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==Funding==
 
==Funding==
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The Stand Together Trust is not required to disclose its funders. Its major foundation funders, however, can be found through a search of the IRS filings. Here are the know funders:
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The Stand Together Trust is not required to disclose its funders. Its major foundation funders, however, can be found through a search of the IRS filings. Here are the known funders:
 
*California Community Foundation: $200,000 (2019)
 
*California Community Foundation: $200,000 (2019)
 
*[[Charles Koch Foundation]]: $2,500,000 (2019)
 
*[[Charles Koch Foundation]]: $2,500,000 (2019)
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==Core Financials==
 
==Core Financials==
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<big>'''2022'''</big><ref name=snt22>Seminar Network Trust, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24233866-stand-together-trust-2022-990 2022 IRS Form 990], organizational filing, November 15, 2023.</ref>
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*Total Revenue: $63,933,238
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*Total Expenses: $124,216,223
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*Net Assets: $329,090,062
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'''Grants Distributed'''
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*[[4.0 Schools]]: $112,500
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*50CAN: $650,000
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*AccesSOS: $132,500
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*Afterschool Alliance: $307,000
 +
*[[Alliance Defending Freedom]]: $517,000
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*America Succeeds: $150,000
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*[[American Council of Trustees and Alumni]]: $6,000
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*[[American Enterprise Institute]]: $666,235
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*American Immigration Council: $320,000
 +
*[[American Legislative Exchange Council]]: $600,000
 +
*[[Americans for Prosperity Foundation]]: $7,885,000
 +
*Arizona State University Foundation: $300,000
 +
*Association of Prosecuting Attorneys: $150,000
 +
*Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation: $50,000
 +
*Aurora Institute: $250,000
 +
*Available to All: $575,000
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*[[Ballotpedia]]: $497,000
 +
*Barry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research: $800,000
 +
*Bay City News Foundation: $17,800
 +
*Bay Nature Institute: $32,000
 +
*[[Beacon Center of Tennessee]]: $25,000
 +
*[[Becket Fund for Religious Liberty]]: $500,000
 +
*[[Bill of Rights Institute]]: $4,457,781
 +
*[[Bipartisan Policy Center]]: $540,000
 +
*Blue Forest: $500,000
 +
*Braver Angels: $55,000
 +
*Bridge Alliance: $35,000
 +
*Brigid's Path: $7,000
 +
*Building 21: $400,000
 +
*[[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]: $909,954
 +
*Carrell Clinic Foundation: $30,000
 +
*Catholic University of America: $1,100,000
 +
*[[Cato Institute]]: $1,838,162
 +
*Center for American Experiment: $250,000
 +
*[[Center for Growth and Opportunity]]: $6,553,592
 +
*Center for Migration Studies of New York: $75,000
 +
*Center for the National Interest: $106,010
 +
*[[Charles Koch Foundation]]: $200,000
 +
*Chicago Council on Global Affairs: $322,619
 +
*Chicago Public Media: $37,000
 +
*Children's Home Society of North Carolina: $100,000
 +
*Christianity Today: $457,000
 +
*Clayton Christensen Institute: $400,000
 +
*College Bound Dorchester: $19,788
 +
*College of the Holy Cross: $400,000
 +
*Committee for Justice Foundation: $28,077
 +
*Commonwealth Foundation: $240,000
 +
*[[Competitive Enterprise Institute]]: $120,000
 +
*Connecticut News Project: $25,600
 +
*Council of State Governments: $62,500
 +
*Council on Criminal Justice: $150,000
 +
*[[Council on Foreign Relations]]: $60,000
 +
*DC Witness: $36,000
 +
*Defense Priorities Foundation: $349,375
 +
*Devoted Dreamers Foundation: $185,000
 +
*Education Reimagined: $300,000
 +
*Edward Charles Foundation: $330,000
 +
*[[Empire Center for Public Policy]]: $165,000
 +
*[[Empower Mississippi]] Foundation: $50,000
 +
*End it for Good: $104,720
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*Energy Innovation Reform Project: $125,000
 +
*Enlace Latino NC: $13,600
 +
*Eurasia Group: $36,563
 +
*Eurasia Group Foundation: $780,000
 +
*Fair Chance Institute: $110,000
 +
*Fair Trials Americas: $200,000
 +
*Families Empowered: $82,000
 +
*[[Federalist Society]]: $1,000,000
 +
*Foreign Policy for America: $9,500
 +
*[[Foundation for Economic Education]]: $125,000
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*[[Foundation for Excellence in Education]]: $10,200
 +
*[[Foundation for Individual Rights in Education]]: $5,789,014
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*[[Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity]]: $225,000
 +
*[[Fraser Institute]]: $75,000
 +
*Fresnoland Media: $14,000
 +
*Friends Committee on National Legislation Education Fund: $50,000
 +
*[[Frontier Institute]]: $10,769
 +
*George Mason University Foundation: $9,363,045
 +
*[[Georgia Public Policy Foundation]]: $150,000
