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IRS 990-N · IRS BMF · CO SOS SODA API · Senate LDA · ProPublica · Wayback Machine · WHOIS · Source HTML
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curl · python3 · grep
Last updated
2026-03-16

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01

DCA EIN Confirmed

Finding #141 · IRS 990-N e-Postcard Data

Digital Childhood Alliance Inc has EIN 33-2669790. Filed a 990-N for tax year 2024 (Jan–Dec), reporting gross receipts ≤$50,000. Officer: Melissa McKay. Address: 213 N Market Street PMB 1039, Wilmington, DE 19801.

990-N e-Postcard bulk data
# Download IRS 990-N e-Postcard data and search for DCA
$ curl -sL https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/data-download-epostcard.zip | \
  python3 -c "import zipfile,sys,io; z=zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(sys.stdin.buffer.read())); \
  [print(l) for l in z.open(z.namelist()[0]).read().decode().split('\n') \
  if 'DIGITAL CHILDHOOD' in l.upper()]"
Expected output
332669790|2024|DIGITAL CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC|T|F|01-01-2024|12-31-2024|https://www.digitalchildhoodalliance.org/|Melissa McKay|213 N Market Street PMB 1039||WILMINGTON||DE|19801|US|...
02

DCI EIN Confirmed

Finding #195 · IRS Business Master File

Digital Childhood Institute (DCI), the 501(c)(3) sister entity, has EIN 39-3684798. IRS ruling date November 2025. Delaware, 213 N Market St NUM 1039, Wilmington — same registered agent address as DCA.

IRS BMF region 2
# Search IRS Business Master File for DCI
$ curl -s https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/eo2.csv | grep -i "digital childhood"
Expected output
393684798,DIGITAL CHILDHOOD INSTITUTE,,213 N MARKET ST NUM 1039,WILMINGTON,DE,19801-2527,0000,03,3,1280,202511,1,15,...
Source: IRS BMF Bulk Data Downloads (eo2.csv) — IRS periodically moves records between eo1–eo4. If no result, try the other three files.
03

DCA Absent from IRS Business Master File

Finding #141 · IRS BMF (all 4 regions)

Despite having an EIN (found in the 990-N dataset), DCA does not appear in any of the four IRS Business Master File regional extracts covering every tax-exempt organization in the United States. Only DCI appears.

IRS BMF regions 1–4
# Search ALL four IRS BMF extracts for "digital childhood"
# Only DCI should appear (in eo2). DCA will not.
$ for f in eo1 eo2 eo3 eo4; do
    echo "--- $f.csv ---"
    curl -s "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/$f.csv" | grep -i "digital childhood"
  done
Expected output
--- eo1.csv ---
--- eo2.csv ---
393684798,DIGITAL CHILDHOOD INSTITUTE,,213 N MARKET ST NUM 1039,WILMINGTON,DE,19801-2527,...
--- eo3.csv ---
--- eo4.csv ---
Source: IRS BMF Bulk Data Downloads (eo1–eo4.csv)
04

NCOSEAction EIN Confirmed

Finding #200 · IRS Business Master File

NCOSE’s 501(c)(4) affiliate “National Center on Sexual Exploitation Institute for Public Policy” (NCOSEAction) has EIN 88-1180705. IRS ruling May 2025. Same address as NCOSE: 1201 F St NW Ste 200, Washington, DC. Potential DCA fiscal sponsor.

IRS BMF + 990-N
# Search IRS BMF for NCOSEAction by EIN
# NOTE: IRS periodically moves records between regional files.
# If eo2 returns nothing, try eo1, eo3, eo4.
$ curl -s https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/eo2.csv | grep "881180705"
Expected output
881180705,NATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC,,1201 F ST NW STE 200,WASHINGTON,DC,20004-1221,0000,04,3,3000,202505,...
Source: IRS BMF Bulk Data Downloads (eo2.csv) — IRS periodically moves records between eo1–eo4. If no result, try the other three files.
05

Network for Good Is a Donor Advised Fund

Finding #201 · IRS Business Master File

Network for Good (EIN 68-0480736) is classified in the IRS BMF as a 501(c)(3) organization. DCA routes donations through Network for Good’s infrastructure, where DCA is classified as a “Project” rather than a standalone nonprofit.

