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Sixteen Thirty Fund Schedule I Grant Recipient Analysis
Research Date: 2026-03-12 Data Source: Sixteen Thirty Fund 2024 Public Disclosure Copy (Form 990) PDF URL: https://www.sixteenthirtyfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Sixteen-Thirty-Fund-2024-Public-Disclosure-Copy-rG58c3r55H5J50YadU6i.pdf EIN: 26-4486735 Tax Year: 2024
Executive Summary
Analysis of 306 parsed grant recipients (of 318 total) from the Sixteen Thirty Fund's 2024 Schedule I found ZERO grants to any child safety, age verification, digital childhood, or tech policy advocacy organization. The fund's $236.5M in grants went overwhelmingly to progressive civic engagement, voting rights, environmental programs, and climate action. This mirrors the NVF finding — the Arabella network's two largest grantmaking entities do not directly fund child safety or app store accountability advocacy through their Schedule I grants.
Combined with NVF analysis: Across 2,975 grants totaling ~$1.5 billion from both NVF and STF, zero dollars went to any organization related to child online safety, age verification, or the App Store Accountability Act.
1. Dataset Overview
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total recipients (per filing) | 318 (27 501(c)(3) + 291 other) |
| Recipients parsed | 306 |
| Total grants parsed | ~$207.8M |
| Total grants reported | $236,497,395 |
| Parsing gap | ~$28.7M (12 recipients lost to PDF formatting) |
2. Target Organization Search — ZERO MATCHES
2.1 Direct Organization Name Search
SEARCHED FOR: Digital Childhood Alliance, Digital Childhood Institute, ConnectSafely, ICMEC, NCMEC, FOSI, Thorn, Common Sense Media, NCOSE, 5Rights Foundation, FairPlay, CDT, NetChoice, Chamber of Progress, TechNet, EFF, Heritage Foundation, Moms for Liberty, Protect Young Eyes, Institute for Family Studies
RESULT: ZERO MATCHES — None of these organizations received STF grants.
2.2 Keyword Search
SEARCHED FOR: child, safety, age, digital, online, internet, cyber, tech, protect, app store, social media
RESULT: ZERO MATCHES — No grants to any organization whose name or purpose suggests child online safety, age verification, or tech policy advocacy.
2.3 Grant Purpose Categories
The vast majority of grants were classified as:
- Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy — dominant category
- Environmental Programs — second largest
- Capacity Building — smaller category
- Youth Development and Education — very few grants
3. Internal Arabella Network Transfers
| From | To | Amount | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sixteen Thirty Fund | New Venture Fund | $162,418 | STF → NVF (reverse) |
| Sixteen Thirty Fund | Hopewell Fund | $1,395,000 | STF → Hopewell |
| Sixteen Thirty Fund | North Fund | $6,800,000 | STF → North |
| Total internal | — | $8,357,418 | — |
Note: The $162,418 STF → NVF transfer is a reverse flow compared to the $121.3M NVF → STF transfers found in NVF's Schedule I. This bidirectional flow confirms the Arabella entities operate as an interconnected financial network.
Complete Arabella Network Transfer Map (2024)
NVF ──$121.3M──→ Sixteen Thirty Fund ──$6.8M──→ North Fund
NVF ──$8.8M────→ Hopewell Fund
NVF ──$20.9M───→ North Fund
STF ──$162K────→ NVF (reverse)
STF ──$1.4M────→ Hopewell Fund
STF ──$6.8M────→ North Fund
4. Largest Grant Recipients
| Rank | Recipient | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | America Votes | $27,850,000 | Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy |
| 2 | Floridians Protecting Freedom | $14,000,000 | Civil Rights (reproductive rights) |
| 3 | League of Conservation Voters | $11,796,000 | Environmental |
| 4 | Register America | $7,840,000 | Civil Rights (voter registration) |
| 5 | Climate Equity Action Fund | $6,943,121 | Environmental |
| 6 | North Fund (Arabella) | $6,800,000 | Internal transfer |
| 7 | Your Community PAC | $6,695,000 | Capacity Building |
| 8 | Citizens Not Politicians (OH) | $6,000,000 | Civil Rights |
| 9 | Climate Jobs National Resource Center | $5,840,000 | Environmental |
| 10 | Sierra Club | $3,840,000 | Environmental |
Top 10 total: $97.8M (41% of all grants)
5. Grant Portfolio Characterization
The Sixteen Thirty Fund's grant portfolio is focused on:
- Voter engagement and election infrastructure — America Votes ($27.8M), Register America ($7.8M), state voter organizations
- Environmental/climate action — League of Conservation Voters ($11.8M), Sierra Club ($3.8M), Climate Equity ($6.9M), multiple state conservation orgs
- Reproductive rights — Floridians Protecting Freedom ($14M), various state ballot measure campaigns
- State-level progressive organizing — Dozens of state-specific civic action groups ($50K-$500K each)
- Progressive media — Media Matters Action Network ($750K), Courier Newsroom
NOT funded: Technology policy, child safety advocacy, age verification, app store regulation, or any organization connected to the ASAA campaign.
6. Notable Finding: ParentsTogether Action
One grant to a parent advocacy organization was found:
- ParentsTogether Action — $30,000 (Capacity Building)
- Located at 1629 K St NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
- This is a progressive parenting advocacy group focused on economic issues (paid leave, child care costs), NOT tech/online safety
- Not related to DCA or ASAA campaign
7. Conclusions
What This Proves (Combined with NVF Analysis)
- Neither NVF nor the Sixteen Thirty Fund directly funds any child safety, age verification, or app store accountability organization through Schedule I grants
- The Arabella network's ~$1.5 billion in grants (NVF + STF combined) goes to progressive civic engagement, not tech policy
- If Meta funds flow through Arabella to DCA, it does NOT happen through the Schedule I grant mechanism
- The NVF ↔ STF bidirectional transfers ($121.3M one way, $162K back) confirm these entities operate as a unified financial network
What This Does NOT Rule Out
- Fiscal sponsorship: DCA or ASAA advocacy could operate as a "sponsored project" within an Arabella entity without appearing on Schedule I
- Non-grant payments: Consulting fees, service contracts, or management fees from Arabella entities would not appear on Schedule I
- NVF lobbying expenditures: NVF's $36.7M in lobbying expenditures (Part IX) could support age verification advocacy without being classified as Schedule I grants
- Other Arabella entities: Windward Fund ($311M revenue) and Hopewell Fund ($114M grants) Schedule I data not yet analyzed
- North Fund: Received $6.8M from STF + $20.9M from NVF = $27.7M total, with its own Schedule I not yet analyzed
Data Files
- Full grant list:
/tmp/stf_grants.csv(306 rows) - Raw PDF: Downloaded from sixteenthirtyfund.org (449KB)
- Parsed text:
/tmp/stf_schedule_i.txt(6,291 lines)