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Article IV
20 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-16
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About Article IV
Article IV (EIN 86-2820532) appears to have completed a wind-down/termination in 2025, which materially changes how its appearance in 2026 Idaho PAC coverage should be interpreted. ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer's IRS-derived FY2025 record shows Article IV filed a Form 990-EZ on Jan. 27, 2026 reporting $0 revenue, $1,728,273 in expenses and $0 year-end net assets; the filing also contains Schedule N, the IRS schedule used for liquidation, termination, dissolution or significant disposition of assets. ProPublica additionally notes Article IV is absent from the IRS's most recent tax-exempt-organization list. An independent IRS-derived profile (Impala) labels the organization 'Closed' and says its 2025 filing was a final 990 indicating termination. Article IV's primary FY2024 Schedule C separately reports $170,000 paid from its own funds to Defend and Protect Idaho and $30,000 to Way Back PAC during 2024. Current June 2026 Idaho Capital Sun reporting names Article IV among Defend and Protect Idaho's largest contributors while discussing DPI's 2026 primary spending, but does not date an A…
From the published research record Article IV closed in 2025, so its Defend and Protect Idaho money must be dated before treating it as new 2026-cycle funding (2026-09-16). Recorded status: IRS-DERIVED/PRIMARY TIMING CORRECTION: Article IV closed in 2025; $170K Article IV→DPI is primary-verified for FY2024. Any additional 2025 payment remains unverified; do not label Article IV as fresh 2026 funding without dated state rows. Read the record for sources and qualifications. This excerpt has not yet been composed into an editorial biography.
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That matters under the 'veil/perception' audit because the same four senators were later major opposition targets of Idaho Liberty PAC, while CAP received a $25,000 general-support grant from Article IV in FY2024.
Article IV's reported Schedule I grant history adds a previously unrecorded direct Idaho lane.
A new crossline connects Article IV's Idaho grantmaking to the previously tracked Little/Idaho Victory/Idaho Liberty political network through personnel rather than a proven money transfer between the two systems.
Article IV's FY2024 grant records show a $25,000 general-support grant to Boise-based Conservative Accountability Project (CAP).
(1) Election structure: the 2024 Idahoans for Open Primaries/Prop 1 branch, funded heavily by Article IV, Unite America and Way Back PAC, sought to abolish party primaries and replace them with a top-four primary plus ranked-choice general election.
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Defend and Protect Idaho
Stated in published researchArticle IV's primary FY2024 Schedule C separately reports $170,000 paid from its own funds to Defend and Protect Idaho and $30,000 to Way Back PAC during 2024.
Read record and sources →Way Back PAC
Stated in published researchArticle IV's primary FY2024 Schedule C separately reports $170,000 paid from its own funds to Defend and Protect Idaho and $30,000 to Way Back PAC during 2024.
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Idahoans for Open Primaries
Stated in published researchSeparately documented 2024 campaign-finance reporting shows Article IV contributed roughly $2.2 million to Idahoans for Open Primaries.
Read record and sources →Votes Idaho Company
Stated in published researchArticle IV directly funded three Idaho organizations across 2022–2024, including Votes Idaho before the Prop 1 cycle.
Read record and sources →Veterans for Political Innovation
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Research finding · 2026-09-16Article IV closed in 2025, so its Defend and Protect Idaho money must be dated before treating it as new 2026-cycle funding
Recorded status: IRS-DERIVED/PRIMARY TIMING CORRECTION: Article IV closed in 2025; $170K Article IV→DPI is primary-verified for FY2024. Any additional 2025 payment remains unverified; do not label Article IV as fresh 2026 funding without dated state rows.
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