IRS BMF region 2
# Confirm Network for Good in IRS BMF
$ curl -s https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/eo2.csv | grep "680480736"
Expected output
680480736,NETWORK FOR GOOD INC,,1 THOMAS CIR NW STE 700,WASHINGTON,DC,20005-5802,0000,03,3,1000,200110,1,15,...
Source: IRS BMF Bulk Data Downloads (eo2.csv) — IRS periodically moves records between eo1–eo4. If no result, try the other three files.
06

DCA “Project” Classification in For Good

Finding #201 · DCA Donation Page Source

DCA is classified as “Project” ID 258136 within the Network for Good / For Good system. This is visible in the source HTML of DCA’s donation page.

DCA donation page
# Fetch DCA donation page and extract project ID from URLs
$ curl -sL https://digitalchildhoodalliance.networkforgood.com/ | \
  grep -o 'projects/258136[^"'"'"']*' | head -1
Expected output
projects/258136-digital-childhood-alliance
07

DCA Legal Entity Predates Public Launch by 14 Months

Finding #145 · IRS 990-N + ICANN WHOIS

DCA’s 990-N covers tax year January–December 2024, establishing the legal entity existed by early 2024. The domain was registered December 18, 2024. Public launch was February 25, 2025. The lobbying vehicle was created nearly a year before the public-facing organization appeared.

IRS 990-N + WHOIS
# 990-N shows tax year 2024 (fields 6-7: 01-01-2024 to 12-31-2024)
$ curl -sL https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/data-download-epostcard.zip | \
  python3 -c "import zipfile,sys,io; z=zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(sys.stdin.buffer.read())); \
  [print(l) for l in z.open(z.namelist()[0]).read().decode().split('\n') \
  if 'DIGITAL CHILDHOOD' in l.upper()]"

# WHOIS shows domain registered December 2024
$ whois digitalchildhoodalliance.org | grep -i "creation date"
Expected output (990-N)
332669790|2024|DIGITAL CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC|T|F|01-01-2024|12-31-2024|...
Expected output (WHOIS)
Creation Date: 2024-12-18T21:04:07Z
08

Meta Paid Headwaters Strategies $383,500 for Colorado Lobbying

Finding #04 · Colorado Secretary of State SODA API

Headwaters Strategies (co-founded by Adam Eichberg, who simultaneously chairs the New Venture Fund board) received $383,500 from Meta/Facebook for Colorado state lobbying from FY 2019–2026. The relationship began in February 2020 under “Facebook” and has been continuously active through every fiscal year to present — no gaps. The client name switched to “Meta Platforms, Inc” in July 2021. Payments escalated sharply in July 2023 ($30,000 single month) concurrent with the national ASAA push. Data is live from the Colorado Secretary of State via the Socrata Open Data API.

Colorado SOS — SODA API
# Query Colorado lobbying disclosures: Headwaters + Meta/Facebook
$ curl -s "https://data.colorado.gov/resource/dxfk-9ifj.json?\$where=lobbyistfirmname%20like%20'%25Headwaters%25'%20AND%20(clientname%20like%20'%25Meta%25'%20OR%20clientname%20like%20'%25Facebook%25')&\$limit=500&\$order=dateincomereceived" | \
  python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); \
  [print(f'{r[\"fiscalyear\"]} {r[\"reportmonth\"]:>10} | \${float(r[\"incomeamount\"]):>8,.0f} | {r[\"clientname\"]}') for r in d]; \
  print(f'\nTOTAL: \${sum(float(r[\"incomeamount\"]) for r in d):,.0f} ({len(d)} payments)')"
Expected output (truncated)
2019-2020   February | $ 20,000 | Facebook
2019-2020      March | $  5,000 | Facebook
...
2021-2022       July | $  5,000 | Meta Platforms, Inc
...
2023-2024       July | $ 30,000 | Meta Platforms, Inc
...
2025-2026     August | $  8,500 | Meta Platforms, Inc

TOTAL: $383,500 (42 payments)
09

ConnectSafely Reported $0 in Contributions for Nine Consecutive Years

Finding #208 · ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer API

ConnectSafely (EIN 47-3168168), a Meta-funded child safety group whose CEO sits on Meta’s Safety Advisory Council, reported exactly $0 in Contributions/Grants on its Form 990 for nine consecutive years (2015–2023). All donor revenue — $4.8M+ total — was classified as “Program Service Revenue,” avoiding Schedule B donor disclosure requirements. No tech company name appears in any filing.

ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer API
# ConnectSafely 990 filing history via ProPublica API (no auth required)
$ curl -s "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/api/v2/organizations/473168168.json" | \
  python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); \
  [print(f'TY{f[\"tax_prd_yr\"]} | contributions: \${f[\"totcntrbgfts\"]:>10,} | revenue: \${f[\"totrevenue\"]:>10,} | prog svc rev: \${f[\"totprgmrevnue\"]:>10,}') \
  for f in d['filings_with_data']]"
Expected output
TY2023 | contributions: $         0 | revenue: $   653,869 | prog svc rev: $   612,632
TY2022 | contributions: $         0 | revenue: $   938,843 | prog svc rev: $   935,025
TY2021 | contributions: $         0 | revenue: $   411,714 | prog svc rev: $   370,500
TY2020 | contributions: $         0 | revenue: $   419,506 | prog svc rev: $   373,813
TY2019 | contributions: $         0 | revenue: $   450,073 | prog svc rev: $   449,592
TY2018 | contributions: $         0 | revenue: $   297,209 | prog svc rev: $   296,725
TY2017 | contributions: $         0 | revenue: $   944,031 | prog svc rev: $   435,583
TY2016 | contributions: $         0 | revenue: $   409,729 | prog svc rev: $   409,648
TY2015 | contributions: $         0 | revenue: $   316,801 | prog svc rev: $   316,722
10

DCA Website Live Within Hours of Domain Registration

Finding #142 · Wayback Machine CDX API

DCA’s domain was registered December 18, 2024. The Wayback Machine’s first successful crawl was December 19, 2024 at 03:51 UTC — a fully-developed advocacy website deployed within hours. This 77-day pipeline from domain registration to Utah SB-142 signing (March 5, 2025) is consistent with pre-planned infrastructure, not organic coalition-building.

Wayback Machine CDX API
# First 5 Wayback Machine captures of DCA domain
$ curl -sL "https://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=digitalchildhoodalliance.org&output=text&limit=5&fl=timestamp,original,statuscode"
Expected output
20241219035107 https://digitalchildhoodalliance.org/ 200
20241219084922 http://digitalchildhoodalliance.org/ 200
20241220061414 https://www.digitalchildhoodalliance.org/ 200
20241220222409 http://www.digitalchildhoodalliance.org/ 200
20241225041206 http://digitalchildhoodalliance.org/ 200
11

Meta Takes “Amending” Position on Child Safety Bills in Colorado

Findings #04, #05 · CO SOS Lobbyist Bills Dataset (sche-yqzf)

Colorado SOS lobbyist bill position data shows a pattern: Meta takes “Amending” positions on child safety, privacy, and social media regulation bills (seeking to weaken or reshape them), while taking “Supporting” positions on unrelated legislation (construction, energy, labor). On bills like SB24-158 (Social Media Protect Juveniles), SB21-190 (Protect Personal Data Privacy), and HB18-1128 (Consumer Data Privacy), Meta’s filed position is consistently “Amending” — not supporting, not opposing, but seeking to change the bill’s language.

Colorado SOS — SODA API (dataset sche-yqzf)
# All Meta/Facebook bill positions filed with Colorado SOS
# Deduplicates by bill, showing one position per bill-session
$ curl -s "https://data.colorado.gov/resource/sche-yqzf.json?\$where=clientname%20like%20'%25Meta%25'%20OR%20clientname%20like%20'%25Facebook%25'&\$limit=500&\$order=fiscalyear,billnumber" | \
  python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); seen={}
for r in d:
  k=r['fiscalyear']+r['billnumber']; p=r['position'].split(' ')[0]
  if k not in seen or p in ('Amending','Opposing','Supporting'): seen[k]=(r,p)
[print(f'{r[\"fiscalyear\"]:>12} | {r[\"billnumber\"]:>12} | {p:>12} | {r[\"billinformation\"]}') for r,p in seen.values()]"
Expected output (child safety & social media bills highlighted)
   2023-2024 |     SB24-158 |     Amending | Social Media Protect Juveniles Disclosures Reports
   2023-2024 |    HB24-1136 |     Amending | Healthier Social Media Use by Youth
   2024-2025 |    HB25-1287 |     Amending | Social Media Tools for Minor Users & Parents
   2024-2025 |     SB25-086 |     Amending | Protections for Users of Social Media
   2025-2026 |    HB26-1058 |     Amending | Protections for Minors Featured in Digital Content
   2020-2021 |     SB21-190 |     Amending | Protect Personal Data Privacy
   2017-2018 |    HB18-1128 |     Amending | Protections For Consumer Data Privacy
   ...
   2024-2025 |    HB25-1040 |   Supporting | Adding Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource
   2023-2024 |    HB24-1307 |   Supporting | HVAC Improvements for Public Schools
   2024-2025 |    HB25-1130 |   Supporting | Labor Requirements for Government Construction Projects
   2025-2026 |     SB26-051 |   Monitoring | Age Attestation on Computing Devices
12

