The graphics · four stills, from a five-second read to the full picture

How the money lines up, drawn four ways

The same record at four depths. Start with the web if you have five seconds; end with the full graphic if you want every crossing. Each is downloadable at print resolution, and every figure on them is sourced on this site.

1 · The web2 · The short version3 · Shelter JH4 · The full graphic
For the newsroom · a few-seconds read

How the money reaches the slate

Fourteen boxes and dots, straight lines, amounts only. Solid lines are money; dashed lines are a person, a role or an endorsement; gray boxes never name their donors. Everything converges on the three winners of the August 18 primary.

$6.9M since 2021 $1.3M $210K $70K $75K $250K $5,500 $47,805 $15,814 endorsed $67,087 $465K chaired it ran it ran it co-founded founded runs it chairs it promoted all three married trustee co-founder treasurer trustee Liz Storer STORER FOUNDATION Jackson · private foundation SIXTEEN THIRTY & NEW VENTURE FUNDS Washington, D.C. · donors secret ARNOLD VENTURES’ c4 Houston · donors secret WESTERN FUTURES FUND Sheridan · donors secret CONSERVATION ALLIANCE Jackson · charity WYOMING DONOR ALLIANCE Cody · donors secret Nikki Kaufman Ryan Lance Storer Foundation trustee Way Back PAC treasurer Skye Schell WAY BACK PAC Sheridan WYOMING WAY PAC SHELTER JH Jackson · donors secret · endorses KEEP JACKSON WHOLE PAC Storer’s own · donors named MOUNTAIN MOVEMENT STRATEGIES the consulting firm THE SLATE · ALL THREE WON · AUG 18, 2026 Karyn Chin Luther Propst Ali Dunford How the money reaches the slate Teton County commission, 2026. Solid line: money. Dashed line: a person, a role or an endorsement. Gray box: never names its donors. Ryan Lance signs the PAC’s filings as treasurer and sits on the foundation’s board. Sources: IRS 990s and 990-PFs · FEC · Wyoming Secretary of State · Teton County Clerk. Every figure is sourced at wydarkmoney.org Nothing here alleges a violation of law.
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The short version

Two kinds of money. One slate.

Charity money on the left cannot touch a ballot; political money on the right can. No filing moves a dollar between the panels. Five people appear in both, each drawn as a bar across the two panels.

THE SHORT VERSION Two kinds of money. One slate. Teton County, August 2026. The money on the left is charity and by law cannot touch an election. The money on the right can. No filing moves a dollar from one side to the other. The same people run both. CHARITY MONEY cannot support or oppose a candidate POLITICAL MONEY can — and its donors are never named A Jackson family foundation $89.7 million. Run by a state legislator. One trustee is on the slate. “Civic engagement” groups across Wyoming More than $2 million over four years — some of it routed through a New York pass-through. All of it lawful. None of it can touch a ballot. …and $1,000,000 into a donor-advised fund Where that money went next is on no filing anywhere. A “social welfare” group with a Sheridan mailbox $8.7 million in, $6.8 million out. Not one donor named. It paid for all three of the things below. A PAC gave the three candidates $5,500 A housing group backed the three — endorsed two, recommended one A second PAC paid the consulting firm the three hired THE SAME PEOPLE, ON BOTH SIDES the people who appear in both panels Liz Storer runs the foundation · state legislator formed her own PAC to promote the slate — married to one of the three Luther Propst foundation trustee one of the three candidates Nikki Kaufman paid $67,087 by the foundation chaired the endorsing housing group until 2024 · ran another Sheridan-funded group · paid consultant to Propst Skye Schell ran a foundation-funded group for four years founded the consulting firm all three candidates hired A “Ryan Lance” Storer Foundation trustee signs every one of the PAC’s filings as treasurer THE SLATE — all three won the August 18 primary Karyn Chin Luther Propst Ali Dunford Same PAC money. Same endorsement. Same consultant. Nothing here is illegal. The law lets every one of these facts sit on a different form, filed in a different place, months apart, and no voter could assemble the picture before the vote. Every figure is sourced at wydarkmoney.org
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The short version · Shelter JH

One endorsement. Whose is it?

Where the housing group’s money comes from, who runs it and where else they work, and the three routes — Sheridan, Storer, Jackson — by which its funders reach the same three candidates.

