This summary compiles direct Colorado TRACER committee-detail records for two Springs Opportunity Fund independent expenditure committees, a bounded 2021 contribution / expenditure slice, and a bounded 2025 expenditure-export slice. In the current repo, it matters because it upgrades Springs Opportunity Fund from a reporting-described El Paso school-board spending vehicle into a directly documented committee history with two committee IDs, shared agent metadata, a 2021 Colorado Springs Forward funding layer, and a specific 2025 vendor-spending pattern.
The strongest records in this slice are two Colorado Secretary of State TRACER committee-detail pages: one for a terminated 2021 Springs Opportunity Fund committee and one for an active 2023 committee of the same name. The 2021 TRACER transaction slice adds direct donor and vendor rows for the terminated committee. A statewide expenditure-export batch note adds transaction-level detail for the active 2023 committee. A previously captured Davis Q&A article remains useful as contextual reporting that describes the committee's political role in Academy District 20 and Colorado Springs District 11 races.
20215041514, an El Paso independent expenditure committee registered on 2021-10-06 and terminated on 2021-11-1720235046590, an El Paso independent expenditure committee registered on 2023-10-03 and still active in the current captureKATIE KENNEDY, and substantially the same stated purpose language about supporting school-board candidates who emphasize academic performance and educational choice.$180,000.00 in donations and $179,998.94 in expenditures in its retained summary window ending 2021-11-30.$180,000.00: $130,000 on 2021-10-08 and $50,000 on 2021-10-14. The slice preserves the amendment trail correcting an original COLORADO SPRING FORWARD label.$179,998.94, for advertising explanations including direct mail, digital advertising, and digital advertising including robocalls.$45,101.40 in total expenditures and a negative ending balance of ($44,575.23) in its retained summary window ending 2025-12-04.AXIOM STRATEGIES, with three DIRECT MAIL payments and one TEXT MESSAGING payment totaling $45,101.40.2021-10-06: first retained Springs Opportunity Fund committee registered.2021-10-08: final TRACER row records a $130,000 Colorado Springs Forward contribution to Springs Opportunity Fund after amendment correction.2021-10-14: final TRACER row records a $50,000 Colorado Springs Forward contribution to Springs Opportunity Fund.2021-11-17: first retained committee terminated.2021-11-30: retained 2021 committee summary window ends with nearly all donations spent.2023-10-03: second retained Springs Opportunity Fund committee registered.2025-10-02 through 2025-10-30: four retained expenditure rows to Axiom Strategies appear in the statewide export.2025-12-09: latest retained active-committee report in the current direct record.