Meta Spent $26.3 Million on Federal Lobbying in 2025

Finding #03 · Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act Filings

Meta Platforms set an all-time corporate lobbying record in 2025, spending $26.29 million on federal lobbying across 86+ registered lobbyists — exceeding Lockheed Martin and Boeing. LD-2 filings explicitly list H.R. 3149 / S. 1586 (App Store Accountability Act) under child safety issue codes with narrative: “protecting children, bullying prevention and online safety; youth safety and federal parental approval.”

Senate LDA API
# Query Senate LDA for all Meta quarterly lobbying filings in 2025
$ curl -s "https://lda.senate.gov/api/v1/filings/?client_name=Meta+Platforms&filing_year=2025&filing_type=Q&format=json&page_size=100" | \
  python3 -c "
import json, sys
d = json.load(sys.stdin)
results = d['results']
total = 0
for r in sorted(results, key=lambda x: (x['filing_period'], x['registrant']['name'])):
    amt = float(r.get('income') or r.get('expenses') or 0)
    total += amt
    print(f'{r[\"filing_period\"]} | \${amt:>10,.0f} | {r[\"registrant\"][\"name\"][:50]}')
print(f'\nTOTAL: \${total:,.0f} across {len(results)} quarterly filings')
"
Expected output (truncated — shows in-house + external firm filings)
Q1 | $    70,000 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Q1 | $   200,000 | Invariant LLC
Q1 | $ 5,840,000 | Meta Platforms, Inc.
...
Q4 | $ 6,500,000 | Meta Platforms, Inc.
...

TOTAL: $26,290,000 across NN quarterly filings
Source: U.S. Senate — Lobbying Disclosure Act Filing Search (public API at lda.senate.gov/api/v1/)
13

New Venture Fund: $669M Revenue, Eichberg as Board Chair

Findings #05, #06, #07 · ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer API

New Venture Fund (EIN 20-5806345), the largest entity in the Arabella Advisors dark money network, reported $669 million in revenue (2023) and $1.04 billion in assets (2022). Its board chair is Adam Eichberg — co-founder of Headwaters Strategies, Meta’s Colorado lobbying firm (see entry 08). NVF distributed $593 million in grants in 2023 alone, yet zero went to any child safety or tech policy organization across 823 Schedule I recipients.

ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer API
# NVF 990 filing history via ProPublica API (no auth required)
$ curl -s "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/api/v2/organizations/205806345.json" | \
  python3 -c "
import json, sys
d = json.load(sys.stdin)
print(f'Organization: {d[\"organization\"][\"name\"]}')
print(f'EIN: {d[\"organization\"][\"ein\"]}')
print(f'Subsection: 501(c)({d[\"organization\"][\"subsection_code\"]})\n')
for f in d['filings_with_data']:
    print(f'TY{f[\"tax_prd_yr\"]} | revenue: \${f[\"totrevenue\"]:>14,} | contributions: \${f[\"totcntrbgfts\"]:>14,}')
"
Expected output
Organization: NEW VENTURE FUND
EIN: 205806345
Subsection: 501(c)(3)

TY2023 | revenue: $   669,088,461 | contributions: $   668,621,594
TY2022 | revenue: $   755,600,047 | contributions: $   754,815,476
TY2021 | revenue: $   963,707,938 | contributions: $   963,350,505
TY2020 | revenue: $   971,579,469 | contributions: $   969,683,671
...
Board chair verification (from 990 PDF)
# Adam Eichberg listed as Board Chair on NVF's public 990:
$ curl -sL "https://newventurefund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2023-New-Venture-Fund-Form-990-Public-Disclosure-Copy.pdf" -o nvf-990-2023.pdf
# Open PDF → Part VII, Section A: Officers → "Adam Eichberg, Board Chair"
14

NCOSE Revenue Grew 8x in Seven Years

Finding #39 · ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer API

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (EIN 13-2608326) — the organization whose senior staff launched DCA — grew from $587,000 in revenue (FY2016) to $4.86 million (FY2023), an 8x increase. Lobbying expenditures tripled from $78,000 (FY2023) to $204,000 (FY2024), concurrent with DCA’s formation and the multi-state ASAA legislative push.

ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer API
# NCOSE 990 filing history via ProPublica API (no auth required)
$ curl -s "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/api/v2/organizations/132608326.json" | \
  python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); \
  print(f'Organization: {d[\"organization\"][\"name\"]}'); \
  print(f'EIN: {d[\"organization\"][\"ein\"]}\n'); \
  [print(f'TY{f[\"tax_prd_yr\"]} | revenue: \${f[\"totrevenue\"]:>12,} | expenses: \${f[\"totfuncexpns\"]:>12,}') \
  for f in d['filings_with_data']]"
Expected output
Organization: National Center On Sexual Exploitation Inc
EIN: 132608326

TY2023 | revenue: $   4,855,994 | expenses: $   5,230,147
TY2022 | revenue: $   3,383,292 | expenses: $   5,191,112
TY2021 | revenue: $   5,085,859 | expenses: $   4,611,931
TY2020 | revenue: $   5,322,399 | expenses: $   2,747,004
TY2019 | revenue: $   2,527,978 | expenses: $   1,855,688
TY2018 | revenue: $   1,441,834 | expenses: $   1,444,155
TY2017 | revenue: $   1,262,052 | expenses: $   1,231,700
TY2016 | revenue: $     587,284 | expenses: $     548,154
...
Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — NCOSE (EIN 13-2608326). Lobbying breakdown ($125,700 direct + $78,300 grassroots = $204,000 for FY2024) is in the 990 Schedule C, viewable via PDF download on ProPublica.
15

Arabella Network: Four Managed Funds, $1.22 Billion Combined Revenue

Finding #14 · ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer API

The Arabella Advisors network manages four major pass-through funds — New Venture Fund, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Windward Fund, and Hopewell Fund — with combined 2023 revenue of $1.22 billion. Adam Eichberg chairs the NVF board (entry 13) while co-founding Meta’s Colorado lobbying firm. Across all four entities, 4,433 Schedule I grants totaling approximately $2.0 billion were analyzed: zero dollars went to any child safety or tech policy organization.

ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer API
# Query all four Arabella-managed funds via ProPublica
$ for ein in 205806345 264486735 473522162 473681860; do
    curl -s "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/api/v2/organizations/$ein.json" | \
      python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); o=d['organization']; \
      f=d['filings_with_data'][0]; \
      print(f'{o[\"ein\"]:>10} | {o[\"name\"]:<30} | 501(c)({o[\"subsection_code\"]}) | TY{f[\"tax_prd_yr\"]} revenue: \${f[\"totrevenue\"]:>14,}')"
  done
Expected output
 205806345 | New Venture Fund               | 501(c)(3) | TY2023 revenue: $   669,088,461
 264486735 | Sixteen Thirty Fund            | 501(c)(4) | TY2023 revenue: $   181,353,252
 473522162 | Windward Fund                  | 501(c)(3) | TY2023 revenue: $   212,371,954
 473681860 | Hopewell Fund                  | 501(c)(3) | TY2023 revenue: $   157,709,416
Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — NVF · Sixteen Thirty · Windward · Hopewell
16

NCOSE and Its (c)(4) Affiliate Share 1201 F St NW Address

Finding #37 · IRS Business Master File

A name search across all four IRS BMF regional extracts reveals exactly two entities named “National Center on Sexual Exploitation”: the main 501(c)(3) (EIN 13-2608326, ruling date December 1963) and the newer 501(c)(4) “Institute for Public Policy” (EIN 88-1180705, ruling date May 2025). Both share 1201 F St NW, Washington DC. The original NCOSE Action (EIN 86-2458921, documented in Finding #37) no longer appears in the BMF.

IRS BMF regions 1–4
# Search ALL four IRS BMF extracts for NCOSE-named entities
$ for f in eo1 eo2 eo3 eo4; do
    echo "--- $f.csv ---"
    curl -s "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/$f.csv" | grep -i "NATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL"
  done
Expected output
--- eo1.csv ---
--- eo2.csv ---
132608326,NATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION INC,,1201 F ST NW,WASHINGTON,DC,20004-1217,...
881180705,NATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC,,1201 F ST NW STE 200,WASHINGTON,DC,20004-1221,...
--- eo3.csv ---
--- eo4.csv ---
Source: IRS BMF Bulk Data Downloads (eo1–eo4.csv). Column 8 is the subsection code: 03 = 501(c)(3), 04 = 501(c)(4). The original NCOSE Action (EIN 86-2458921) was reclassified and dropped — see Finding #37.
17

Meta LD-2 Filings Contain “Youth Safety and Federal Parental Approval”

Findings #45, #46 · Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act API

Meta’s quarterly LD-2 federal lobbying disclosures explicitly list “protecting children, bullying prevention and online safety; youth safety and federal parental approval” as lobbying issues. This “federal parental approval” framing mirrors DCA’s ASAA messaging. The same filings reference the Stop CSAM Act, EARN It Act, and TAKE IT DOWN Act — demonstrating simultaneous engagement across multiple child safety legislative tracks.

