The nonprofits, Rosebush Corp. and Green Orchard Inc., both appear to be associated with the Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania-based investment firm and its three wealthy principals: Jeffrey Yass, Joel Greenberg and Arthur Dantchik. The two groups have dispersed at least $6.5 million to conservative nonprofits and super PACs since 2011, though the source of those funds has remained unclear because nonprofits are not subject to disclosure requirements -- a phenomenon that led to those funds being known as “dark money.”
The three traders are known for spending big on Pennsylvania politics through super PACs, including governor’s races and Philadelphia’s most recent mayoral primary elections, and in support of a public education privatization agenda. Yass has recently emerged as the biggest backer of Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) bid for the Republican presidential nomination, giving more than $2 million to super PACs that support his campaign.
While the structure of the two organizations shields their funders, the executives appear to be tied to the groups through one man: Brian Patrick Sullivan, who is listed as both the director and treasurer for Rosebush Corporation and Green Orchard. (His jobs with the Rosebush Corp. ended in 2013 when the nonprofit terminated. Green Orchard was created that same year.)