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Example locator: Exhibit D pp. 25–27
Connection research · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: PRIMARY + SELF-BIO VERIFIED: Contours president Sarah Stremlau previously led Arabella fiscal sponsorship. This establishes personnel/operational continuity, not current Arabella control, funding or coordination.
Connection research · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: Verified prior Arabella Managed Organizations work plus current Blue Moon/WFF, Contours and Way Back roles. Current Arabella control or ultimate decision authority remains unproved.
Connection research · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: Primary subsets + current reporting verified. Later Contours→WFF increment, full Way Back Montana allocation and common-control questions remain unresolved; no same-dollar tracing or centralized command established.
Research finding · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: PRIMARY AGREEMENT VERIFIED: representative Contours 527 grant was recipient-solicited, general support, not activity-earmarked, and expressly left subsequent decisions to the recipient. Political purpose exists; operational direction is not shown.
Research finding · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: PRIMARY IRS RESPONSE VERIFIED: Contours classifies 527 grants as indirect political-campaign activity and describes candidate/public-official alignment as a selection criterion. No Idaho-specific direction established.
Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: IRS-DERIVED + PRIMARY GRANT LETTER VERIFIED for GISWF→Contours $6.62M and Contours→WFF $350K; Inside Elections reports at least $750K Contours→WFF total in 2025, later increment not yet primary-reproduced. No same-dollar pass-through inference.
Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: PRIMARY-DOCUMENT VERIFIED from Contours' signed IRS response and attached WFF grant letter. Establishes mission alignment, conditions and reporting; explicitly cuts against an inference that Contours earmarked the $350K for a particular WFF political expenditure or downstream Idaho recipient.
Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: PRIMARY-DOCUMENT TIMELINE VERIFIED; same-dollar tracing explicitly NOT established. Preserve as temporal/cash-flow lead only.