# Senate Opportunity Fund A **501(c)(4) social-welfare organisation**, **EIN 85-3182020**, registered in **Cheyenne, Wyoming**, whose stated purpose is to *"advance conservative solutions through research and communication on public policy issues."* It appears in this vault because it is the **funder of 90.8% of [[High Plains PAC]]'s Q3 2026 receipts** — a **$1,970,000** grant dated **2026-09-16**, disclosed on the super PAC's side as **Line 17 Other Federal Receipts** (FEC file **2017843**). Per FEC Back-Sweep Standard **Rule 5** that line number is part of the fact: it is a conduit grant, **not** an itemised contribution. ## What is on the record | Item | Detail | |---|---| | Tax status | **501(c)(4)** | | EIN | **85-3182020** | | Address | Cheyenne, WY *(address as it appears on the FEC filing)* | | State of registration | Wyoming | | Stated purpose | Advance conservative solutions through research and communication on public policy issues | | Latest published revenue | **$3,095,512** (FY ending December 2024) | | Officers (2024 Form 990) | **Robert Collins**, executive director · **Joe Milczewski**, president · **Bill Cubin**, treasurer | | Known electoral grant | **$1,970,000** to [[High Plains PAC]], 2026-09-16, line `SA17`, file **2017843** | Recorded in full at [[Senate Opportunity Fund 1.97M to High Plains PAC]]. ## Why it matters **It is where the money stops being traceable.** A 501(c)(4) discloses no donors. The $1.97M that [[High Plains PAC]] put into Montana, Louisiana, Alabama and Oklahoma Senate races arrives from an entity whose own funding is, by design, unknowable from any public filing. **The $1.97M grant is 64% larger than the organisation's entire reported 2024 revenue** of $3,095,512 — not impossible, since 2026 is an election year and the 990 for it will not be published until well after election day, but worth stating. **The 2026 Form 990 will not be public before the votes are counted.** **The scale mismatch is the pattern, not the exception.** A Wyoming c4 with roughly $3M of annual revenue, funding a Wyoming-named super PAC that spends in eight states and none of them Wyoming, is the **state-branded template** this task has now recorded on seven committees — with the funding side visible for the first time. > [!warning] Unresolved > Officers, revenue and tax status here come from **990 aggregators** (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and > CauseIQ), not from a Form 990 read directly. The names **Robert Collins**, **Joe Milczewski** and > **Bill Cubin** are recorded as the aggregators report them and are **not otherwise verified**; none has > a page here, and no relationship to any other entity here is established. > [!note] Open questions > - **Who funds it.** Unknowable from public filings by design. > - **Whether it has other electoral grantees.** Only the High Plains PAC grant is established here. A > search of other committees' Line 17 rows for this name has not been run. > - **Bill Cubin** — the surname is prominent in Wyoming Republican politics (former U.S. Rep. Barbara > Cubin, WY-AL, 1995–2009). **No relationship is established** and none should be inferred from a name. ## See Also - [[Senate Opportunity Fund 1.97M to High Plains PAC]] - [[High Plains PAC]] · [[Advocacy Architects]] · [[Les Williamson]] - [[Dark Money]] · [[501(c)(4)]] · [[Super PACs]] - [[Organizations Hub]]