{"id":125869,"date":"2021-02-12T15:45:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T20:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125869"},"modified":"2021-02-12T15:57:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T20:57:19","slug":"left-wing-dark-money-networks-hid-millions-in-the-2020-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-dark-money-networks-hid-millions-in-the-2020-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Left-Wing \u2018Dark Money\u2019 Networks Hid Millions in the 2020 Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleft-wing-dark-money-networks-hid-millions-in-the-2020-elections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125869&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Biden.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite repeated calls for increased campaign finance transparency, President Joe Biden and other Democrats received tens of millions of dollars in assistance from massive &#8220;dark money&#8221; networks<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">during the 2020 election cycle.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Sixteen Thirty Fund, which houses dozens of liberal groups and projects, pumped<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;contributor_name=1630&amp;contributor_name=sixteen+thirty+fund&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2020&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2019&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2020\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$60 million<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">into committees backing Biden and other Democrats. Tides Advocacy, a similar group part of a larger dark money network, spent $1.6 million.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in 2020 Election<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/2020-election\/left-wing-dark-money-networks-hid-millions-in-the-2020-elections\/\"><strong>Left-Wing \u2018Dark Money&#8217; Networks Hid Millions in the 2020 Elections<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/2020-election\/gop-wins-last-remaining-house-race-as-dem-finally-concedes\/\"><strong>GOP Wins Last Remaining House Race As Dem Finally Concedes<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/2020-election\/schumers-dark-money-group-increased-election-spending-by-825-in-2020-cycle\/\"><strong>Schumer&#8217;s Dark Money Group Increased Election Spending by 825% in 2020 Cycle<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dark money groups pouring large sums into elections is nothing new. But the 2020 election marks the first time nonprofit incubators like the Sixteen Thirty Fund have been used by deep-pocketed Democratic donors to anonymously fund election activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wealthy individuals use the Sixteen Thirty Fund to conceal millions in nonprofit spending. The fund acts as a &#8220;fiscal sponsor&#8221; by providing its tax and legal status to a host of liberal groups, including the left-wing judicial group Demand Justice. Sponsored groups are not required to file individual tax forms that disclose information such as overall financials, board members, and contractors.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Sixteen Thirty Fund<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;contributor_name=1630&amp;contributor_name=sixteen+thirty+fund&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2020&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2019&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2020\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">paid<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$5.7 million\u2014its largest payment of the cycle\u2014to Victory 2020, a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00747246\/1408935\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fundraising committee<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">associated with Democratic operative David Brock\u2019s American Bridge super PAC. American Bridge received $4.4 million directly from the Sixteen Thirty Fund, which also funneled $5 million to Future Forward, and<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$4.5 million to Priorities USA Action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biden benefited from the Sixteen Thirty Fund\u2019s payments despite<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/joebiden.com\/governmentreform\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">calling<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">for &#8220;increase[d] transparency of election spending&#8221; and an &#8220;end [to] dark money groups.&#8221; Dozens of left-wing political committees used the cash to pay for advertisements and voter canvassing that supported Biden and other Democratic candidates.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The Sixteen Thirty Fund is confronting the biggest social challenges in our country through fiscal sponsorship, advocacy, and electoral action,&#8221; the group&#8217;s executive director Amy Kurtz previously told the <em>Washington&nbsp;<\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Free Beacon<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. &#8220;We support investing in the health and strength of our democracy and have lobbied in favor of reform to the current campaign finance system (through H.R. 1), but we are equally committed to following the current laws to level the playing field for progressives in this election.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Sixteen Thirty Fund is managed by Arabella Advisors, a D.C.-based consulting firm whose massive dark money network also includes the New Venture Fund, Windward Fund, and Hopewell Fund. The four funds combined raked in&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/dem-dark-money-network-rakes-in-715-million-to-bankroll-liberal-causes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$715 million<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">for liberal causes in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Arabella-managed network is used by the Democracy Alliance, a secretive group of Democratic donors cofounded by George Soros. The Democracy Alliance had set a goal of pumping $275 million into the 2020 elections, according to<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/confidential-memo-secretive-liberal-donor-club-plots-275-million-for-2020\/\">documents obtained<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">by the<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;Free Beacon<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tides Advocacy, a San Francisco-based subsidiary of the massive Tides Nexus that raised over $800 million in 2019, reports hauling in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/display_990\/943153687\/09_2020_prefixes_91-94%2F943153687_201912_990O_2020093017338827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/display_990\/943153687\/09_2020_prefixes_91-94%252F943153687_201912_990O_2020093017338827&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613246519435000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHJ0ghi2VgJZmS0PU0sT_PCLKQTyw\">$52 million<\/a>&nbsp;on its most recent tax forms. Much of the network&#8217;s cash went to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/megadonors-pour-record-amount-of-money-into-get-out-the-vote-effort-for-dems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/megadonors-pour-record-amount-of-money-into-get-out-the-vote-effort-for-dems\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613246519435000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGX_OCnEPusbfsa3MdkJrVsdixlwQ\">&#8220;get out the vote&#8221; campaigns<\/a>&nbsp;in the 2020 elections. Tides Advocacy&#8217;s largest&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;contributor_name=tides&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2020&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2019&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type%3Dprocessed%26contributor_name%3Dtides%26two_year_transaction_period%3D2020%26min_date%3D01%252F01%252F2019%26max_date%3D12%252F31%252F2020&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613246519435000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFf2LsIm5Xz8LpQ-s69w5nbS7yhGA\">donations<\/a>&nbsp;for the 2020 elections include $400,000 to MoveOn.org Political Action, $300,000 to Win Justice, and $270,000 to People&#8217;s Action Power.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like the Sixteen Thirty Fund, The Tides Nexus acts as a fiscal sponsor to a plethora of liberal groups. They also do not identify who provides funding to nonprofits within their network.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This was the first cycle Tides Advocacy has been used to push cash into elections. The group did not provide a comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Democrats have long derided dark money in politics but in recent years have outpaced Republicans in its usage. Biden&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-01-23\/-dark-money-helped-pave-joe-biden-s-path-to-the-white-house\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">benefited<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from $145 million in anonymous funds, while Donald Trump benefited from $28.4 million in dark funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite repeated calls for increased campaign finance transparency, President Joe Biden and other Democrats received tens of millions of dollars in assistance from massive &#8220;dark money&#8221; networks during the 2020 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893322,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3652,6571,5129,4961,4755,6570],"class_list":["post-125869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-3652","tag-elections","tag-left-wing","tag-millions","tag-money","tag-networks"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}