 +
*GripTape: $250,000
 +
*[[Independent Women's Forum]]: $100,000
 +
*[[Institute for Free Speech]]: $9,500
 +
*[[Institute for Humane Studies]]: $5,527,055
 +
*[[Institute for Reforming Government]]: $200,000
 +
*[[Institute on Religion and Democracy]]: $100,000
 +
*International Center for Law & Economics: $500,000
 +
*International Crisis Group: $950,000
 +
*Iron Light Labs: $32,173
 +
*Jobs for the Future: $450,000
 +
*John Quincy Adams Society: $1,092,005
 +
*Judicial Education Institute: $150,000
 +
*Jumpstart South Carolina: $6,200
 +
*[[Kansas Policy Institute]]: $100,000
 +
*Khan Lab School: $360,000
 +
*Law Enforcement Action Partnership: $50,000
 +
*Lawfare Institute: $8,750
 +
*Lawndale Christian Legal Center: $250,000
 +
*[[Libertas Institute]]: $58,000
 +
*[[Mackinac Center for Public Policy]]: $525,000
 +
*[[Manhattan Institute]]: $495,000
 +
*Mastery Transcript Consortium: $339,000
 +
*Measures for Justice: $250,000
 +
*[[Mercatus Center]]: $2,000,000
 +
*[[Migration Policy Institute]]: $100,000
 +
*Minerva Institute for Research and Scholarship: $700,000
 +
*MinnPost: $20,800
 +
*[[Mississippi Center for Public Policy]]: $120,000
 +
*Montana Chamber Foundation: $25,000
 +
*Moral Courage Project: $32,000
 +
*Movement Forward: $300,000
 +
*NACDL Foundation for Criminal Justice: $632,000
 +
*Nantucket Project Academy: $150,000
 +
*National Association of Evangelicals: $20,000
 +
*[[National Foundation for American Policy]]: $65,000
 +
*[[National Immigration Forum]]: $400,000
 +
*[[National Philanthropic Trust]]: $1,666,667
 +
*National Public Radio: $42,000
 +
*[[National Taxpayers Union Foundation]]: $525,000
 +
*Nevada Action for School Options: $205,500
 +
*Nevada News Bureau: $38,000
 +
*New Blue Project: $250,000
 +
*New Civil Liberties Alliance: $1,015,069
 +
*New Venture Fund: $25,000
 +
*North Dakota State University Foundation and Alumni Association: $25,000
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*Northeastern University: $42,000
 +
*One Voice United: $90,000
 +
*Oregon Public Broadcasting: $28,594
 +
*[[Pacific Legal Foundation]]: $1,995,500
 +
*[[Pacific Research Institute]]: $175,000
 +
*Paragon Health Institute: $2,885,000
 +
*Patients Rising: $50,000
 +
*[[Pelican Institute]]: $50,000
 +
*[[Philanthropy Roundtable]]: $200,000
 +
*Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy: $120,000
 +
*Prison Fellowship Ministries: $1,015,000
 +
*[[Property and Environment Research Center]]: $600,000
 +
*[[Public Policy Institute of California]]: $237,000
 +
*Public Religion Research Institute: $50,000
 +
*[[Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft]]: $851,044
 +
*[[R Street Institute]]: $442,138
 +
*[[RAND Corporation]]: $555,000
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*Reason Foundation: $1,531,365
 +
*Recidiviz: $175,000
 +
*Reformers Academy: $45,000
 +
*Rising Tide Capital: $200,000
 +
*ROCA: $300,000
 +
*Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors: $2,120,000
 +
*Safe Families for Children Alliance: $84,000
 +
*Santa Clara University: $1,400,000
 +
*Schoolhouse World: $1,010,000
 +
*SHRM Foundation: $98,500
 +
*Southern Methodist University: $600,000
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*Sponsors: $46,000
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*[[Stand Together Fellowships]]: $500,000
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*[[Stand Together Foundation]]: $2,015,500
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*State Business Executives: $30,000
 +
*Stimson Center: $900,000
 +
*StoryCorps: $325,000
 +
*Street Sense: $49,966
 +
*[[Students for Liberty]]: $7,492
 +
*TechFreedom: $290,800
 +
*Technology Policy Institute: $150,000
 +
*Texas Fair Defense Project: $208,000
 +
*[[Texas Public Policy Foundation]]: $2,050,000
 +
*Texas Tribune: $90,000
 +
*The 74 Media: $277,400
 +
*The American Ideas Institute: $235,000
 +
*The [[Brookings Institution]]: $50,000
 +
*[[The Buckeye Institute]] for Public Policy Solutions: $141,096
 +
*The Cicero Institute: $250,000
 +
*The Forest School: $150,000
 +
*The George W. Bush Foundation: $450,000
 +
*The [[Heritage Foundation]]: $200,000
 +
*The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy: $40,000
 +
*The Manufacturing Institute: $800,000
 +
*The One America Movement: $9,000
 +
*The Phoenix: $139,200
 +
*The Salt Lake Tribune: $19,900
 +
*The Sixth Amendment Center: $220,000
 +
*The Verdi EcoSchool: $50,000
 +
*Think Freely Media: $100,000
 +
*Think of Us: $25,000
 +
*Thomas B Fordham Institute: $11,981
 +
*Trek Medics International: $50,000
 +
*Truth in Numbers: $20,000
 +
*Unite America Institute: $100,000
 +
*University Hospitals: $200,000
 +
*University of Idaho Foundation: $85,000
 +
*University of Kansas: $50,000
 +
*University of Nebraska Foundation: $75,000
 +
*University of Notre Dame: $15,745
 +
*University of Southern California: $100,000
 +
*Upwardly Global: $660,000
 +
*[[Urban Institute]]: $264,000
 +
*VELA Education Fund: $6,340,018
 +
*Vertex Partnership Academies: $100,000
 +
*Veterans 4 America First Institute: $75,000
 +
*West Virginia Families United for Education: $50,000
 +
*[[World Relief]]: $976,000
 +
*[[Yes Every Kid Foundation]]: $2,010,000
 +
*[[Young Americans for Liberty Foundation]]: $230,538
 +
*[[Young Voices]]: $167,250
 +
*Youth Entrepreneurs: $1,365,034
 +
 
