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Connection research · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: PRIMARY FEC VERIFIED comparator: Fight for Nebraska reported WFF $100K cash + $12,522 in-kind polling in March 2026. This supports the plausibility of the Way Back $75K research-services reconstruction but does not replace the missing raw Way Back row.
A primary FEC filing provides a useful behavioral comparator for the reconstructed Way Back→Western Futures Fund $75,000 in-kind research-services transaction. Fight for Nebraska PAC's Apr. 15, 2026 Q1 Form 3X reports Western Futures Fund twice in the same filing: a $100,000 cash contribution on March 18 and a $12,522 'In-kind - Polling' receipt dated March 3. The filing also reports a corresponding $12,522 Western Futures Fund Schedule B entry for 'In-kin…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: VERIFIED: IACI operates IPF; 2026 snapshot shows IDI-PAC→IPF $15K and IPF→GS Strategy $14.6K; IDA verifies IPF membership; Jones presented at IACI in 2025. Coordination/control beyond these links not established.
The IACI/dairy overlay can now be tightened with direct organizational and campaign-finance evidence. IACI's current site identifies the Idaho Prosperity Fund (IPF) as its election PAC and says the IPF board decides which state/local candidates and statewide issues to support; IACI's staff page says vice president John Eaton oversees all aspects of IPF. A Transparency USA snapshot explicitly labeled for Idaho's 2026 election cycle reports IPF at $320,210 i…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: HIGH-CONFIDENCE FILING RECONSTRUCTION: Q2 exact counts/totals prove Way Back’s $160K GTW payee is non-federal, excluding federal C00915595. Earlier $75K likewise reconciles as non-federal. Treat these as South Dakota/state GTW pending raw address/state-row confirmation.
Way Back PAC's June 4–30, 2026 Q2 filing materially resolves the same-name Government That Works identity problem preserved in sequence 528. The filing reports exactly one $750,000 'Contribution to Committee - Non-Contribution Account' transaction and eight 'Contribution to Non-Federal Committee - Non-Contribution Account' transactions totaling $605,000. Its payee table reconciles exactly: Montana Freedom PAC is the sole $750,000 federal-committee payment;…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: IRS/primary records verify 1630→CaPA EF $1.05M, CaPA EF→CaPA $8.169M, and CaPA→1630 $1M in FY2024. Reciprocal organizational grants are documented; same-dollar tracing and Idaho earmarking are not established.
The Clean and Prosperous America branch shows a reciprocal organizational grant relationship with Sixteen Thirty Fund in FY2024, without proving that the same dollars moved back and forth. Sixteen Thirty's primary FY2024 Schedule I reports $1.05M to Clean and Prosperous America Education Fund (CaPA EF). CaPA EF's FY2024 filing reports an $8.169M general-support grant to Clean and Prosperous America (CaPA). CaPA's FY2024 Schedule I then reports two separate…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Verified grant portfolio and personnel relationship; no grant earmarking to Idaho Solutions or Idaho election activity established.
Mormon Women for Ethical Government Foundation's FY2024 IRS-derived grant records identify at least $608,000 from eight institutional funders, including Public Private Strategies Institute $225,000, Defending Democracy Together Institute $150,000, Unite America Institute $85,000, Western Conservation Foundation $80,000, New Venture Fund $30,000, American Gift Fund $20,000, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund $10,000, and PayPal Charitable Giving Fund a…
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Recorded status: Verified organization-to-organization grant chain; same-dollar tracing, earmarking and centralized control explicitly unproved.
A new multi-hop organizational funding chain reaches several Idaho advocacy/electoral nodes through Global Impact structures. IRS-derived data show Hopewell Fund gave Global Impact (501(c)(3), EIN 52-1273585) $19.5 million across four grants from 2020-2024. Global Impact in turn granted Global Impact Social Welfare Foundation/Fund (501(c)(4), EIN 92-0652730) at least $22.3 million across 2022-2023; newer IRS-derived data including FY2024 put Global Impact’…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Verified organizational operating model plus multiple legal-entity funding/campaign relationships; specific Idaho strategic guidance and cross-entity earmarking remain unproved.
Unite America’s own current strategy describes a deliberately integrated investment model spanning 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and PAC giving. It says Unite America invests in state campaigns, national partners and infrastructure; builds political/public/ecosystem power; funds and connects partners; advises grantees on strategies/campaigns/programs; makes network connections; and provides shared messaging, polling and other infrastructure. Separate records now s…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: PRIMARY VERIFIED from FEC Statements of Organization; exact reason/date of organizational change remains unresolved.
