H.R.5376) | LDA filing: lobbied on Inflation Reduction Act - Energy, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $40,000 | Source |
| Lobbied on | Insulin Price Caps - State-Level Legislation | LDA filing: lobbied on Insulin Price Caps, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $40,000 | Source |
| Received money from | Marathon Petroleum Corporation Employees PAC | $2,250,000.00 — FEC Schedule B purpose: PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP. Not a campaign contribution. | Source |
| Received donation from | Marathon Petroleum Corporation Employees PAC | $750,000.00 across 3 contributions | Source |
| Received money from | North Fund | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $5,650,000 (tax year 2022). Purpose: CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY | Source |
| Received money from | New Venture Fund | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $58,932,923 (tax year 2024). Purpose: CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY | Source |
| Received money from | Windward Fund | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $1,000,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS | Source |