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DonorsTrust

Conservative dark money donor-advised fund, Koch network preferred conduit
Tracked because Conservative dark money donor-advised fund, Koch network preferred conduit · 10 documented connections
Facts on record8
Connections mapped10
Sources cited8
✦ Thin coverage gap +20 connected to 10 entities · only 8 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 2P 6I
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No documented contradictions on file.
PATTERN company → [affiliation] → organization → [affiliation] → ... 156× PATTERN organization → [affiliation] → organization → [affiliatio... 156× PATTERN company → [donor] → organization → [affiliation] → organi... 53× PATTERN organization → [affiliation] → organization → [donor] → c... 53× PATTERN company → [affiliation] → company → [affiliation] → organ... 42×
Connection Map
Key Connections
← State Policy Network (SPN) organization
funding_recipient
SPN received $9.8 million from DonorsTrust in 2024
← Real Clear Foundation organization
funding_recipient
Received $2.2 million from DonorsTrust in 2021
Facts (8)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 160d ago · Avg age: 270d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (2)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Primary Source DonorsTrust funneled $13.9 million to right-wing media outlets in 2021
✓ verified Primary Source DonorsTrust distributed $195.3 million in grants to over 300 right-wing groups in 2024
All Connections (10)
→ Donors Capital Fund company
affiliation secondary since 2024
DonorsTrust and DonorsCapitalFund are listed together as related donor-advised fund networks.
→ Reason Foundation organization
grant_recipient secondary since 2024
Reason Foundation appears in the same list of right-leaning groups supported by DonorsTrust network.
→ Daily Caller News Foundation organization
grant_recipient inferential since 2024
DonorsTrust channeled funds to right-wing media outlets; Daily Caller News Foundation is listed among similar recipients.
→ Prager University Foundation organization
grant_recipient secondary since 2024
PragerU Foundation appears alongside DonorsTrust in the same network of conservative funding entities.
→ Sarah Scaife Foundation organization
donor secondary since 2024
Scaife Foundation is listed in the same set of conservative donor networks as DonorsTrust.
→ Bradley Foundation organization
donor secondary since 2024
Bradley Foundation is grouped with DonorsTrust in the list of conservative grant-making organizations.
← State Policy Network (SPN) organization
funding_recipient confirmed
SPN received $9.8 million from DonorsTrust in 2024
← Real Clear Foundation organization
funding_recipient confirmed
Received $2.2 million from DonorsTrust in 2021
donor inferential since 2022
DonorsTrust appears in the database in proximity to Committee to Protect Journalists and other media/press freedom entities, consistent with being a funding source for conservative-aligned journalism organizations.
← M-POWER organization
affiliation inferential since 2026
M-POWER appears in the entity list alongside DonorsTrust, suggesting a potential organizational or thematic association within the same database context related to philanthropic funding.
Sources (8)
2026-05-09 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: DonorsTrust not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: DonorsTrust — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: DonorsTrust — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: DonorsTrust — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: DonorsTrust — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: DonorsTrust — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: DonorsTrust — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2024-01-01 ↗ Center for Media and Democracy analysis of IRS filings web_search Processed 📜 Receipt