The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

Independent research. Not affiliated with any government, agency, or company.

Nonprofit

Sixteen Thirty Fund (501(c)(4))

Documented money flows

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • POL-5.9: ProPublica and The Lever reported, following The New York Times, that Barre Seid was the source of the $1.6 billion that Marble Freedom Trust received. The Associated Press reported that groups funded by Hansjorg Wyss gave Sixteen Thirty Fund and New Venture Fund $245 million since 2016, including $208 million to Sixteen Thirty Fund.
  • POL-5.11: The FEC ended enforcement matters against groups on both sides without finding violations. It split 3 to 3 in MUR 6396 and MUR 6696 (Crossroads GPS) and MUR 6589 (American Action Network); in MUR 7904 (Wyss, Berger Action Fund, Wyss Foundation, New Venture Fund and Sixteen Thirty Fund) it voted 6 to 0 to dismiss the political-committee allegations and split 3 to 3 and 2 to 4 on the foreign-national and name-of-another allegations.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 906 certification 28 July 2022. Federal Election Commission: MUR 7904, Hansjorg Wyss et al. (complainant Americans for Public Trust)
  • Exhibit 924 3 April 2023. Associated Press: Group steers Swiss billionaire's money to liberal causes (Brian Slodysko)