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Guardian of Rights Fund

5 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-17

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About Guardian of Rights Fund

Guardian of Rights Fund (EIN 88-2922670) is a 501(c)(4)-type social-welfare grantmaker whose reported relationship with Western Futures Fund is specifically election-facing. IRS-derived grant datasets report $1.4 million from Guardian to Western Futures across two grants in 2023-2024 and describe the Western Futures awards as “electoral purpose”; Guardian also reported a separate $250,000 grant to Way Back PAC. Guardian’s FY2024 filing reports approximately $39.5 million in revenue, all or overwhelmingly contribution revenue, but recipient-side public annual-return data do not identify the contributor names. That is consistent with IRS disclosure rules: contributor names/addresses on annual returns generally are not publicly disclosed for exempt organizations other than private foundations and section 527 political organizations, and current Schedule B instructions say organizations other than 501(c)(3)s and 527s generally enter N/A rather than contributor names. Targeted exact-name/EIN searches in currently indexed grantmaker data did not identify the institutional sources behind Gu…

From the published research record Guardian of Rights Fund gave $1.4M to Western Futures; grant-purpose data label the WFF awards electoral while Guardian’s original donors are not public (2026-09-15). Recorded status: IRS-derived outgoing grants and federal disclosure rule verified; original Guardian contributors are not identified in public annual-return data. Read the record for sources and qualifications. This excerpt has not yet been composed into an editorial biography.

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Connections

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Other names appearing in the same research (17)

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People

Christopher Hirsch · 1 shared record
Jeremy Krones · 1 shared record
Michael Hennesy · 1 shared record

PACs

Way Back PAC · 4 shared records
Defend and Protect Idaho · 1 shared record
Hometown Heroes · 1 shared record
Idaho First · 1 shared record
Unite America PAC · 1 shared record

Organizations

Western Futures Fund · 5 shared records
Civic Truth Coalition · 4 shared records
New Venture Fund · 4 shared records
Sixteen Thirty Fund · 4 shared records
Sheriff Accountability Action · 3 shared records
Tioga Fund · 2 shared records
Global Impact Social Welfare Foundation · 1 shared record
Global Impact Social Welfare Fund · 1 shared record
Idahoans for Open Primaries · 1 shared record

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Connection research · 2026-09-17Sixteen 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

Western Futures Fund’s IRS-derived FY2024 record identifies $5.5 million in grants from five organizations, led by Sixteen Thirty Fund ($2.8 million) and New Venture Fund ($1.8 million), followed by Guardian of Rights Fund ($500,000), Civic Truth Coalition ($450,000), and Sheriff Accountability Action ($30,000). The same return identifies Western Futures’ officers as Michael Hennesy (president), Jeremy Krones (treasurer), and Christopher Hirsch (secretary), all reporting $0 compensation, and lists $100,000 paid to Way Back PAC in FY2024. Separate 2026 FEC/reporting records show Western Futures later supplied at least $1.125 million to Way Back PAC, which then paid $350,000 to Defend and Protect Idaho, $100,000 to Hometown Heroes, and $100,000 to Idaho First. This produces a documented money path from Sixteen Thirty/New Venture into Western Futures, then into Way Back, then into the Idaho PAC network. However, funds are fungible and the records do not permit tracing a particular Sixteen Thirty or New Venture dollar into a particular 2026 Idaho payment. They establish the funding chain and institutional relationships, not earmarking or coordination.

Sources

Western Futures Fund Inc. — IRS Form 990-derived FY2024 record — Officers, Directors & Key Employees; Grants received FY2024; Grants paid FY2024

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