{"id":2099784,"date":"2023-11-15T14:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-non-profit-poured-at-least-150-million-of-secret-money-into-progressive-causes\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T14:53:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:53:09","slug":"dem-non-profit-poured-at-least-150-million-of-secret-money-into-progressive-causes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-non-profit-poured-at-least-150-million-of-secret-money-into-progressive-causes\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Profit Funneled $150M Secretly to Progressive Causes"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fdem-non-profit-poured-at-least-150-million-of-secret-money-into-progressive-causes%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=2099784&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by\u2063 SAMUEL CORUM\/AFP via Getty \u2062Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN Investigates: Left-Wing Dark\u2064 Money Charity\u200b Funneled $150 \u2062Million into Progressive Causes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"author\">By Abril Elfi | 11:47 \u200cAM \u2013 Wednesday, \u200cNovember 15, 2023<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-non-profit-poured-at-least-150-million-of-secret-money-into-progressive-causes\/\" title=\"Non-Profit Funneled 0M Secretly to Progressive Causes\">left-wing dark money charity funneled<\/a> at least $150 million in secret contributions into progressive \u2064groups and causes in 2022.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to tax records released by media, the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a financial powerhouse for \u2063leftist political action in Washington and across \u2064the country, spent at least $150 \u200bmillion last year supporting state ballot \u2062measures on abortion rights and assisting Democrats in outperforming expectations in\u200b the 2022 \u2062midterm elections, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>Reports \u200cstate \u200dthat the non-profit \u00a0hauled in $189.9 million in contributions\u2063 from anonymous \u200cdonors last year, according to their newest documents.<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, the Sixteen Thirty Fund\u200c had passed $148 million\u200d in grants to different Democrat-aligned groups, which include organizations\u200c that work\u200c to push abortion rights and environmental initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Sixteen Thirty Fund\u2019s tax returns, the nonprofit collected more than $10 million from at least five distinct donors,\u2064 with one individual\u2063 contributing a whopping $34.5 million. <\/p>\n<p>The Sixteen Thirty Fund, in turn,\u200b took the anonymous\u200b funds and distributed\u2062 large \u2063sums to \u200corganizations across the country.\u200d One of its largest contributions, for $20 million, went to America Votes, which bills itself as \u201cthe coordination hub for\u200d the progressive \u2063community.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The organization\u2019s\u200b mission is \u2063to provide \u201cvoter education, vote by mail programs to defend our democracy and build on high levels of energy and \u2062engagement, especially in communities of color and \u200damong young people,\u201d according to the\u200b organization\u2019s \u2064website. <\/p>\n<p>The \u2064Sixteen \u2062Thirty\u200c Fund also handed out millions \u2062of dollars \u200cto groups such as the Run for Something Action Fund, which recruits young progressives to\u2064 run for office; the Reproductive\u200d Freedom \u2062for All Committee, which opposes restrictions on abortion; Every Eligible American, a voter \u200dturnout organization; and the Secure Elections Project.<\/p>\n<p>According to tax documents, the Sixteen Thirty Fund paid $750,000 to \u2063House Majority Forward, a dark money charity linked\u2064 with then-House Speaker Nancy\u2062 Pelosi, in 2020.\u2064 The Sixteen Thirty Fund also gave $500,000 to the\u200d Senate Majority PAC, which is affiliated with Senator\u200b Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u2062 \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>Exclusive Interview: Holocaust Survivor \u2063Speaks Out on Rise of Anti-Semitism<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>New intelligence is emerging which shows Hamas terrorists are \u2064using hospitals as command centers. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Supporters of Israel took Washington\u200c D.C. \u2063by\u2062 storm as the massive March For Israel rally demonstrated a show of peace through strength for Israel. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The \u2018March For Israel\u2019 says\u2064 No ceasefire will stop Hamas, \u200dMarwayne \u2063Mullin almost throw down with the Teamsters Union Boss and \u2064Mayorkas is saved by 8 Republicans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Starlink has secured a contract to offer\u200c free internet in Mexico until the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>U.S. lawmakers asked Apple Inc to explain the abrupt end \u200cof political comedian \u2063Jon Stewart\u2019s television show on \u200cits streaming service.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Elon \u2062Musk denied a report that his rocket company SpaceX was discussing an IPO for its \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ridley-scotts-napoleon-film-premieres-in-paris\/\" title=\"Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon' debuts in Paris.\">satellite internet \u200bbusiness<\/a>, Starlink.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Chinese companies are buying up U.S. chipmaking equipment \u200cdespite a raft of new export curbs aimed at advances in the country\u2019s semiconductor industry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u2064 How does the lack of transparency in dark money donations \u200bimpact the democratic process?