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Western States Center
3 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-15
LIVING DOSSIER
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.
Recent sourced additions
Newer published records appear here as excerpts. Their recorded status and qualifications remain attached to the full source record.
Western States Strategies, EIN 93-1316666, is a Portland 501(c)(4) affiliated with Western States Center and is also known as Western State Strategies.
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.
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Connections
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Organizations
New Venture Fund
Stated in published researchIRS-derived 2019–2024 grant records identify approximately $352,000 from New Venture Fund to Western States Center across two grants.
Read record and sources →Foundation to Promote Open Society
Stated in published researchIRS-derived 2019–2024 grant records identify approximately $385,000 from Foundation to Promote Open Society to Western States Center across four grants.
Read record and sources →Other names appearing in the same research (10)
These are research overlaps for discovery, not documented relationships. Read the underlying records before drawing conclusions.
People
- Charlie Conrad · 1 shared record
- Chenele Dixon · 1 shared record
PACs
- Defend and Protect Idaho · 2 shared records
Organizations
- Common Ground — United We Stand · 2 shared records
- The Democracy Program Political Fund · 2 shared records
- Western Futures Fund · 2 shared records
- Western States Strategies
SOURCED RECORD
Research & sources
These dated records accumulate as research is published. Each retains its original status, context, and source references.
Connection research · 2026-09-15Documented Western Futures→Western States Strategies→Democracy Program→Defend & Protect chain
Recorded status: Verified multi-hop organizational funding relationships. Specific-dollar tracing/earmarking is not established.
Sources
- Western Futures Fund 2022 Schedule I — Western States Strategies grant
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