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Tides Advocacy

Tracked giving exceeds tracked receipts by

$210,000

Tracked direct giving

$210,000

Tracked donations to candidate

$0

Connections

4

The Money Trail

How money flowed from Tides Advocacy

$160K
4 transactions across 2 counterparties

Tides Advocacy directed $85K to WFP NATIONAL PAC across 2 contributions between June 2023 and November 2023.

Jun 2023 – Nov 2023individual

Tides Advocacy directed $75K to TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE across 2 contributions between June 2023 and October 2024.

Jun 2023 – Oct 2024individual
$160K tracked across 2 counterparties
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Tides Advocacy’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

$34K
modeled estimate
21 paths across 8 counterparties
$9Kmodeled estimateattributed to Kamala Harris
2024 cycle6 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$2Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→Kamala HarrismediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $50K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→Kamala HarrismediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $50K documented end-to-end

$1Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→Kamala HarrismediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $35K documented end-to-end

$1Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→Kamala HarrismediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $50K documented end-to-end

$1Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→Kamala HarrismediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $35K documented end-to-end

+ 1 more path

$8Kmodeled estimateattributed to Summer Lee
2024 cycle4 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$2Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→Summer LeemediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $50K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→Summer LeemediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $50K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→Summer LeemediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $35K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→Summer LeemediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $35K documented end-to-end

$8Kmodeled estimateattributed to REGUNBERG, AARON
2024 cycle4 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$3Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→REGUNBERG, AARONmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $50K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→REGUNBERG, AARONmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $35K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→REGUNBERG, AARONmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $50K documented end-to-end

$1Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→REGUNBERG, AARONmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $35K documented end-to-end

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to WARNOCK, RAPHAEL
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$2Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→WARNOCK, RAPHAELmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $50K documented end-to-end

$1Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→WARNOCK, RAPHAELmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $35K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to Jamaal Rep. Bowman
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$1Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→Jamaal Rep. BowmanmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $50K documented end-to-end

$1Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→Jamaal Rep. BowmanmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $50K documented end-to-end

$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to George Latimer
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$1Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→George LatimermediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $50K documented end-to-end

$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to Colin Allred
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$1Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→Colin AllredmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $25K documented end-to-end

$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to Susan Copius Altman
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$1Kmodeled estimateTides Advocacy→WFP NATIONAL PAC→Susan Copius AltmanmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $50K documented end-to-end

$34K attributed (modeled estimate) across 21 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

$13,310,792

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
FLORIDA ADVANCEMENT PROJECT INC$75,0002024ADVOCACY
Tides Center$13,095,7922024EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
GLOBAL IMPACT$25,0002022Grant
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$115,0002022CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

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
TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$50,000Oct 29, 20242024
WFP NATIONAL PAC$50,000Mar 27, 20232024
WFP NATIONAL PAC$50,000Nov 14, 20232024
WFP NATIONAL PAC$35,000Jun 13, 20232024
TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$25,000Jun 9, 20232024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Received money fromFLORIDA ADVANCEMENT PROJECT INCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $75,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: ADVOCACYSource
Received money fromTides CenterIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $13,095,792 (tax year 2024). Purpose: EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTSource
Received money fromGLOBAL IMPACTIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,000 (tax year 2022). Purpose: GrantSource
Received money fromCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $115,000 (tax year 2022). Purpose: CIVIC ENGAGEMENTSource