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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYS

TX

501(C)(3) organization. Received $224,013 grant in 2022. Purpose: Research

Tracked direct giving

$0

Tracked donations to candidate

$0

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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

$4,241,391

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$127,1002024EDUCATIONAL
BARBARA BUSH HOUSTON LITERACY FOUNDATION$275,0002024TO PROVIDE UH COUGAR LITERACY PROGRAM FOR FIFTH & THIRD WARD SCHOOLS.
Schwab Charitable$595,1852023EDUCATION
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago dba Shirley Ryan Abilitylab$38,7502023Payments for research study related activities
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$30,0002023GENERAL SUPPORT
AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$23,0002023CHARITABLE PROJECT
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC$765,0002023RESEARCH
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE$12,0002023DR. ANN CHEEK'S, URBAN WILDLIFE INFORMATION NETWORK
The Vanderbilt University$5,3652022Research
THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY$33,3372022SUPPORT RESEARCH & EDUCATION
BARNARD COLLEGE$5,6512022NSF CAT 2021
DREXEL UNIVERSITY$204,2402022RESEARCH
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1,902,7502022For grant recipient's exempt purposes
Columbia University$224,0132022Research

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 fromColumbia UniversityIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $224,013 (tax year 2022). Purpose: ResearchSource
Received money fromRehabilitation Institute of Chicago dba Shirley Ryan AbilitylabIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $38,750 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Payments for research study related activitiesSource
Received money fromTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITYIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $33,337 (tax year 2022). Purpose: SUPPORT RESEARCH & EDUCATIONSource
Received money fromAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $127,100 (tax year 2024). Purpose: EDUCATIONALSource
Received money fromAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $765,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: RESEARCHSource
Received money fromANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $30,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: GENERAL SUPPORTSource
Received money fromAYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $23,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: CHARITABLE PROJECTSource
Received money fromBARBARA BUSH HOUSTON LITERACY FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $275,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: TO PROVIDE UH COUGAR LITERACY PROGRAM FOR FIFTH & THIRD WARD SCHOOLS.Source
Received money fromBARNARD COLLEGEIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $5,651 (tax year 2022). Purpose: NSF CAT 2021Source
Received money fromCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLEIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $12,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: DR. ANN CHEEK'S, URBAN WILDLIFE INFORMATION NETWORKSource
Received money fromSchwab CharitableIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $595,185 (tax year 2023). Purpose: EDUCATIONSource
Received money fromDREXEL UNIVERSITYIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $204,240 (tax year 2022). Purpose: RESEARCHSource
Received money fromFidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $1,902,750 (tax year 2022). Purpose: For grant recipient's exempt purposesSource
Received money fromThe Vanderbilt UniversityIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $5,365 (tax year 2022). Purpose: ResearchSource