Heartland Institute
IL
Tracked direct receipts exceed tracked direct giving by
$17,500
Free-market think tank known for climate skepticism and deregulation advocacy.
Tracked direct giving
$0
Tracked receipts
$17,500
Connections
12
How money flowed to Heartland Institute
Merck & Co. Inc. PAC directed $5K to Heartland Institute.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC directed $5K to Heartland Institute.
Growth Energy PAC directed $5K to Heartland Institute.
BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION PAC (BIO PAC) directed $3K to Heartland Institute.
Outside Spending and Dark Money
Dark money is election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors: 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar non-committee filers (FEC Form 5 and Form 9). Registered super PACs also make independent expenditures. But they itemize their donors with the FEC, so their spending is not dark money. 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. Grants between organizations are one route for dark money. A nonprofit may receive a grant from one entity and then spend that money on election ads.
IRS 990 Schedule I grants received
$136,323
| Grantor | Amount | Tax Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| DonorsTrust | $25,000 | 2024 | for environmental research |
| National Christian Charitable Foundation | $7,900 | 2024 | CIVIL RIGHTS |
| Schwab Charitable | $83,700 | 2023 | PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC | $19,723 | 2022 | SUPPORT OF MISSION |
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. 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.
Connected Government Contracts
Companies that Heartland Institute holds stock in, is employed by, or receives donations from (through a corporate PAC) that also receive federal awards. Figures are each company's total federal obligations over the fiscal years this tracker holds FEC data for, as reported by USASpending.gov.
Received direct contributions from a PAC affiliated with this company
$5.1B
federal obligations FY2015–FY2025
Stock disclosures from Senate EFD / House Financial Disclosures. Contract data from USASpending.gov. Contributions and contracts are separate records. Neither is shown as a cause of the other, and a connection does not imply wrongdoing.
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Donations Received and Outside Spending
Largest 50 records. Badged rows are independent expenditures other groups paid to vendors for or against this entity. That money did not reach its committee.
| Donor | Amount | Date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Growth Energy PAC | $5,000 | Mar 21, 2024 | 2024 |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC | $5,000 | May 18, 2023 | 2024 |
| Merck & Co. Inc. PAC | $5,000 | Sep 15, 2024 | 2024 |
| BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION PAC (BIO PAC) | $2,500 | Mar 16, 2023 | 2024 |
Relationships
| Type | Connected To | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published research for | Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) | Published research opposing IRA climate provisions as economically harmful | Editorial |
| Shaped policy | EPA Clean Power Plan rollback | Heartland advocacy and legal strategy contributed to Supreme Court stay of Clean Power Plan. | Editorial |
| Hosts research funded by | Koch Industries | Funder of climate skepticism research via Heartland Institute | Editorial |
| Hosts research funded by | ExxonMobil | Funded Heartland climate research programs through 2006 | Editorial |
| Hosts research funded by | American Petroleum Institute | Trade association funding of climate research | Editorial |
| Hosts research funded by | Southern | Southern Company funder of Heartland Institute | Editorial |
| Hosts research funded by | Donors Capital Fund | Donors Capital Fund donated ~$6.0M to Heartland Institute (2008-2022) | Editorial |
| Hosts research funded by | DonorsTrust | DonorsTrust donated ~$4.0M to Heartland Institute (2008-2023) | Editorial |
| Received money from | Schwab Charitable | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $83,700 (tax year 2023). Purpose: PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT | Source |
| Received money from | DonorsTrust | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: for environmental research | Source |
| Received money from | National Christian Charitable Foundation | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $7,900 (tax year 2024). Purpose: CIVIL RIGHTS | Source |
| Received money from | COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $19,723 (tax year 2022). Purpose: SUPPORT OF MISSION | Source |