Connection research · Research date 2026-09-15
Unite America connects to Veterans for Idaho Voters through both a reported direct Idaho PAC contribution and separate national grants
Recorded status: Strong direct-Idaho secondary evidence plus verified national 501(c)(3) grant route; legal entities and earmarking kept separate.
This is a dated research record. Its qualifications and open questions are part of the account. Association alone does not establish wrongdoing or control.
The Veterans branch now has two distinct Unite America funding routes that must be kept legally separate. First, contemporaneous 2024 Idaho campaign-finance reporting based on Idaho Secretary of State data states that Veterans for Idaho Voters received more than $109,000 in donations, including a $100,000 contribution directly from Unite America PAC; the group ran Facebook ads supporting Proposition 1. Second, Unite America Institute’s 2023 Form 990 Schedule I separately reports a $500,000 grant to Veterans for Political Innovation for veteran recruitment, increasing calls-to-action/actions taken, and veteran coalition development; its FY2024 filing/IRS-derived data report another approximately $845,750 to the same national organization, now associated with Veterans for All Voters. Idaho Supreme Court records from 2023 identify an Idahoans for Open Primaries coalition member as the “Idaho Task Force of Veterans for Political Innovation,” while Veterans for Idaho Voters’ own site says V4IV is the Idaho affiliate of Veterans for All Voters and a coalition member of Idahoans for Open Primaries. This establishes (A) a reported direct Unite America PAC→Veterans for Idaho Voters Idaho political contribution and (B) a separate Unite America Institute→national veterans organization grant relationship contemporaneous with a named Idaho task force/affiliate in the Open Primaries coalition. The direct $100,000 Idaho PAC transaction is strong secondary evidence until the underlying Idaho Sunshine transaction row is reproduced. The Institute grants do not prove those grant dollars were earmarked for Idaho or passed to V4IV.
Source references
- East Idaho News / Idaho Statesman — Proposition 1 campaign finance — Campaign finance section, Oct. 29-30 2024
- Unite America Institute — 2023 Form 990 Schedule I — Schedule I Part II
- Veterans for Political Innovation — IRS-derived Form 990 data — FY2024 grants received
- Idahoans for Open Primaries v. Labrador — Idaho Supreme Court (2023) — Factual background / coalition membership
- Veterans for Idaho Voters — official site — Home page