Dark money refers to undisclosed donations used to influence politics in the United States. 501(c)(3) charities and 501(c)(4)  are allowed to keep their donor lists private. This makes it very difficult to determine who is behind organized campaigns to promote Transgender Eradication.
However, Digging through financial records, leaked documents and tracking associations, we may not be able to uncover every individual behind these attacks, but we can show how this is not a grass roots movement, but a manufactured and well financed effort. 

Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) 

Donor's Trust 

• Founded in 1999 

• Estimated Wealth: $1.36 Billion

• Estimated Cash Throughput: $2 Billion since 1999

• Stated Goal: "safeguarding the intent of libertarian and conservative donors" 

• CEO: Lawson Bader

• assures clients that their contributions will never be used to support politically liberal causes

• Contributors include:  Charles G. Koch Foundation, John M. Olin Foundation, Castle Rock Foundation, Searle Freedom Trust, Bradley Foundation, Robert Mercer and Rebekah Mercer, Leonard Leo

https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/11/20/donorstrust-injected-more-than-150-million-in-untraceable-cash-into-right-wing-groups-in-2023/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DonorsTrust 

Alliance Defending Freedom

• Founded 1993

• Estimated Wealth:  $111 million

• Estimated Cash Throughput: $1 Billion since 1993 

• Stated Goal: advance every person's God-given right to live and speak the truth,  protecting religious freedom, free speech, marriage and family, parental rights, and the sanctity of life. 

• Goal: Their primary active goals include rolling back LGBTQ+ and transgender rights (such as bathroom and sports bans), restricting abortion access (they co-drafted the Mississippi law that overturned Roe v. Wade), and establishing legal exemptions that allow businesses and religious institutions to bypass anti-discrimination laws. 

• CEO Kristen Waggoner 

• Key Contributors: National Christian Foundation (NCF), DonorsTrust, The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation, The Bradley Foundation, The Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation 

• Estimated $200 million value in Pro-Bono legal work provided

https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/alliance-defending-freedom/

The Heritage Foundation 

• Founded 1973

• Estimated Wealth:  $413million

• Estimated Cash Throughput: $2 Billion since 1973 

• Stated Goal: Formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

• Goal: Provides actionable blueprints to rapidly overhaul federal agencies, roll back environmental and economic regulations, restrict abortion access, and reshape public education and LGBTQ+ policies. 

• CEO Kevin D. Roberts, PhD 

• Key Contributors: Joseph Coors & Richard Mellon Scaife, DonorsTrust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Bradley Impact Fund, Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, Lillian S. Wells Foundation, Koch Network, DeVos family. 

https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/heritage-foundation/