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Connection research · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: PRIMARY-DOCUMENT TIMELINE VERIFIED; same-dollar tracing explicitly NOT established. Preserve as temporal/cash-flow lead only.
A transaction-level timeline can now be fixed without attributing the same dollars. Contours' grant letter to Western Futures is dated April 24, 2025 and says the $350,000 general-support funding would be delivered only after Contours received the WFF acknowledgment. Kelly Poduch signed that acknowledgment for WFF on April 25. Four days later, on April 29, Way Back PAC's primary FEC Schedule A reports a $125,000 receipt from Western Futures Fund. The tempo…
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Recorded status: PRIMARY/strongly verified Idaho steering and use: Way Back→Defend and Protect receipts, Idaho leadership, and candidate-specific independent expenditures documented. WFF/upstream donor selection of individual Idaho candidates is NOT established.
The Western Futures→Way Back→Idaho branch now answers the local-steering/use question at Defend and Protect Idaho. Way Back PAC, whose Jan. 2026 FEC filing identifies Western Futures Fund as its connected organization, made a primary-verified $25,000 payment to Defend and Protect Idaho on Sept. 12, 2025 and FEC-derived reporting for Apr. 1–Jun. 3, 2026 reports another $350,000 to the Idaho PAC. Once the money reached Idaho, local leadership is identifiable…
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Recorded status: Verified 990-derived grant relationships. Earmarking and causal attribution to Idaho are explicitly unverified.
Article IV, which directly reported paying $2.22 million to Idahoans for Open Primaries in FY2024, has disclosed institutional grant funding from Our American Future Action ($3.4 million across 2023-2024), Leadership Network ($2.5 million in 2024), Hopewell Fund ($433,000 in 2022), and Democracy Fund Voice ($150,000 in 2023). Our American Future Action in turn received $34.4 million from Open Society Policy Center across 2023-2024, plus large grants from O…
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Recorded status: Verified direct grant relationships from Sixteen Thirty Schedule I and IRS-derived grant records. No coordination/pass-through inference.
Sixteen Thirty Fund's IRS Schedule I filings show direct grants to several Idaho advocacy organizations across multiple cycles. Its 2021 filing lists $495,000 to Idaho Values First Foundation Inc., Boise, for civil rights/social action/advocacy and $60,000 to Conservation Voters for Idaho. Its 2022 filing lists $30,000 to Votes Idaho for civil rights/social action/advocacy, and its 2024 filing lists an additional $163,000 to Votes Idaho. Separate IRS-deriv…
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Recorded status: CURRENT/HISTORICAL CAMPAIGN-FINANCE VERIFIED: Victory→Liberty and Friends of Brad Little→Victory relationships plus 2026 Liberty/DPI candidate overlap established. Coordination/common control between the Little-associated and WFF/Way Back lanes is NOT established.
A stronger candidate-endpoint convergence is now documented between a Brad Little-associated Idaho PAC lane and the separate Western Futures/Way Back lane. Current Idaho Victory Fund records show $615,000 paid to Idaho Liberty PAC in the displayed 2026 cycle. Idaho Education News reports that Idaho Liberty PAC is funded almost entirely by Idaho Victory Fund, describes Victory Fund as a PAC that supports Gov. Brad Little, and reports $1.43 million in Victor…
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Recorded status: Verified SOSI→Hulsen vendor relationship from FCC records and SOSI↔Reclaim operational alliance from contemporaneous local reporting. No Reclaim→Hulsen payment/control inference.
FCC public-file records for KSNQ directly list Save Our School Idaho political-ad orders/invoices with Hulsen Media Services in January-March 2024. Separately, 9B News reported on Sept. 12, 2025 that Reclaim Idaho executive director Luke Mayville and members of his team stopped in Bonners Ferry 'on behalf of Save Our Schools Idaho' during the Not A Dollar More campaign against Idaho's private-school tax-credit/voucher policy. Save Our Schools Idaho publicl…
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Recorded status: PRIMARY Sixteen Thirty→WNN grant and primary Gem State WNN-grant/policy activity verified. WNN→Gem State exact amount and Sixteen Thirty same-dollar pass-through remain unresolved.
Sixteen Thirty Fund’s primary FY2024 Schedule I reports a $600,000 cash grant to Welcoming Neighbors Network (EIN 99-4813080) for civil rights, social action and advocacy. Gem State Housing Alliance’s own Idaho website states that the Alliance applied for and won a Welcoming Neighbors Network grant, hired staff, conducted a listening tour with more than 150 Idahoans, and developed a policy agenda for Idaho cities. Its stated agenda includes by-right housin…
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Recorded status: IRS-derived same-year organizational funding links verified; same-dollar pass-through is not established.
