Entity DossierOrganization

Sixteen Thirty Fund

DC · US

Tracked giving exceeds tracked receipts by

$11,297,500

Promoting social welfare, including providing public education and conducting advocacy

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$11,297,500

Tracked donations to candidate

LDA reported lobbying spend

$90,000

Connections

The Money Trail

How money flowed from Sixteen Thirty Fund

$29.8M

15 transactions across 4 counterparties

Sixteen Thirty Fund directed $20.4M to LCV VICTORY FUND across 3 contributions. Sixteen Thirty Fund advocates for Inflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions (H.R.5376).

Dec 2019individual→ Inflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions … no recorded vote

Sixteen Thirty Fund directed $4.8M to HOUSE MAJORITY PAC across 6 contributions between October 2024 and October 2024. Sixteen Thirty Fund advocates for Inflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions (H.R.5376).

Oct 2024 – Oct 2024individual→ Inflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions … no recorded vote

Sixteen Thirty Fund directed $3.0M to Senate Majority PAC across 3 contributions. Sixteen Thirty Fund advocates for Inflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions (H.R.5376).

Oct 2024individual→ Inflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions … no recorded vote

Sixteen Thirty Fund directed $1.7M to MAINSTREAM COLORADO FUND across 3 contributions. Sixteen Thirty Fund advocates for Inflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions (H.R.5376).

Aug 2024individual→ Inflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions … no recorded vote

$29.8M tracked across 4 counterparties·3 policy outcomes

PAC Chain Attribution

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

$1.2M

modeled estimate

316 paths across 50 counterparties

$67Kmodeled estimateattributed to Austin Theriault

2024 cycle13 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$11Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Austin TheriaultmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$11Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Austin TheriaultmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Austin TheriaultmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Austin TheriaultmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$5Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Austin TheriaultmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.0M documented end-to-end

+ 8 more paths

$53Kmodeled estimateattributed to Thomas Barrett

2024 cycle7 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$9Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Thomas BarrettmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$9Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Thomas BarrettmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$8Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Thomas BarrettmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$8Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Thomas BarrettmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$8Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Thomas BarrettmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

+ 2 more paths

$52Kmodeled estimateattributed to Anthony Desposito

2024 cycle8 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$10Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Anthony DespositomediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$10Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Anthony DespositomediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$10Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Anthony DespositomediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$9Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Anthony DespositomediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$4Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Anthony DespositomediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $500K documented end-to-end

+ 3 more paths

$49Kmodeled estimateattributed to Laurie Buckhout

2024 cycle9 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$8Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Laurie BuckhoutmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$8Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Laurie BuckhoutmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$8Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Laurie BuckhoutmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$8Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Laurie BuckhoutmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Laurie BuckhoutmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

+ 4 more paths

$46Kmodeled estimateattributed to Ryan Mackenzie

2024 cycle7 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$7Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Ryan MackenziemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$7Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Ryan MackenziemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$7Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Ryan MackenziemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$7Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Ryan MackenziemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$7Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Ryan MackenziemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

+ 2 more paths

$44Kmodeled estimateattributed to Marcus Molinaro

2024 cycle11 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$7Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Marcus MolinaromediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$7Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Marcus MolinaromediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Marcus MolinaromediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Marcus MolinaromediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$4Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Marcus MolinaromediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $730K documented end-to-end

+ 6 more paths

$44Kmodeled estimateattributed to Michael Lawler

2024 cycle5 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$10Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Michael LawlermediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$10Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Michael LawlermediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$10Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Michael LawlermediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$10Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Michael LawlermediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$4Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Michael LawlermediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $500K documented end-to-end

$43Kmodeled estimateattributed to Ken Calvert

2024 cycle7 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$8Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Ken CalvertmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$8Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Ken CalvertmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Ken CalvertmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Ken CalvertmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateSixteen Thirty Fund→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Ken CalvertmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

+ 2 more paths

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $806K.

$1.2M attributed (modeled estimate) across 316 paths·Up to 1 hop deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

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

$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 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

HCRHealth Issues

$130K

MMMMedicare/Medicaid

$10K

Lobbying Firms Retained

PONTIFEX STRATEGIES LLC$120K

FONTENOT HEALTH POLICY LLC$10K

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

H.R. 5376insulin

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

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
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC	$500,000	Oct 28, 2024	2024
MAINSTREAM COLORADO FUND	$300,000	Oct 10, 2024
OPEN DEMOCRACY PAC	$250,000	Jan 31, 2024
OPEN DEMOCRACY PAC	$250,000	Jun 5, 2024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC	$250,000	Oct 30, 2024	2024
Senate Majority PAC	$250,000	Oct 31, 2024	2024
OPEN DEMOCRACY PAC	$50,000	Oct 11, 2023

Relationships

Type	Connected To	Details	Source
Employed by	PONTIFEX STRATEGIES LLC	Hired PONTIFEX STRATEGIES LLC to lobby on Insurance / Health Plans	Source
Employed by	FONTENOT HEALTH POLICY LLC	Hired FONTENOT HEALTH POLICY LLC to lobby on Insurance / Health Plans	Source
Lobbied for	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 for	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 for	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 donation from	Marathon Petroleum Corporation Employees PAC	$2,250,000.00 across 9 contributions (2022, 2024 cycles)	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	North Fund	IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $5,650,000 (tax year 2022). 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