<big>'''2021'''</big><ref name=snt21>Seminar Network Trust, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23452724-stand-together-trust-2021-990 2021 IRS Form 990], organizational tax filing, November 15, 2022.</ref><br>
 
<big>'''2021'''</big><ref name=snt21>Seminar Network Trust, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23452724-stand-together-trust-2021-990 2021 IRS Form 990], organizational tax filing, November 15, 2022.</ref><br>
 
*Total Revenue: $278,674,897
 
*Total Revenue: $278,674,897
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==Personnel==
 
==Personnel==
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As of December 2021:<ref name=snt21/>
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As of November 2023:<ref name=snt22/>
 
===Staff===
 
===Staff===
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*Brian Menkes, President/Secretary
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*Brian Menkes, Secretary
 
*Kara Hartnett, Treasurer
 
*Kara Hartnett, Treasurer
 
*Derek Johnson, Executive Director
 
*Derek Johnson, Executive Director
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*Nikolas C Walker, Director of Free Speech & Peace
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*Emily G Schofield, Director of Grant Management
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*Noelle J Huffman, Director of Operations, Development
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*Haley Ast, Program Officer, K-12 Education
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*Vikrant P Reddy, Senior Fellow, Criminal Justice Reform
  
 
'''Former Staff'''
 
'''Former Staff'''
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===Board of Directors===
 
===Board of Directors===
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*[[Charles Koch]]
 
 
*[[Chase Koch]]
 
*[[Chase Koch]]
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*[[Brian Hooks]]
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*Brian Hooks
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*[[Dale Gibbens]]
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*Dale Gibbens
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*David L Robertson
  
 
'''Former Directors'''
 
'''Former Directors'''
 
*[[Mark Holden]]
 
*[[Mark Holden]]
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*[[Charles Koch]]
  
 
==Contact Information==
 
==Contact Information==
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==Articles and Resources==
 
