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MIND THE GAP

Tracked receipts exceed tracked giving by

$65,000

Tracked direct giving

$0

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Tracked donations to candidate

$65,000

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The Money Trail

How money flowed to MIND THE GAP

$40K
3 transactions across 3 counterparties

Lynch directed $25K to MIND THE GAP.

Apr 2023individual

Simon directed $10K to MIND THE GAP.

May 2023individual

LAFER, JILL directed $5K to MIND THE GAP.

Mar 2023individual
$40K tracked across 3 counterparties

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

$10,000

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$10,0002024HUMAN SERVICE

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 Received

DonorAmountDateCycle
Lynch$25,000Apr 12, 2024
Lynch$25,000Apr 21, 2023
Simon$10,000May 12, 2023
LAFER, JILL$5,000Mar 9, 2023

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Received donation fromSimonDonated $10,000 to MIND THE GAP, INCSource
Received donation fromLynchDonated $50,000 to MIND THE GAP, INCSource
Received donation fromLAFER, JILLDonated $5,000 to MIND THE GAP, INCSource
Received donation fromCOXE, SIMONEDonated $10,000 to MIND THE GAP, INCSource
Received money fromAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $10,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: HUMAN SERVICESource