Way Back PAC’s federal organizational filings establish a time-bounded change in its formally reported relationship with Western Futures Fund. A Dec. 8, 2023 FEC Statement of Organization explicitly reports “NONE” on Line 6 for connected organization/affiliate/sponsor. The same filing lists Jonah Meyers as assistant treasurer/designated agent. A Jan. 14, 2026 FEC Statement of Organization instead lists Western Futures Fund on Line 6 and checks “Connected O…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Verified from IRS-derived grant records; donor-advised-fund underlying donors may remain undisclosed.
IRS-derived records covering 2018-2025 identify Hopewell Fund as receiving about $729.7 million across 975 grants from 396 funders. The largest identified institutional sources include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund at approximately $332.9 million, Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation about $73.8 million, Foundation to Promote Open Society about $28.3 million, Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation about $20.4 million, and Silicon Valley Community Found…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Grant and initiative-sponsor/qualification facts verified; use of WFF funds for a specific campaign expense is not established.
IRS-derived FY2024 grant records report a $60,000 Western Futures Fund grant to Idahoans United for Women and Families, described as General Purpose. Idaho Supreme Court records state that Idahoans United filed a statewide initiative petition with the Idaho Secretary of State, and current Idaho Secretary of State election records identify that initiative as qualified for the Nov. 3, 2026 general-election ballot. This establishes a direct WFF funding relati…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Board role and political giving verified. Crossline only: no Gem State Housing↔Defend and Protect coordination or shared-fund use established.
A locally based crossline now connects the housing-policy and election-PAC branches without implying organizational coordination. Idaho Capital Sun identifies Caleb Roope, president/CEO of Eagle-based The Pacific Companies, as a board member of Gem State Housing Alliance, where he publicly advocates reducing local regulatory barriers to housing development. Separate 2026 campaign-finance reporting identifies Roope as a $90,000 contributor to Defend and Pro…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: PRIMARY FCC cross-client use verified for Idaho First and Magic Valley Voter Action; Boise levy vendor role contemporaneously reported. Shared vendor does NOT establish client coordination.
Targeted Platform Media LLC appears as a recurring professional media-buying vendor across multiple otherwise distinct Idaho political/advocacy nodes. Primary 2026 FCC records identify Targeted Platform Media as the agency requesting/buying station time for both Idaho First and Magic Valley Voter Action, with Cathie Herrick as agency contact. Idaho First’s KTVB contract reports 45 spots, $14,560 gross and $12,376 net, while Magic Valley Voter Action’s two …
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Connected-organization relationship and $125K 2025 WFF receipt are primary verified; current reporting puts cumulative WFF→Way Back at $1.125M, with the $1M raw receipt row still pending reproduction.
A materially stronger legal/organizational relationship connects Western Futures Fund (WFF) and Way Back PAC. Way Back’s Jan. 14, 2026 FEC Statement of Organization expressly lists Western Futures Fund and checks “Connected Organization.” Federal law and 11 CFR 100.6 define a connected organization as a non-political-committee organization that directly or indirectly establishes, administers or financially supports a political committee; the filing itself …
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Verified direct Western Futures→Idahoans United and New Venture→Idahoans United grants from IRS-derived data. Exact Leuthold amount requires filing reconciliation. Pass-through/earmarking not established.
IRS-derived FY2024 records identify three institutional grants to Idahoans United for Women and Families: $60,000 from Western Futures Fund, $37,500 from New Venture Fund, and approximately $20,000 from Steven C. Leuthold Family Foundation (CauseIQ later identifies a $25,000 operations grant, likely reflecting filing-year/update differences that should be reconciled before quoting the third amount). Western Futures itself reported receiving $1.78 million f…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Verified alumni governance/funding architecture. Clinton administration/federal funding is NOT established; Berger grant terms prohibit election use.
Two independent Clinton-administration alumni routes converge on Sixteen Thirty Fund, which later made direct Idaho grants. First, the National Democratic Institute biography of Arabella Advisors founder Eric Kessler states that he served as a White House appointee helping manage conservation issues during the Clinton administration and serves on the board of the 1630 Fund. Sixteen Thirty's 2020 filing identifies Arabella as a 35%-controlled entity of boar…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Verified from public Form 990/vendor records; common administrative infrastructure does not establish common control of grantees or Idaho activity.
Public Form 990/vendor records show Arabella Advisors providing substantial administrative, operations, compliance, HR, payroll and support services to Hopewell Fund, New Venture Fund and Sixteen Thirty Fund. Hopewell reported about $9.3 million to Arabella for administrative/operational support in FY2024. New Venture Fund's FY2024 Schedule O states it contracted with Arabella under an administrative agreement for business services including compliance, HR…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Verified from Idaho Dairymen’s Association publications and current Unity Alliance records; quid-pro-quo or control not established.
