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Western States Center

2 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-15

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About Western States Center

Western States Center, which Common Ground—United We Stand says Dixon and Conrad met during their 2024 national coalition-building effort, has a broad institutional funding base. IRS-derived 2019–2024 grant records identify approximately $385,000 from Foundation to Promote Open Society across four grants and approximately $352,000 from New Venture Fund across two grants, alongside larger totals from Meyer Memorial Trust, Fidelity Charitable, Catena Foundation, Ford Foundation, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, Democracy Fund and others. Western States Center’s FY2024 grant list separately shows $100,000 from New Venture Fund and $200,000 from Democracy Fund. These direct funder relationships overlap with national organizations appearing elsewhere in the Idaho network. However, Common Ground’s documented meeting with Western States Center is only an organizational contact; it does NOT establish that Western States Center funded Common Ground, that WSC’s funders financed the meeting, or that any WSC grant was earmarked for Idaho.

From the published research record Western States Center receives funding from New Venture and Foundation to Promote Open Society, overlapping other mapped national nodes (2026-09-15). Recorded status: Verified direct grant relationships; Common Ground contact with WSC does not establish that these funders supported Common Ground or Idaho activity. Read the record for sources and qualifications. This excerpt has not yet been composed into an editorial biography.

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Common Ground — United We Stand's December 2024 newsletter says Chenele Dixon and Charlie Conrad met with Western States Center and that the meeting led to additional connections with pro-democracy/effective-government organizations.
Common Ground’s Western States Center contact sits adjacent to a separate WSC/WSS/527 funding chain into Idaho politics · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Verified contact, affiliate structure and organization-to-organization transactions; no causal or same-dollar connection from Common Ground to Idaho PAC spending established.

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Organizations

New Venture Fund

Stated in published research

IRS-derived 2019–2024 grant records identify approximately $352,000 from New Venture Fund to Western States Center across two grants.

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Foundation to Promote Open Society

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IRS-derived 2019–2024 grant records identify approximately $385,000 from Foundation to Promote Open Society to Western States Center across four grants.

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Other names appearing in the same research (9)

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People

Charlie Conrad · 1 shared record
Chenele Dixon · 1 shared record

PACs

Defend and Protect Idaho · 1 shared record

Organizations

Common Ground — United We Stand · 1 shared record
Foundation to Promote Open Society · 1 shared record
New Venture Fund · 1 shared record
The Democracy Program Political Fund

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Connection research · 2026-09-15Western States Center receives funding from New Venture and Foundation to Promote Open Society, overlapping other mapped national nodes

Recorded status: Verified direct grant relationships; Common Ground contact with WSC does not establish that these funders supported Common Ground or Idaho activity.

Western States Center, which Common Ground—United We Stand says Dixon and Conrad met during their 2024 national coalition-building effort, has a broad institutional funding base. IRS-derived 2019–2024 grant records identify approximately $385,000 from Foundation to Promote Open Society across four grants and approximately $352,000 from New Venture Fund across two grants, alongside larger totals from Meyer Memorial Trust, Fidelity Charitable, Catena Foundation, Ford Foundation, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, Democracy Fund and others. Western States Center’s FY2024 grant list separately shows $100,000 from New Venture Fund and $200,000 from Democracy Fund. These direct funder relationships overlap with national organizations appearing elsewhere in the Idaho network. However, Common Ground’s documented meeting with Western States Center is only an organizational contact; it does NOT establish that Western States Center funded Common Ground, that WSC’s funders financed the meeting, or that any WSC grant was earmarked for Idaho.

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Connection research · 2026-09-15Common Ground’s Western States Center contact sits adjacent to a separate WSC/WSS/527 funding chain into Idaho politics

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