This cluster summarizes the visible downstream paths of Colorado Dawn money in the current repository. It is not a complete ledger of every dollar Colorado Dawn received or spent. It is a map of the paths that are currently visible in retained public records.
The visible pattern is mixed-lane. Colorado Dawn supports state Republican candidate infrastructure, El Paso and Colorado Springs local-election vehicles, local marijuana ballot committees, statewide ballot or issue committees, its own state and federal independent-expenditure committees, and campaign vendors.
Public records currently show these direct Colorado Dawn outflows or transfers:
| Source layer | Year(s) | Recipient / route | Amount | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado TRACER | 2022, 2024 | SENATE MAJORITY FUND |
$2,230,000.00 | candidate-election / legislative-control |
| Colorado TRACER | 2023 | SPRINGS OPPORTUNITY FUND |
$586,702.42 | local / school-board-linked |
| Colorado Springs municipal portal | 2021 | SPRINGS OPPORTUNITY FUND |
$128,000.00 | local / municipal |
| Colorado TRACER | 2024 | WELD STRONG |
$400,000.00 | mixed regional / state-local candidate infrastructure |
| Colorado TRACER | 2023 | VOTER APPROVAL OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASES |
$300,000.00 | ballot / fiscal-policy |
| Colorado TRACER | 2024 | COLORADANS FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT |
$150,000.00 | mixed state / local / school-board candidate infrastructure |
| Colorado TRACER | 2022-2024 | COLORADO DAWN IEC |
$130,088.00 | own state independent-expenditure vehicle |
| Colorado TRACER | 2022 | CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES OF EL PASO COUNTY |
$115,000.00 | local / county Republican candidate infrastructure |
| Colorado TRACER | 2022 | RECALL PRIOLA |
$86,000.00 | legislative recall / candidate-adjacent |
| Colorado Springs municipal portal | 2022 | Colorado Springs Safe Neighborhood Coalition - Allow Recreational/Retail Marijuana and Special Sales Tax Rate |
$792,555.50 | local ballot / marijuana policy |
| Colorado Springs municipal portal | 2024 | Colorado Springs Safe Neighborhood Coalition - Charter Amendment to Ban Recreational/Retail Marijuana |
$885,000.00 | local ballot / marijuana policy |
| OpenFEC Schedule A | 2022, 2024 | Colorado Dawn federal Super PAC C00826743 receipts from COLORADO DAWN |
$91,978.80 | federal independent-expenditure vehicle |
| 2024 Form 990 Schedule I | 2024 | CSSNC |
$935,000.00 | strongly corroborated as Colorado Springs Safe Neighborhood Coalition; local ballot / marijuana-policy |
| 2024 Form 990 Schedule I | 2024 | SENATE MAJORITY FUND |
$550,000.00 | candidate-election / legislative-control |
| 2024 Form 990 Schedule I | 2024 | COLORADO DAWN IEC |
$128,100.00 | own state independent-expenditure vehicle |
| 2024 Form 990 Schedule I | 2024 | WELD STRONG |
$400,000.00 | mixed regional / state-local candidate infrastructure |
| 2024 Form 990 Schedule I | 2024 | COLORADANS FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNME |
$150,000.00 | likely Coloradans for Accountable Government; mixed state / local / school-board candidate infrastructure |
Do not add the Form 990 and TRACER rows mechanically. Several 2024 Schedule I rows appear to correspond to same-amount TRACER rows. Treat them as cross-source corroboration or possible overlap unless a later filing-image/accounting pass proves they are separate transfers.
The dedicated recipient-detail pass sharpened several labels that were previously provisional:
| Recipient | Direct detail-page cue | Current classification |
|---|---|---|
CSSNC |
Form 990 acronym with EIN 92-0462934, Saint Vrain Suite 105 address, and matching municipal committee captures for Colorado Springs Safe Neighborhood Coalition |
strong but not perfect reconciliation; local ballot / marijuana-policy committee |
WELD STRONG |
TRACER purpose supports state candidates, Weld County candidates, and municipal candidates aligned with free-market, business, deregulation, and energy-development positions | mixed regional / state-local candidate infrastructure |
COLORADANS FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT |
TRACER purpose supports common-sense Republicans for state House, state Senate, county commissioner, municipal candidates, and school board | mixed state / local / school-board candidate infrastructure |
CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES OF EL PASO COUNTY |
TRACER purpose supports Republicans in El Paso County who support the U.S. Constitution | local / county Republican candidate infrastructure |
RECALL PRIOLA |
TRACER issue committee to recall Kevin Priola from the state Senate; registered agent Michael Fields | legislative recall / candidate-adjacent issue committee |
Recipient spending records show the next visible layer. These rows are downstream activity by the recipient committee or by Colorado Dawn's own committees. They do not prove that a specific Colorado Dawn dollar was earmarked to a specific vendor unless the source record directly says so.
| Recipient or committee | Year(s) | Vendor / downstream target | Amount | Mechanism |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springs Opportunity Fund | 2021 | COLE COMMUNICATIONS |
$179,998.94 | direct mail, digital advertising, robocalls |
| Springs Opportunity Fund | 2023 | AXIOM STRATEGIES |
$470,015.00 | advertising, direct mail, text messaging, graphic design |
| Springs Opportunity Fund | 2023 | VICTOR'S CANVASSING |
$60,000.00 | canvassing |
| Springs Opportunity Fund | 2023 | VICTORY TEXT |
$45,717.05 | text messaging |
| Springs Opportunity Fund | 2023 | MADISON MCQUEEN LLC |
$9,550.00 | video production |
| Voter Approval of Property Tax Increases | 2023 | BLITZ CANVASSING |
$899,852.00 | signature gathering |
| Colorado Springs Safe Neighborhood Coalition, 2022 marijuana measure | 2022 | POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS ADVERTISING |
$410,000.00 | broadcast / cable advertising |
| Colorado Springs Safe Neighborhood Coalition, 2022 marijuana measure | 2022 | TAYLOR PETITION MANAGEMENT |
$135,000.00 | door-to-door canvassing |
| Colorado Springs Safe Neighborhood Coalition, 2022 marijuana measure | 2022 | AXIOM STRATEGIES |
$55,078.00 | |
| Colorado Springs Safe Neighborhood Coalition, 2022 marijuana measure | 2022 | MAJORITY STRATEGIES LLC |
$70,000.00 | digital advertising |
| Colorado Springs Safe Neighborhood Coalition, 2024 marijuana measure | 2024 | POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS ADVERTISING |
$875,728.00 | television / digital advertising |
| Colorado Springs Safe Neighborhood Coalition, 2024 marijuana measure | 2024 | AXIOM STRATEGIES |
$200,267.00 | mail advertising |
| Colorado Springs Safe Neighborhood Coalition, 2024 marijuana measure | 2024 | COLE COMMUNICATIONS |
$157,451.01 | texting and advertising reimbursement |
| WELD STRONG | 2020-2026 | AXIOM STRATEGIES, MAJORITY STRATEGIES, TIMOR STRATEGIES, GO BIG MEDIA, and other vendors |
$837,052.82 | regional / state-local candidate independent-expenditure spending |
| Coloradans for Accountable Government | 2024-2025 | GO BIG MEDIA, TIMOR STRATEGIES, AXIOM STRATEGIES, and VICTOR'S CANVASSING |
$1,211,695.38 | mixed state / local / school-board candidate independent-expenditure spending |
| Constitutional Conservatives of El Paso County | 2022 | COLE COMMUNICATIONS |
$115,000.00 | local / county candidate campaign services |
| Recall Priola | 2022 | VICTOR'S CANVASSING |
$216,000.00 | legislative-recall signature gathering |
| Colorado Dawn IEC | 2022 | MAJORITY STRATEGIES LLC |
$102,691.31 | advertising |
| Colorado Dawn IEC | 2022, 2024 | COLE COMMUNICATIONS |
$44,150.00 | text messaging |
| Colorado Dawn IEC | 2024 | VICTOR'S CANVASSING |
$58,017.44 | text messaging / canvassing |
| Colorado Dawn IEC | 2024 | M2 PLACEMENT LLC |
$16,000.00 | TV advertising |
| Colorado Dawn IEC | 2024 | AXIOM |
$3,799.00 | Lone Tree municipal independent expenditure supporting Marissa Harmon |
| Colorado Dawn federal Super PAC | 2022 | independent expenditure supporting Erik Aadland | $17,978.80 | federal candidate support |
| Colorado Dawn federal Super PAC | 2024 | independent expenditures opposing David Williams | $72,549.00 | federal candidate opposition |
Compared with the rest of the knowledge base, Colorado Dawn is best characterized as a cross-lane dark-money and independent-expenditure funding hub rather than a single-issue school-board donor.
The visible supported lanes are:
SENATE MAJORITY FUND;SPRINGS OPPORTUNITY FUND and El Paso committee / vendor networks;VOTER APPROVAL OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASES;WELD STRONG, CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES OF EL PASO COUNTY, and RECALL PRIOLA;COLE COMMUNICATIONS, AXIOM STRATEGIES, VICTOR'S CANVASSING, MAJORITY STRATEGIES, and POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS ADVERTISING.That mix strengthens the broader Partial conservative reallocation into ballot and local governance in Colorado theme but also limits any abandonment claim. Colorado Dawn visibly funds alternative local and ballot pathways while also funding candidate-election infrastructure.
The first-pass deduplicated allocation table makes that tension explicit. Within Colorado Dawn rows, counted direct and own-vehicle activity in the current subset is approximately $5.99 million: $2.63 million candidate-election, $1.98 million ballot, $586,702.42 school-board-linked, $550,000.00 mixed-lane, and $243,000.00 local. These are bounded comparison figures, not statewide conservative spending totals.
CSSNC is strongly corroborated as Colorado Springs Safe Neighborhood Coalition by acronym, EIN/address context, timing, and municipal committee records, but the retained 2024 Form 990 Schedule I row itself still only shows the acronym. Keep the expansion labeled as strong reconciliation, not as literal filing text.COLORADANS FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNME is now corroborated by a matching Colorado Dawn TRACER transaction slice for COLORADANS FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT, but the Form 990 rendering remains truncated.