Clinton administration alumni connect to Sixteen Thirty Fund through governance and major Berger Action Fund grants

Two independent Clinton-administration alumni routes converge on Sixteen Thirty Fund, which later made direct Idaho grants. First, the National Democratic Institute biography of Arabella Advisors founder Eric Kessler states that he served as a White House appointee helping manage conservation issues during the Clinton administration and serves on the board of the 1630 Fund. Sixteen Thirty's 2020 filing identifies Arabella as a 35%-controlled entity of board chair Eric Kessler, and its 2021 filing shows Kessler as a director/former chair during the year it granted $495,000 to Idaho Values First Foundation and $60,000 to Conservation Voters for Idaho. Second, Wyss Foundation president Molly McUsic's official biography states that she served in the Clinton administration as Counselor to Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. McUsic also leads Berger Action Fund. Berger's own Forms 990 report grants to Sixteen Thirty Fund of $41.071667M in 2018, $34.907M in 2019, $31M in 2020, $42.45M in 2021, and $35M in 2022, generally labeled pro-conservation and social-welfare advocacy. This establishes a substantial Clinton-administration-alumni personnel/funding architecture around Sixteen Thirty Fund and its later direct Idaho grantmaking. It does NOT establish that the Clinton administration or federal government supplied these funds. Berger also expressly states that it does not support or oppose candidates or parties and prohibits recipients from using Berger grant funds for federal, state or local election activities. Accordingly, Berger→Sixteen Thirty is evidence of support for social-welfare/policy advocacy infrastructure, not proof that Berger dollars financed Idaho election spending.