==Articles and Resources==
 
===IRS Form 990 Filings===
 
===IRS Form 990 Filings===
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Latest revision as of 19:29, 29 February 2024

The Stand Together Trust, whose tax ID was formerly used by the Koch network's Seminar Network Trust and Concerned Veterans for America, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization led by Charles Koch, Chase Koch, Koch lieutenant Mark Holden, and other operatives of the Koch network. As of April 2020, the group has no web presence so very little is known of its current activities. According to Seminar Network Trust's most recent IRS filing, its mission is to "fund initiatives aimed at researching, analyzing, and publicizing across a range of broad social and economic issues affecting the nation and the well-being of every American."[1]

Koch Wiki

Charles Koch is the right-wing billionaire owner of Koch Industries. As one of the richest people in the world, he is a key funder of the right-wing infrastructure, including the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the State Policy Network (SPN). In SourceWatch, key articles on Charles Koch and his late brother David include: Koch Brothers, Americans for Prosperity, Stand Together Chamber of Commerce, Stand Together, Koch Family Foundations, Koch Universities, and I360.

Funding

The Stand Together Trust is not required to disclose its funders. Its major foundation funders, however, can be found through a search of the IRS filings. Here are the known funders:

Core Financials

2022[7]

  • Total Revenue: $63,933,238
  • Total Expenses: $124,216,223
  • Net Assets: $329,090,062

Grants Distributed

2021[8]

  • Total Revenue: $278,674,897
  • Total Expenses: $60,578,305
  • Net Assets: $356,859,594

Grants Distributed

2020[9]

  • Total Revenue: $104,032,743
  • Total Expenses: $41,111,947
  • Net Assets: $136,224,175

Grants Distributed

2019[10]

  • Total Revenue: $23,531,841
  • Total Expenses: $45,591,475
  • Net Assets: $84,327,658

Grants Distributed

2018[1]

  • Total Revenue: $75,081,933
  • Total Expenses: $6,551,900
  • Net Assets: $100,907,071

Grants Distributed

2017[11]

  • Total Revenue: $27,427,504
  • Total Expenses: $8,100,150
  • Net Assets: $32,550,323

Grants Distributed

Personnel

As of November 2023:[7]

Staff

  • Brian Menkes, Secretary
  • Kara Hartnett, Treasurer
  • Derek Johnson, Executive Director
  • Nikolas C Walker, Director of Free Speech & Peace
  • Emily G Schofield, Director of Grant Management
  • Noelle J Huffman, Director of Operations, Development
  • Haley Ast, Program Officer, K-12 Education
  • Vikrant P Reddy, Senior Fellow, Criminal Justice Reform

Former Staff

  • Robert Heaton, Treasurer
  • Susan Motiff, Treasurer

Board of Directors

  • Chase Koch
  • Brian Hooks
  • Dale Gibbens
  • David L Robertson

Former Directors

Contact Information

Seminar Network Trust
1320 N. Courthouse Road, Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: 571-290-6811

Articles and Resources

IRS Form 990 Filings

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

References

  1. ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Seminar Network Trust, 2018 IRS Form 990, organizational tax filing, November 15, 2019.
  2. ↑ Deason Foundation,Profile, Grantmakers, accessed March 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ David Armiak, DonorsTrust Bankrolled Right-Wing Judicial Appointments, Trump’s Acting AG, and Lobbying Front Groups in 2017, ExposedbyCMD, February 19, 2019.
  4. ↑ David Armiak, DonorsTrust Pumped $142 Million into Right-Wing Causes in 2018, ExposedbyCMD, December 23, 2019.
  5. ↑ Luddy Charitable Foundation,[on file with CMD], organizational filing.
  6. ↑ Renker Family Foundation,Profile, Grantmakers, accessed March 30, 2020.
  7. ↑ Jump up to: 7.0 7.1 Seminar Network Trust, 2022 IRS Form 990, organizational filing, November 15, 2023.
  8. ↑ Seminar Network Trust, 2021 IRS Form 990, organizational tax filing, November 15, 2022.
  9. ↑ Seminar Network Trust, 2020 IRS Form 990, organizational tax filing, November 15, 2021.
  10. ↑ Seminar Network Trust, 2019 IRS Form 990, organizational tax filing, November 16, 2020.
  11. ↑ Seminar Network Trust, 2017 IRS Form 990, organizational tax filing, June 14, 2018.
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