<\/h2>\n<p><span> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<p><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by\u2063 SAMUEL CORUM\/AFP \u200dvia Getty \u2062Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN Investigates: Left-Wing Dark\u2064 Money \u200cCharity\u200b Funneled $150 \u2062Million \u200dinto \u200bProgressive Causes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"author\">By Abril Elfi | 11:47 \u200cAM\u200c \u2013 Wednesday,\u200d \u200cNovember 15, 2023<\/p>\n<p>A \u200cleft-wing dark money charity funneled at least $150 million in secret contributions into progressive \u2064groups \u200dand causes \u2062in 2022.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">\n<p><script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According\u200c to tax records released by media, the Sixteen\u200b Thirty Fund,\u200c a financial powerhouse for \u2063leftist political action in Washington and across \u2064the country, spent at least $150 \u200bmillion last year\u2063 supporting state ballot\u2063 \u2062measures on abortion rights\u2063 and assisting\u2063 Democrats in \u200coutperforming expectations\u2064 in\u200b\u2062 the\u2063 2022\u2064 \u2062midterm elections, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>Reports\u2063 \u200cstate \u200dthat the non-profit \u2062 hauled in $189.9 million in\u2062 contributions\u2063 from anonymous \u200cdonors\u2064 last year, \u2063according\u200c to their\u2062 newest documents.<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, \u2063the\u200d Sixteen \u2063Thirty Fund\u200c had \u200cpassed \u200b$148 million\u200d in grants to different Democrat-aligned groups, which include organizations\u200c\u200b that work\u200c to push abortion rights and environmental\u200d initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Sixteen Thirty Fund\u2019s tax returns, the nonprofit collected more than \u2062$10 million from at\u2064 least five \u2063distinct donors,\u2064 with one individual\u2063 contributing a \u200bwhopping \u200c$34.5 million. <\/p>\n<p>The Sixteen Thirty Fund, in turn,\u200b\u2062 took the \u2062anonymous\u200b funds and distributed\u2062 large \u2063sums to \u200corganizations\u200d across the country.\u200d One of its\u2062 largest contributions, for $20 million, went to America Votes, which bills itself as \u201cthe coordination hub \u2063for\u200d the\u200c progressive \u2063community.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The organization\u2019s\u200b mission is \u200b\u2063to provide \u201cvoter \u2063education, vote by \u2064mail programs to defend\u200b our\u2063 democracy and build on high levels of energy and \u2062engagement, especially in\u2064 communities of color and \u200damong young people,\u201d according \u2062to the\u200b \u200corganization\u2019s \u2064website. <\/p>\n<p>The \u2064Sixteen \u2062Thirty\u200c Fund \u2064also handed\u2063 out millions \u2062of dollars\u200b \u200cto groups such as the\u200c Run for Something Action \u2062Fund, which recruits \u2062young progressives \u200bto\u2064 run for office;\u2064 the Reproductive\u200d \u200bFreedom \u2062for All Committee,\u2063 which opposes restrictions on\u2062 abortion; Every Eligible \u200dAmerican, a voter \u200dturnout organization; and the\u200d Secure Elections\u2063 Project.<\/p>\n<p>According to tax documents, the \u200dSixteen Thirty Fund\u2062 paid $750,000 towards lobbying efforts in 2022.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy Surroundinng Dark Money<\/h3>\n<p>The use of \u2062dark money in politics has always been a divisive\u2062 issue. \u200bDark money refers\u2062 to political spending where the donors are undisclosed and\u200b the source of the \u2062funds remains\u200b hidden. While there are arguments in \u200dfavor of dark money as a way to protect the identity of donors\u200b who fear backlash or persecution, it also raises \u2063concerns about transparency \u2063and \u200daccountability \u2062in the democratic process.<\/p>\n<p>Those who\u2062 oppose the influence of dark money\u200c argue that it \u200bundermines the principle of a fair \u200cand open \u2064democracy. When \u2064large\u2064 sums of money can be funneled into political causes \u2064without the \u200cpublic knowing \u2064who is\u2064 behind it, it \u200dcan skew the political \u2064landscape and \u2062allow for undue influence over \u2063policy-making.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, \u200cthere has been a growing call for campaign finance reform and \u2063increased transparency in\u2063 political donations. Advocates \u2064argue that stricter regulations \u2063and disclosure requirements \u200dare necessary to prevent the abuse \u200dand corruption \u200bthat \u200bcan come with dark money.<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact of Dark Money<\/h3>\n<p>The revelation \u200dof the\u200d Sixteen Thirty Fund&#8217;s significant financial \u2063contributions to progressive causes raises questions about\u200d the influence of dark money in the political arena. With millions of dollars \u2064being \u2062funneled\u200d into various organizations and initiatives,\u200c it is clear that dark money can have a substantial impact\u2062 on\u2062 shaping policy and \u200dsupporting specific agendas.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the lack of transparency surrounding these donations makes it difficult for the public to fully understand\u2062 the motivations and \u200dinterests behind these contributions. This lack of\u2062 transparency undermines the democratic process \u2063and diminishes the accountability of those who receive and utilize dark \u2064money.<\/p>\n<p>As the debate over campaign finance and dark money continues, it \u200cis crucial \u2064for citizens to remain informed and engaged in order to ensure a more\u2063 transparent\u200c and accountable political system.<\/p>\n<h3>Calls for Reform<\/h3>\n<p>The revelation of the\u2063 Sixteen Thirty Fund&#8217;s\u200b activities highlights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by SAMUEL CORUM\/AFP via Getty Images) OAN\u2019s\u00a0Abril Elfi\u00a011:47 AM \u2013 Wednesday, November 15, 2023 A left-wing dark money charity funneled at least $150 million in secret contributions into progressive groups and causes in 2022. 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