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Connection research · 2026-09-17

Sixteen Thirty Fund and New Venture Fund financed Western Futures before Way Back’s Idaho spending

Recorded status: Verified multi-stage funding chain; dollar-level tracing, earmarking, and coordination unproven

Connection research · 2026-09-16

Sixteen Thirty funded Civic Truth Coalition $1.34M in 2024; Civic Truth then granted WFF $450K

Recorded status: Primary/IRS-derived 2024 grants verified: Sixteen Thirty→Civic Truth $1.34M and Civic Truth→WFF $450K. Same-dollar pass-through or earmarking not established.

Connection research · 2026-09-15

Idahoans United received direct 2024 grants from Western Futures and New Venture

Recorded status: Verified direct Western Futures→Idahoans United and New Venture→Idahoans United grants from IRS-derived data. Exact Leuthold amount requires filing reconciliation. Pass-through/earmarking not established.

Research finding · 2026-09-15

Western Futures is governed by a three-person unpaid board while Blue Moon runs day-to-day operations across civil-society, electoral and advocacy programs

Recorded status: PRIMARY/IRS-derived governance and program structure verified; Blue Moon day-to-day role separately primary verified. Individual officers’ external identities and donor influence remain unresolved unless uniquely sourced.

Research finding · 2026-09-15

Sixteen Thirty supplied about 65% of Western Futures’ 2022 revenue; Sixteen Thirty plus New Venture supplied about 52% in 2024

Recorded status: Revenue and grant amounts verified from filing-derived records; concentration established, but legal control and downstream earmarking are not established.

Connection research · 2026-09-15

Western Futures Fund is a multi-node Idaho funding hub

Recorded status: Verified organization-to-organization grant relationships from IRS-derived Schedule I records. Coordination and earmarking not established.

Research finding · 2026-09-15

Western Futures FY2024 filing separates board governance from outsourced operations and reports $2.67M in PAC payments

Recorded status: PRIMARY IRS VERIFIED. Formal board and outsourced day-to-day management are both documented; individual decision authority remains unresolved.

Research finding · 2026-09-15

Western Futures Fund FY2024 Schedule C reports payments to four PACs

Recorded status: Primary tax-filing extraction; upstream donor attribution to these payments is not established.

Connection research · 2026-09-15

Sixteen Thirty funded Sheriff Accountability Action, which later granted $30K to Western Futures

Recorded status: IRS-derived organization-to-organization grants verified; no same-dollar pass-through or WFF earmark is established.

Connection research · 2026-09-15

Way Back PAC had multiple upstream funders immediately before Idaho Prop 1 funding

Recorded status: Verified upstream relationships from state campaign-finance records and IRS Form 990-derived records. Idaho earmarking/pass-through unverified.

Research finding · 2026-09-15

Western Futures formal control is a three-person independent board while Blue Moon handles day-to-day operations

Recorded status: PRIMARY/IRS-DERIVED VERIFIED: 3 independent governing members; Hennesy president, Krones treasurer, Hirsch secretary; Blue Moon day-to-day management separately primary verified. Grant-selection and Idaho-target decision rights remain unresolved.

Connection research · 2026-09-15

Way Back PAC formally links to Western Futures Fund

Recorded status: Verified formal FEC connected-organization relationship and IRS-reported grant flows; Idaho earmarking not established.

Western Futures Fund Form 990 financials and grants

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Sixteen Thirty Fund and New Venture Fund financed Western Futures before Way Back’s Idaho spending

Sixteen Thirty funded Civic Truth Coalition $1.34M in 2024; Civic Truth then granted WFF $450K

Idahoans United received direct 2024 grants from Western Futures and New Venture

Western Futures is governed by a three-person unpaid board while Blue Moon runs day-to-day operations across civil-society, electoral and advocacy programs

Sixteen Thirty supplied about 65% of Western Futures’ 2022 revenue; Sixteen Thirty plus New Venture supplied about 52% in 2024

Western Futures Fund is a multi-node Idaho funding hub

Western Futures FY2024 filing separates board governance from outsourced operations and reports $2.67M in PAC payments

Western Futures Fund FY2024 Schedule C reports payments to four PACs

Sixteen Thirty funded Sheriff Accountability Action, which later granted $30K to Western Futures

Way Back PAC had multiple upstream funders immediately before Idaho Prop 1 funding

Western Futures formal control is a three-person independent board while Blue Moon handles day-to-day operations

Way Back PAC formally links to Western Futures Fund