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CONGRESS OF COMMUNITIES

MI

501(C)(3) organization. Received $190,000 grant in 2024. Purpose: LOANS, GRANTS AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Tracked direct giving

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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

$294,225

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC$190,0002024LOANS, GRANTS AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
482 FORWARD$10,0002024PROGRAM SUPPORT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES OF DETROIT$74,2252024LEADERSIP/TECH/COLLA
UNITED COMMUNITY HOUSING COALITION$20,0002022LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR CLIENTS

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.

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TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Received money fromENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $190,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: LOANS, GRANTS AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTSource
Received money fromUNITED COMMUNITY HOUSING COALITIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $20,000 (tax year 2022). Purpose: LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR CLIENTSSource
Received money from482 FORWARDIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $10,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: PROGRAM SUPPORTSource
Received money fromCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES OF DETROITIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $74,225 (tax year 2024). Purpose: LEADERSIP/TECH/COLLASource