Senate LDA API
# Extract child/youth safety language from Meta's 2025 LD-2 filings
$ curl -s "https://lda.senate.gov/api/v1/filings/?client_name=Meta+Platforms&filing_year=2025&format=json&page_size=100" | \
  python3 -c "
import json, sys
d = json.load(sys.stdin)
seen = set()
for r in d['results']:
    for a in r.get('lobbying_activities', []):
        desc = a.get('description', '')
        key = r['registrant']['name'] + desc
        if key in seen: continue
        seen.add(key)
        parts = desc.split(';') if ';' in desc else [desc]
        hits = [p.strip() for p in parts
                if any(w in p.lower() for w in ['child', 'youth', 'parent'])]
        if hits:
            print(f'{r[\"filing_period_display\"][:12]:12} | {r[\"registrant\"][\"name\"][:45]}')
            for h in hits: print(f'  \u2192 {h}')
            print()
"
Expected output (truncated)
1st Quarter  | META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES
  → protecting children, bullying prevention and online safety
  → youth safety and federal parental approval
  → youth restrictions on social media

1st Quarter  | S-3 GROUP
  → Issues related to privacy, security data legislation, discussion regarding cyber security, data security, encryption, youth safety, and platform integrity

1st Quarter  | ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
  → Issues related to privacy, online content issues, and youth online safety.
...
Source: U.S. Senate — Lobbying Disclosure Act Filing Search (public API at lda.senate.gov/api/v1/). The lobbying_activities array in each LD-2 filing contains issue codes and narrative descriptions.

Notes

  • IRS bulk data files (BMF and 990-N) are updated periodically, not in real time. The 990-N dataset used above was last updated December 29, 2025.
  • The whois command (entry 07) requires the whois package. Alternatively, use the ICANN Lookup web tool.
  • Entry 03 downloads approximately 300MB across four files. It may take several minutes on slower connections.
  • Entry 08 uses the Colorado Secretary of State’s Socrata Open Data API (SODA). This is a live database — the total will increase as new monthly filings are added. The $383,500 figure was current as of March 16, 2026.
  • Entry 09 uses the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer API, which is free and requires no authentication. Data is derived from IRS Form 990 XML filings.
  • Entry 10 uses the Wayback Machine CDX API. Timestamps are in YYYYMMDDhhmmss format (UTC).
  • Entry 12 uses the Senate LDA public API. This is a live database — the total will match the sum of all quarterly LD-2 filings where Meta is listed as the client. The $26.29M figure was current as of March 16, 2026. In-house filings report expenses; external firm filings report income.
  • Entry 13 uses the same ProPublica API as entry 09. The board chair verification requires downloading the 990 PDF (~5 MB) and inspecting Part VII, Section A manually. Adam Eichberg’s dual role — NVF board chair and Headwaters Strategies co-founder — is documented in both the 990 officer list and Colorado lobbying registrations.
  • Entry 14 uses the same ProPublica API as entries 09 and 13. The FY2024 filing (containing the $204,000 lobbying figure) may not yet be indexed by ProPublica; the Schedule C lobbying breakdown is viewable in the 990 PDF download.
  • Entry 15 makes four sequential API calls, one per Arabella entity. NVF data is also available individually in entry 13. Revenue figures reflect the most recent filing year indexed by ProPublica; actual totals may be higher once newer filings are added.
  • Entry 16 downloads approximately 300MB across four files (same as entry 03). The BMF subsection field (column 8) encodes the IRC section: 03 = 501(c)(3), 04 = 501(c)(4).
  • Entry 17 uses the same Senate LDA API as entry 12. The lobbying_activities array is included in each filing’s API response. The command extracts semicolon-delimited phrases containing child/youth/parent keywords to isolate the relevant narrative language. This is a live database — new quarterly filings will appear as they are posted.
  • All commands make read-only GET requests to public servers. Nothing is written, uploaded, or sent to this site.
  • If you find a discrepancy between these commands and the claims in this investigation, please report it via the press contact.