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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

NY

501(C)(3) organization. Received $124,572 grant in 2022. Purpose: Research

Tracked direct giving

$0

Tracked donations to candidate

$0

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13

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

$6,623,089

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$409,9002024ARTS, CULTURE
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$835,0002024UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
National Christian Charitable Foundation$10,0002024COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
New Venture Fund$89,9402024TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
Schwab Charitable$1,106,0012023EDUCATION
FJC$15,8002023GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$926,0402023EDUCATION
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$250,0002023CHARITABLE DONATION
CITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC$10,0002023MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2,776,3532022For grant recipient's exempt purposes
Joan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University$14,4832022Research-Biological & Biomedical Sciences
University of Notre Dame$55,0002022See Part IV
Columbia University$124,5722022Research

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 $124,572 (tax year 2022). Purpose: ResearchSource
Received money fromUniversity of Notre DameIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $55,000 (tax year 2022). Purpose: See Part IVSource
Received money fromAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $409,900 (tax year 2024). Purpose: ARTS, CULTURESource
Received money fromAYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $926,040 (tax year 2023). Purpose: EDUCATIONSource
Received money fromJoan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $14,483 (tax year 2022). Purpose: Research-Biological & Biomedical SciencesSource
Received money fromCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICAIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $250,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: CHARITABLE DONATIONSource
Received money fromCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $10,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACESSource
Received money fromSchwab CharitableIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $1,106,001 (tax year 2023). Purpose: EDUCATIONSource
Received money fromFidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $2,776,353 (tax year 2022). Purpose: For grant recipient's exempt purposesSource
Received money fromNew Venture FundIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $89,940 (tax year 2024). Purpose: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONSource
Received money fromNational Christian Charitable FoundationIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $10,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIESSource
Received money fromMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $835,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORTSource
Received money fromFJCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $15,800 (tax year 2023). Purpose: GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSource