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

New Venture Fund (501(c)(3))

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)