Idaho Dairymen’s Association publications document a political relationship with Chenele Dixon that predates her later Unity Alliance board role. IDI PAC’s 2022 post-primary report lists Dixon as an endorsed House candidate who received both a financial contribution and independent-expenditure support; Greg Lanting was also endorsed. IDI PAC’s 2024 endorsement material again lists Dixon, Linda Wright Hartgen and Greg Lanting among supported Magic Valley ca…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Verified event-level relationship and targeted financial negative check. No public direct payment/grant/contribution located; private or unindexed transactions cannot be excluded.
A targeted search for direct financial transactions between Reclaim Idaho/Reclaim Idaho Fund and Idaho Solutions Inc./Idaho Solutions Foundation did not locate a public grant, contribution, payment, invoice, sponsorship transfer, or campaign-finance transaction between the entities. Exact-name searches for Idaho Solutions + Reclaim Idaho with payment/contribution/donation/grant terminology repeatedly surfaced the documented event relationships instead: (1)…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Verified recurrence of Way Back PAC, Article IV and Unite America PAC as Idaho funders in 2026. No Reclaim-to-Defend-and-Protect organizational connection established.
In Idaho's 2026 primary cycle, reporting based on Idaho campaign-finance data identified Way Back PAC, Article IV and Unite America PAC—the same three major national funding nodes in the 2024 Proposition 1 campaign—as among the largest out-of-state contributors to Defend and Protect Idaho. Defend and Protect Idaho, led by former Ada County Sheriff Gary Raney, spent more than $752,800 supporting 23 Republican primary candidates and opposing 14 others. Idaho…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Verified shared address/phone/personnel/brand relationship. Formal affiliate status, parent/subsidiary relationship, shared-services agreement and inter-entity transfers remain unresolved.
The relationship between Idaho Solutions Inc. (501(c)(4), EIN 33-2605998) and Idaho Solutions Foundation Inc. (501(c)(3), EIN 39-5049634) can now be described more precisely. Public business/nonprofit records identify Idaho Solutions Inc. at PO Box 73, Kimberly, Idaho 83341 with telephone 208-420-3232 and Chenele Dixon as Executive Director. CauseIQ/IRS-derived records identify Idaho Solutions Foundation at the same PO Box 73 address and the same 208-420-3…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Strong secondary transaction evidence from current Idaho campaign-finance aggregation plus verified V4IV public activity; primary Sunshine transaction row still pending.
Current 2026 Transparency USA aggregation for Veterans for Idaho Voters Inc. reports $78,457 total contributions and attributes $75,000 to Idahoans for Open Primaries, approximately 95.6% of reported cycle contributions. The same contributor table lists Cindy Wilson, separately documented as MWEG Idaho State Director and an Idaho Solutions board member, as a $40 individual contributor. V4IV’s current website says the organization now recruits/supports vete…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Verified operational support from Idahoans for Open Primaries campaign material reproduced in court exhibits. No control inference.
Idahoans for Open Primaries' 2024 petition-signing instructions designated the Reclaim Idaho office at 2605 W Kootenai St in Boise as a public signing location with weekday office hours and a Reclaim organizer email for accommodations. This is direct operational evidence that Reclaim contributed physical infrastructure and organizer contact capacity to the Proposition 1 qualification campaign, beyond being a coalition member, contributor, or source of publ…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: PRIMARY/IRS-derived governance and program structure verified; Blue Moon day-to-day role separately primary verified. Individual officers’ external identities and donor influence remain unresolved unless uniquely sourced.
Western Futures Fund’s FY2024 Form 990 identifies a compact governance structure above the separately documented Blue Moon Strategies operating layer. The return reports three voting members of the governing body and three independent voting members. Part VII identifies Michael Hennesy as president, Jeremy Krones as treasurer and Christopher Hirsch as secretary; each reports $0 compensation from Western Futures Fund, and the filing reports no family or bus…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: PRIMARY America Votes Idaho state-table presence at 2024 summit verified; Sixteen Thirty→America Votes multi-year funding IRS-derived. Idaho table identity, roster, funding and 1630 Idaho earmarking remain unresolved.
America Votes is Sixteen Thirty Fund’s largest identified downstream grantee and its own 2024 State Summit documents an Idaho state-table presence. IRS-derived Sixteen Thirty grant records report approximately $179.6M to America Votes across five grants from 2020-2024. Publicly indexed year-specific Sixteen Thirty records include approximately $128.98M in 2020, $1.525M in 2021, $20.658M in 2022, roughly $0.59M in 2023 by multi-year reconciliation, and $27.…
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