Civic Truth Coalition (EIN 99-3438435) creates an additional Sixteen Thirty→Western Futures organizational route distinct from Sixteen Thirty’s direct grants to WFF. Civic Truth’s FY2024 IRS-derived filing reports approximately $3.3 million total revenue and identifies a $1.34 million grant from Sixteen Thirty Fund. The same filing reports a $450,000 general-support grant from Civic Truth Coalition to Western Futures Fund, alongside grants to Restore Our I…
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Recorded status: CURRENT OFFICIAL/FINANCE VERIFIED nexus: Victory pays Hauge/Rogers/Bilbao; Hauge and Rogers hold current senior Governor roles; Bilbao led Little campaign communications; Liberty promotes Little. Legal control/IE coordination remains unestablished.
The Idaho Victory Fund’s relationship to Gov. Brad Little can now be documented beyond general political alignment. Current 2026 committee data list Idaho Victory Fund payments of approximately $29,704.55 to Zach Hauge, $31,084.74 to Hayden Rogers, and $52,485.96 to Bilbao & Co. The Governor’s official current staff page identifies Hauge as Chief of Staff and Rogers as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. A 2023 official Governor’s Office release states …
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Recorded status: Verified separate money paths. Critical limitation preserved: no evidence of funds flowing from Reclaim through IEA/PACE into the Republican-primary PAC network.
Idaho Education Association retired-council minutes for 2023-24 report that the SWEA-R retired chapter used an IEA grant for $1,000 in 'Support for Reclaim Idaho.' Separately, in the 2024 election cycle, IEA's Political Action Committee for Education (PACE) contributed roughly $90,000 to Right 2 Learn, an Idaho PAC that spent heavily in Republican legislative primaries against private-school-choice supporters. In the 2026 primary cycle, Idaho Capital Sun r…
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Recorded status: PRIMARY WFF contractor and primary FEC Way Back payment verified. Shared vendor relationship established; coordination, common strategy and Idaho-target selection are NOT established.
Fireweed Campaigns is a documented professional-services crossline between Western Futures Fund and its connected PAC, Way Back PAC. Western Futures Fund’s FY2024 Form 990 identifies Fireweed Campaigns Inc. of Helena, Montana as an independent contractor paid $107,500 for project management. Way Back PAC’s 2025 year-end FEC Form 3X Schedule B separately reports a $20,000 payment to Fireweed Campaigns, PO Box 87, Helena, Montana, dated November 3, 2025, for…
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Recorded status: V4IV→Sunnybrook $35,000 is verified from Transparency USA 2024 committee aggregation; candidate-client list is secondary and should be primary-upgraded before publication.
Transparency USA’s 2024 Veterans for Idaho Voters committee page reports $35,000 in expenditures/payments to Sunnybrook Strategies LLC. V4IV was a formal Idahoans for Open Primaries coalition member alongside Reclaim Idaho and MWEG. Separate December 2025 Idaho political reporting identifies Sunnybrook Strategies as a campaign firm that had worked for multiple Main Street-aligned Republican candidates/elected officials including Greg Lanting, Josh Wheeler,…
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Recorded status: Verified from Business Plus investor/newsletter records and IRS-derived filing; political coordination/control not established.
Business Plus Inc. (EIN 20-3898333) is a Twin Falls 501(c)(6) business organization funded primarily through program-service/investor revenue; its FY2025 Form 990 reports $178,609 revenue and $281,321 net assets. Business Plus says its Legacy Leaders are individuals whose institutional knowledge, experience and relationships are retained as a regional resource and that several were founders of Business Plus and/or Southern Idaho Economic Development Organi…
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Recorded status: Verified personnel overlap from SOSI founder reporting and Take Back Idaho's own materials; Reclaim-SOSI operational alliance separately verified. No control/finance inference.
Idaho Education News reports that Save Our Schools Idaho was founded in 2023 by a small group including former Weiser superintendent Wil Overgaard and former superintendent Geoff Thomas. Take Back Idaho's own Dec. 12, 2021 founding announcement identifies Wil Overgaard as a member of its newly formed committee, and Take Back Idaho's current board page lists Geoff Thomas among its directors. Separately documented research shows Reclaim Idaho's Luke Mayville…
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Recorded status: WFF→Blue Moon day-to-day role PRIMARY verified; Way Back→Blue Moon consulting PRIMARY verified; Jonah Meyers founder/principal identification supported by current Blue Moon recruiting material/LinkedIn. Board authority/donor direction/Idaho-target selection NOT established.
The operating-personnel layer around Western Futures Fund and Way Back PAC can now be stated more precisely. Western Futures Fund’s own FY2024 Schedule O says Blue Moon Strategies is responsible for WFF’s day-to-day operations. Primary FEC filings show Way Back PAC repeatedly paying Blue Moon Strategies for strategic consulting, including payments in 2025. A current Blue Moon Strategies recruiting post identifies Jonah Meyers as the job poster and states t…
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Recorded status: Verified direct Idaho contributions, Article IV multistate grant portfolio, and Unite America-to-Way Back contribution. Earmarking/pass-through to Idaho is not established.
