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ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS

DC · US

Tracked giving exceeds tracked receipts by

$117,368

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$117,368

Tracked donations to candidate

$0

LDA reported lobbying spend

$70,000

Connections

2

The Money Trail

How money flowed from ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS

$97K
6 transactions across 1 counterparty

ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS directed $97K to RETIRED AMERICANS PAC across 6 contributions between August 2020 and June 2021. ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS advocates for H.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs Act.

Aug 2020 – Jun 2021individual H.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs Act no recorded vote
$97K tracked across 1 counterparty·1 policy outcome

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

$200,000

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
Tides Foundation$200,0002024HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES

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.

Lobbying Activity Detail

Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.

Top Lobbying Issues

HCRHealth Issues
$140K
MMMMedicare/Medicaid
$140K
RETRetirement
$140K
TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
$140K
BUDBudget/Appropriations
$140K
LBRLabor/Employment
$140K
WELWelfare
$70K

Lobbying Firms Retained

ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS$140K

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

H.R. 1

Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.

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Donations Given

RecipientAmountDateCycle
RETIRED AMERICANS PAC$36,874Jun 30, 20212022
RETIRED AMERICANS PAC$30,000Aug 3, 20202020
RETIRED AMERICANS PAC$20,000Sep 8, 20202020
RETIRED AMERICANS PAC$20,000Aug 17, 20202020
RETIRED AMERICANS PAC$5,927Sep 30, 20202020
RETIRED AMERICANS PAC$3,567Oct 31, 20202020
RETIRED AMERICANS PAC$1,000Oct 30, 20202020

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Lobbied forH.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs ActLDA filing: lobbied on Lower Energy Costs Act, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $70,000Source
Received money fromTides FoundationIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $200,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIESSource