#Dark-Money
Events indexed under #Dark-Money — 37 entries in the record.
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Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | Democracy Unmuted — Two-Week-Old Dark-Money Group With No FEC or Illinois Business Filings — Offers Influencers $1,500 Per Post for Coordinated Attack on Kat Abughazaleh in IL-09 Primary; Matt Anthes / Advocators / Upstart Factory Chain Documented With Brief, Talking Points, and Two Named Creator Recipients
1 src Democracy Unmuted · Matt Anthes · Advocators (digital marketing agency) · Upstart Factory (digital marketing agency) · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | AI Industry Super PACs Pour $125 Million Into 2026 Midterms to Block Regulation, Targeting Candidates With Hidden Influence Campaign
7 src OpenAI · Anthropic · Andreessen Horowitz · Marc Andreessen · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | Chicago Progressive Partnership — Newly-Organized Super-PAC With Tom-King-Communications Sole-AIPAC-Disclosed-Vendor Ties — Drops $165K+ AI-Generated Digital Attack Ad on Kat Abughazaleh in IL-09 Democratic Primary, Pre-Buy FEC Disclosures Zero
1 src Chicago Progressive Partnership · American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) · Kat Abughazaleh · Tom King Communications · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Qualcomm Donates $1 Million to Trump-Aligned Dark Money Group
2 src Qualcomm · Securing American Greatness · Taylor Budowich · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-30 | Kristi Noem Secretly Took $80,000 from Dark Money Group Without Disclosure
4 src Kristi Noem · Trevor Stanley · American Resolve Policy Fund | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | HBO Documentary Exposes Systematic Corruption Through FBI Wiretaps of Officials
3 src Alex Gibney (filmmaker) · HBO · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Unnamed officials (wiretapped) | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-26 | DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Secretly Received $80,000 Dark Money Cut While Governor
4 src Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Dark money groups | confirmed | |
| 2024-11-05 | Record $1.9 Billion in Dark Money Floods 2024 Federal Election Cycle
3 src Dark money groups · Fidelity · Charles Schwab · Vanguard · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2023-01-01 | Noem secretly accepts $80,000 from dark money nonprofit
4 src Kristi Noem · Lee Schoenbeck | confirmed | |
| 2022-12-31 | Arabella Advisors Network Raises Record $1.35 Billion in Dark Money
3 src Arabella Advisors · Sixteen Thirty Fund · Hansjörg Wyss · Eric Kessler | confirmed | |
| 2021-05-13 | Leaked Video Exposes Heritage Action's $24 Million Voter Suppression Campaign Coordinating State Legislation
4 src Heritage Action · Jessica Anderson · Heritage Foundation · Hans von Spakovsky · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2021-04-06 | Stephen Miller Founds America First Legal to Challenge Biden Administration and Advance White Nationalist Agenda
3 src Stephen Miller · Mark Meadows · Matthew Whitaker | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-01 | Barre Seid Donates $1.6 Billion to Leonard Leo Dark Money Network
4 src Barre Seid · Leonard Leo · Marble Freedom Trust | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-01 | Larry Ellison Donates $30 Million to Tim Scott's Super PAC Over 2021-2022
3 src Larry Ellison · Tim Scott · Oracle · Opportunity Matters Fund | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Clarence Thomas Attends Koch Network Donor Summit - Supreme Court Ethics Violations
2 src Clarence Thomas · Koch Network · Council for National Policy | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-31 | Federalist Society Captures Federal Judiciary with $250M Dark Money
3 src Federalist Society · Leonard Leo · Donald Trump · Judicial Crisis Network · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2014-07-04 | Richard Mellon Scaife Dies After Investing $620 Million in Conservative Movement Infrastructure
4 src Richard Scaife · Sarah Scaife Foundation · Carthage Foundation · Allegheny Foundation · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2014-04-02 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Aggregate Campaign Contribution Limits in McCutcheon v. FEC
5 src U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Shaun McCutcheon · Republican National Committee · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2014-01-01 | CNP Membership Includes DeVos and Mercer Families - Billionaire Donor Integration
2 src Council for National Policy · DeVos family · Mercer family · Richard DeVos · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2013-04-03 | Edwin Feulner Retires as Heritage Foundation President After 36 Years Building Conservative Movement Infrastructure
4 src Edwin Feulner · Heritage Foundation · Jim DeMint · Richard Scaife · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2012-01-01 | Koch Network Spends $407 Million in Coordinated 2012 Election Campaign
3 src Charles Koch · David Koch · Americans for Prosperity · Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2012-01-01 | Leonard Leo Directs Hidden Payments to Ginni Thomas Through Kellyanne Conway, Instructs "No Mention of Ginni"
4 src Leonard Leo · Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Kellyanne Conway · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2010-12-31 | Donors Trust Becomes Primary Climate Denial Dark Money Conduit
4 src Donors Trust · Donors Capital Fund · Koch brothers · Knowledge and Progress Fund · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-21 | Supreme Court Citizens United Decision Unleashes Unlimited Corporate Spending
7 src U.S. Supreme Court · Citizens United · Federal Election Commission · Justice Anthony Kennedy · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | Corporate-Funded Think Tanks Testify to Congress While Hiding Donor Conflicts of Interest
3 src Heritage Foundation · American Enterprise Institute · Koch brothers · General Electric · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | DonorsTrust Organizational Profile: Dark Money ATM Enabling Anonymous Billionaire Political Spending
4 src DonorsTrust · Donors Capital Fund · Whitney Lynn Ball · Kimberly Dennis · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2009-02-19 | Koch Network Prepares Tea Party Mobilization After Santelli Rant
4 src Rick Santelli · David Koch · Charles Koch · Eric Odom · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2003-01-01 | ExxonMobil Channels Millions to Climate Denial Think Tanks and Front Groups
4 src ExxonMobil · American Enterprise Institute · Cato Institute · Marshall Institute · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1987-01-01 | Philanthropy Roundtable Founded - Conservative Donor Coordination Infrastructure
3 src Philanthropy Roundtable · Institute for Educational Affairs · Koch Network · Conservative foundations | confirmed | |
| 1983-01-01 | Heritage Foundation Expands to 100+ Staff with $10 Million Budget During Reagan Administration Peak Influence
3 src Heritage Foundation · Edwin Feulner · Ronald Reagan · Richard Scaife · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1982-04-25 | Federalist Society Organizational Profile: Judicial Pipeline and Conservative Legal Movement Infrastructure
4 src Federalist Society · Leonard Leo · Steven Calabresi · David McIntosh · +10 | confirmed | |
| 1981-05-18 | Council for National Policy Founded with Schlafly as Founding Member, Creating Elite Conservative Network
3 src Phyllis Schlafly · Council for National Policy · Tim LaHaye · Paul Weyrich · +5 | confirmed | |
| 1977-01-01 | Edwin Feulner Becomes Heritage Foundation President, Beginning 36-Year Tenure Building Conservative Policy Infrastructure
4 src Edwin Feulner · Heritage Foundation · Paul Weyrich · Richard Scaife · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1973-02-16 | Heritage Foundation Organizational Profile: Conservative Policy Infrastructure and Corporate Capture Mechanism
4 src Heritage Foundation · Paul Weyrich · Edwin Feulner · Joseph Coors · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1970-01-01 | Richard Scaife Acquires Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Building Conservative Media Infrastructure
3 src Richard Scaife · Pittsburgh Tribune-Review · Scaife Foundations | confirmed | |
| 1967-03-01 | Ramparts Magazine Exposes CIA Foundation Funding Network, Ending Olin Money Laundering Operation
3 src Ramparts Magazine · Central Intelligence Agency · National Student Association · Sol Stern · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1958-01-01 | John M. Olin Foundation Begins Eight-Year Operation as Secret CIA Money Laundering Bank
5 src John M. Olin Foundation · Central Intelligence Agency · John M. Olin | confirmed |