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Boston University

MA

501 (C) (3) organization. Received $17,573 grant in 2022. Purpose: Subaward

Tracked direct giving

$0

Tracked donations to candidate

$0

Connections

12

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

$3,106,321

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund$128,0002024TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
Kaiser Foundation Research Institute$247,2792024Research
De Paul University$11,2102022GRANT SUB-AWARD
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$193,5992022SARS-CoV-2 Research
The Broad Institute Inc$425,3262022PROGRAM SUPPORT
University of Delaware$27,9422022RESEARCH SUBAWARD
University of Pittsburgh$647,4292022RESEARCH- SUBCONTRACT
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY$111,1242022SUBAWARD
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$57,0002022subaward
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$17,5732022Subaward
THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY$25,3572022SUPPORT RESEARCH & EDUCATION
Columbia University$1,214,4822022Research

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
Received money fromUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $17,573 (tax year 2022). Purpose: SubawardSource
Received money fromColumbia UniversityIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $1,214,482 (tax year 2022). Purpose: ResearchSource
Received money fromDe Paul UniversityIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $11,210 (tax year 2022). Purpose: GRANT SUB-AWARDSource
Received money fromKaiser Foundation Research InstituteIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $247,279 (tax year 2024). Purpose: ResearchSource
Received money fromLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $193,599 (tax year 2022). Purpose: SARS-CoV-2 ResearchSource
Received money fromThe Broad Institute IncIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $425,326 (tax year 2022). Purpose: PROGRAM SUPPORTSource
Received money fromUniversity of DelawareIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $27,942 (tax year 2022). Purpose: RESEARCH SUBAWARDSource
Received money fromUniversity of PittsburghIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $647,429 (tax year 2022). Purpose: RESEARCH- SUBCONTRACTSource
Received money fromBny Mellon Charitable Gift FundIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $128,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSESource
Received money fromAMERICAN UNIVERSITYIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $111,124 (tax year 2022). Purpose: SUBAWARDSource
Received money fromGEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $57,000 (tax year 2022). Purpose: subawardSource
Received money fromTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITYIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,357 (tax year 2022). Purpose: SUPPORT RESEARCH & EDUCATIONSource