THE SHORT VERSION · SHELTER JH One endorsement. Whose is it? Shelter JH is a housing group whose endorsement decides Teton County elections. On paper it belongs to about 600 dues-paying members. Here is where its money comes from, who runs it, and where it meets the rest of the network. WHERE ITS MONEY COMES FROM Its members $24,408 in dues (2023). Membership is $20 a year; about 600 members. A Sheridan “social welfare” group $70,000 (2023). Western Futures Fund — the same fund that pays the PAC and the consultant’s PAC below. Never names its donors. Arnold Ventures’ advocacy arm, Houston $250,000 (2025) “to expand … pro-housing policies in Wyoming.” Public only on a Texas tax return. The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole $93,673 (2023–24) routed through a charity sponsor, Jackson Hole United, “for Shelter JH.” Plus a Catalyst Grant, Dec 2025, amount unpublished. Storer Foundation $0. No dollar from the foundation reaches Shelter JH on any filing. WHO RUNS IT — AND WHERE ELSE THEY WORK Nikki Kaufman · vice chair, then chair, 2022–24 Paid $67,087 by the Storer Foundation (2022). Ran the Wyoming Donor Alliance, a Sheridan-funded group. Paid campaign consultant — clients include Propst, and two candidates the group endorsed in 2024 while she chaired it. Skye Schell · co-founder, treasurer 2022 Ran the Storer-funded Conservation Alliance, 2017–22. Founded the consulting firm all three 2026 winners hired — with Karyn Chin, one of the three. Clare Stumpf · executive director Led the 2025 statewide expansion, paid for by a grant whose donor she said “cannot be disclosed at this time.” Its staff, elsewhere Bilingual coordinator sits on the Community Foundation’s competitive-grants committee. Grant manager sits on the Laramie City Council. “ShelterJH Foundation Chapter” Its new charity vehicle for Old Bill’s 2026, under Wyoming Neighbors for Housing — whose director sits on the board of the Storer-funded Civic Engagement Network. SHELTER JH 501(c)(4) · Jackson · founded 2016 Can endorse, oppose and support candidates. Does not have to name a donor. Publishes its criteria in one sentence; not the rubric it says it built, not the scores, not the board vote, not a conflict policy. Members are told about the Community Foundation grant and the Old Bill’s drive. In the newsletters reviewed, they are not told about Sheridan or Houston. WHAT IT DOES WITH THAT 2026: endorsed Karyn Chin and Ali Dunford, recommended Luther Propst — over two incumbents who voted yes on the largest housing project in county history. Propst was the lone no. WHERE IT MEETS THE REST OF THE NETWORK three funders, three routes into the same three candidates SHERIDAN The Western Futures Fund pays Shelter JH ($70,000), the PAC that gave the three candidates $5,500 (Way Back PAC), and the PAC that paid their consulting firm $47,805 (Wyoming Way PAC). One funder, three levers, no donor named. STORER The Storer Foundation never funds Shelter JH. It paid its future chair $67,087 as a consultant, and funded the Conservation Alliance its co-founder ran before he founded the consulting firm. Storer’s husband is on the slate; her own PAC promoted it. JACKSON The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole reaches Shelter JH through a charity sponsor ($93,673) and a Catalyst Grant. A Shelter JH staffer sits on the committee that awards its competitive grants. THE SLATE — all three won the August 18, 2026 primary Karyn Chin · endorsed Luther Propst · recommended Ali Dunford · endorsed Same PAC money. Same endorsement. Same consultant: $15,814 to Mountain Movement Strategies. Nothing here is illegal. A member who paid $20 could not have learned any of it from the organization. Every figure is from a tax return, a campaign filing, or the organization’s own website, and is sourced at wydarkmoney.org.
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The full graphic

How the money lines up

Both channels end to end, the people who cross them tagged in color, and — faint, numbered, behind everything — the five places where the channels’ grantees pay or staff each other, a consultant’s fee crosses to a person on the ballot side, and a $1,000,000 donor-advised fund trails off into a question mark.

