Here's your Forbes Daily Briefing for Sunday, June 30th.

Today on Forbes, how dark money gets to the Supreme Court.

You might feel like you're seeing a lot of Supreme Court decisions in the news lately.

That's because the court often announces a number of big decisions near the end of its term, usually in June.

Chief Justice John Roberts made a courtroom announcement Friday that the court's last

rulings of this term will be issued Monday, including a major case that will decide whether

former President Trump has immunity from prosecution.

More now than ever before, so-called dark money has arrived at the Supreme Court.

Donors are increasingly pushing money into something called donor advised funds, which operate like piggy banks for nonprofit giving.

The funds then route that money to legally minded non-profits, who help pay for lawyers, file briefs, and

the donors surely hope impact rulings.

Because individuals aren't giving directly to nonprofits,

instead moving their money through middlemen funds,

the nonprofits can hide the identities of the individual contributors,

hence the name dark Money. Tax filings from

2022, the most recent year available, show that donors sent more than 48

million dollars through donor-advised funds to groups bringing major cases to the Supreme Court this term.

That accounted for 44% of all money flowing to those groups,

which in turn reported spending 26 million dollars on litigation.

Despite the lack of transparency, some names can slip out.

Billionaire Hobby Lobby founder David Green, for instance,

has confirmed donating to two major donor-advised fund providers,

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