Late-October 2024 reporting based on Idaho Secretary of State data said Idahoans for Open Primaries had amassed about $5.5 million. Major outside contributions included Article IV $2.2 million, Unite America PAC plus a related entity $1.8 million, and Way Back PAC $250,000; Reclaim Idaho contributed $160,000 in September. Article IV's FY2024 Form 990 Schedule I separately reports a $2.22 million grant to Idahoans for Open Primaries and shows Idaho alongsid…
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Recorded status: Verified formal FEC connected-organization relationship and IRS-reported grant flows; Idaho earmarking not established.
Way Back PAC's January 2026 FEC Statement of Organization identifies Western Futures Fund as a connected organization. Western Futures Fund's IRS-derived 2024 records show grants received including approximately $2.8 million from Sixteen Thirty Fund and $1.8 million from New Venture Fund, and a $100,000 grant to Way Back PAC in FY2024. Across 2021-2024, IRS-derived grant data show Western Futures Fund received about $5.1 million from Sixteen Thirty Fund an…
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Recorded status: Verified national c4 grant purpose and official Idaho campaign involvement; exact Idaho earmarking and local legal-entity status unresolved.
RepresentUs provides another national-to-Idaho route inside the Open Primaries ecosystem. Idaho Capital Sun’s May 2, 2023 launch report identifies “Represent US Idaho” as one of the organizations collaborating with Reclaim Idaho, the Idaho Task Force of Veterans for Political Innovation, North Idaho Women and Hope Coalition to form Idahoans for Open Primaries. RepresentUs’ own 2024 campaign hub subsequently identified Idaho Proposition 1 as one of its voti…
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Recorded status: CURRENT PRIMARY/AGGREGATED VERIFIED corporate overlap and separate IACI PAC governance. No evidence IACI directed St. Luke’s/Micron/Idaho Power Victory Fund contributions or controls Idaho Victory/Liberty.
Current records show a corporate-network overlap between IACI and the Brad Little-associated Idaho Victory Fund, but not a merged political account or demonstrated IACI direction of Victory Fund giving. IACI’s current board includes representatives of Idaho Power, Micron Technology and St. Luke’s, among many other major Idaho employers. Current 2026 Idaho Victory Fund contribution data list St. Luke’s Health Plan at $50,000, Micron Technology at $25,000 an…
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Recorded status: IRS-DERIVED VERIFIED organizational grant route and reciprocal Hopewell↔Global Impact relationship. No same-dollar recycling, earmarking to WFF, or Idaho attribution established.
IRS-derived grant records add a higher upstream organizational route into the Global Impact Social Welfare Foundation/Western Futures branch. Hopewell Fund gave Global Impact (EIN 52-1273585, the separate 501(c)(3) intermediary organization) about $19.5 million across reported 2020–2024 grants. Global Impact's FY2023 filing reports a $13.35 million grant to the distinct Global Impact Social Welfare Foundation (GISWF, EIN 92-0652730). GISWF separately gave …
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Recorded status: Verified shared administrative/address nexus with an important limiting explanation: 1401 Poplar was Silver's own longstanding political address. No legal-control or fund-transfer inference.
Reclaim Idaho Fund's ActBlue Civics merchandise page uses Reclaim branding and a reclaimidaho.org contact address. Project Reclaim Idaho Inc., the separate 501(c)(3), is registered c/o Deborah Silver at 1401 Poplar Ave, Twin Falls. Older Idaho candidate and campaign-finance records show 1401 Poplar was also Deborah Silver's own longstanding candidate/campaign address. Reclaim Idaho's historical committee listing names Silver as treasurer at that address. T…
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Recorded status: PRIMARY organizational rosters verify processor overlap. No direct IDA membership in IACI, common governance or control established from the sources reviewed.
Current organizational rosters show a structural overlap between IACI's corporate-policy network and Idaho's dairy economy. IACI's current board includes representatives from Chobani Idaho, Glanbia Nutritionals, Lactalis American Group and J.R. Simplot, among many other large employers. Idaho Dairymen's Association's current dairy-processor roster separately lists Chobani, Glanbia, Lactalis, Idaho Milk Products and other major processors operating in Idaho…
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Recorded status: Same-year 2022 Idaho leadership and political/legislative activity verified; Sixteen Thirty grant purpose and Idaho earmarking remain broader than any one Idaho action.
The Sixteen Thirty→Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates branch now has a contemporaneous Idaho steering point rather than relying on later activity. Sixteen Thirty Fund’s 2022 Schedule I reported a $550,000 grant to Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates for civil rights, social action and advocacy. In 2022, Mistie DelliCarpini-Tolman was publicly identified as PPAA’s Idaho State Director. Contemporaneous Idaho reporting shows her speaking for PPAA against…
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Recorded status: Verified current program partnership and personnel/PAC leadership bridge; no Idaho Solutions→Defend and Protect funding or coordination established.
A Sept. 15–16, 2026 public immigration-history program in the Wood River Valley is presented in partnership with Idaho Solutions, Idaho Leaders United, MWEG, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Wood River Jewish Community, LDS members in the Wood River Valley, and The Senior Connection. Idaho Leaders United’s own leadership page lists retired Ada County Sheriff Gary Raney among its leadership. Independent contemporaneous reporting identifies Raney as founder/chai…
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