HOW THE MONEY LINES UP Teton County, 2026. Two channels of money, one slate of candidates. The charitable money on the left cannot touch a ballot. The money on the right can. People cross between them. Blue: charitable. Red: can touch a ballot. Dashed: a person or an endorsement — no dollar. Gray: donors never named. Violet, numbered: the channels’ grantees paying or staffing each other. CHANNEL ONE · CHARITABLE MONEY may not support or oppose a candidate CHANNEL TWO · CAN TOUCH A BALLOT the box “dark money” points at GEORGE B. STORER FOUNDATION Private foundation, Jackson. $89.7 million in assets. Storer is a state representative; Propst a county commissioner and a 2026 candidate. Storer · president & CEO Propst · trustee Lance · trustee Kaufman · paid $67,087, 2022 THE RIVERBEND FUND Donor-advised fund at Schwab Charitable. $1,000,000, 2022–23. Where it went next is on no filing. Storer · named adviser (2015 list) Propst · named adviser WYOMING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT NETWORK Cheyenne, 501(c)(3). $1.09 million over four years, $530,000 of it through a New York fiscal sponsor. Shares one executive director with the Wyoming Voter Network — a project of the Donor Alliance, across the page. BETTER WYOMING Laramie, 501(c)(3). $1.02 million from Storer — and $56,000 from the Wyoming Donor Alliance, across the page. Its action arm, BWAR, a 501(c)(4): $30,000 from Western Futures. Storer · board member JACKSON HOLE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE $465,000, on purposes such as “Vote Conservation 2018.” Its leadership institute trained: Schell · ran it 2017–22 Kaufman · trained Chin · trained Dunford · trained NICOLE KAUFMAN, “programmatic consultant” $67,087, paid in 2022 — on the foundation’s own return. Kaufman KEEP JACKSON WHOLE — Storer’s own PAC A political committee, not foundation money: $12,500 from three named donors, fully disclosed. Promoted all three candidates days before the vote. Storer · chair NEW VENTURE & SIXTEEN THIRTY FUNDS Washington, D.C. pass-throughs. $1.8 million in 2024, several million since 2021. Donors never disclosed. WESTERN FUTURES FUND 501(c)(4), Sheridan mailing address. $8.7 million in, $6.8 million out to 22 groups. Donors never disclosed. WAY BACK PAC — federal PAC Sheridan address. $100,000 in 2024, then $1.2 million in 2025–26. Spent $6.4 million; $43,000 in Wyoming. Lance · treasurer, signs every filing Propst · got $1,500 Chin · $2,500 Dunford · $1,500 SHELTER JH — housing group, 501(c)(4) Jackson. $70,000 from Western Futures; $250,000 from Arnold Ventures’ c4 (below). Endorsed Chin and Dunford, recommended Propst. Names no donor. Kaufman · vice chair, then chair 2022–24 Schell · co-founder, treasurer 2022 Propst · recommended Chin · endorsed Dunford · endorsed WYOMING WAY PAC $210,000 — the only money it has ever taken. Paid Yellow Tree $29,500 (2022), Mountain Movement $47,805 (2024). WYOMING DONOR ALLIANCE Cody, 501(c)(4). $75,000. Runs the Wyoming Voter Network, the c4 twin of the Civic Engagement Network. Gave Better Wyoming $56,000 and its action arm $7,613. Kaufman · executive director 2023–24 ACTION NOW INITIATIVE — Arnold Ventures’ 501(c)(4), Houston $250,000 to Shelter JH, 2025, “to expand … pro-housing policies in Wyoming.” One of eleven such grants in ten states. Not announced to members. THE PEOPLE WHO CROSS the people who appear in both channels Liz Storer — foundation CEO · legislator · PAC chair Luther Propst — foundation trustee · candidate Karyn Chin — consulting-firm co-founder · candidate Nikki Kaufman — see below Skye Schell — see below Ryan Lance — see below NIKKI KAUFMAN Paid $67,087 by the Storer Foundation, 2022. Ran the Wyoming Donor Alliance, 2023–24. Shelter JH vice chair, then chair, 2022–24. Paid campaign consultant to Propst and others. SKYE SCHELL Ran the Conservation Alliance, 2017–22. Co-founded Shelter JH; its treasurer in 2022. Founded Yellow Tree and Mountain Movement. RYAN LANCE Signs every Way Back PAC filing as treasurer. A Storer Foundation trustee since 2025 or 2026. 1 2 3 4 ? 5 THE TANGLE — faint lines ① The Civic Engagement Network (Storer, $1.09M) and the Voter Network (a Donor Alliance project) share one executive director. ② The Donor Alliance (Western Futures, $75,000) gave Better Wyoming (Storer, $1.02M) $56,000. ③ Western Futures gave Better Wyoming’s action arm $30,000. ④ The foundation paid Kaufman $67,087 as a consultant; she then ran the Donor Alliance and chaired Shelter JH — a charitable dollar to a person on the ballot side. ⑤ The $1,000,000 in the Riverbend donor-advised fund: where it went next is on no filing. MOUNTAIN MOVEMENT STRATEGIES The consulting firm. Paid by Wyoming Way PAC, by Kevin Regan’s 2024 campaign, and by all three 2026 winners. Schell · founder Chin · co-founder THE SLATE — AUGUST 18, 2026 PRIMARY All three won. Way Back PAC gave them $5,500 (Chin $2,500 · Propst $1,500 · Dunford $1,500). All three paid Mountain Movement Strategies: $15,814. Karyn Chin Luther Propst Ali Dunford $15,814 promoted all three $5,500 endorsed No filing moves a dollar directly between the foundation and the Sheridan fund. Money crosses anyway — a consultant’s fee, a donor-advised fund that files nothing, grantees funding each other. The channels converge on the same three candidates through the same consultant and the same people. Nothing here alleges any violation of law. Sources: IRS Forms 990 and 990-PF · Federal Election Commission · Wyoming Secretary of State · Teton County Clerk · the organizations’ own websites. Every figure is sourced at wydarkmoney.org
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Nothing on these graphics alleges a violation of law. Solid lines are dollars on a filing; dashed lines are people, roles and endorsements; a fading line is money whose next step is on no filing. Every figure is from an IRS Form 990 or 990-PF, an FEC or Wyoming Secretary of State report, a Teton County Clerk filing, or the organization’s own website — see Sources.
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