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DonorsTrust Remains “Dark Money ATM” for Hate Groups, Right-Wing Extremist Orgs
WASHINGTON, DC – Accountable.US today obtained DonorsTrust’s 2022 990 tax form, revealing a nearly 30% increase in total giving and millions more funneled to key far-right groups in Leonard Leo’s dark money network.
Donors Trust — also known as the right-wing “dark money ATM” — continues to bankroll radical right-wing groups in Leonard Leo’s network and beyond, to the tune of millions. Donors Trust has become infamous as a massive war chest for the far-right’s extreme causes,” said Accountable.US president Caroline Ciccone.
Key findings from DonorsTrust’s 2022 990:
- DonorsTrust’s total giving grew by a whopping 29%.
- The organization gave nearly $4.3 million to the Leo-linked Federalist Society, up from the previous year.
- DonorsTrust gave over $3 million to the Leo-led Teneo Network, known as a secretive organization working to push an extremist agenda on a national scale.
- DonorsTrust continued to give big to Leo’s network, including the Becket Fund, The 85 Fund, the Foundation for Government Accountability, and over $9 million to Consumers’ Research – making it their third largest grant.
- DonorsTrust gave over $630,000 to the Alliance Defending Freedom – a Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group.
- The group funneled millions more into key conservative groups, including the American Enterprise Institute and America First Legal.
View the 2022 form HERE.
Accountable.US’s Monitoring Influence database connects the dots between DonorsTrust and other groups making up the far-right’s extensive dark money network. Learn more at MonitoringInfluence.org.
