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The Clock Tower Investigation

A comprehensive educational analysis of public records connecting a $999,821 nonprofit payment to a dissolved Nevada shell entity, the FARA registration of a similarly-named entity as a foreign agent of Israel, and a $150 million influence campaign targeting American churches.

IRS Form 990 DataDOJ FARA FilingsNV SilverFlume RecordsDE Corp FilingsPublished Journalism

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PART 1

The $999,821 Payment

Documented Facts — IRS Form 990 Records

According to the IRS Form 990 filed by Americas Turning Point (EIN: 82-2853382) for fiscal year 2019, the organization made a payment of $999,821 to an entity called "Clocktower LLC" described as "Research on educational outputs."

Americas Turning Point is a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization whose Secretary is Tyler Bowyer, who simultaneously serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Turning Point USA (the 501(c)(3) educational charity).

CLOCKTOWER LLC — ENTITY DETAILS
NV Business ID: NV20191634597
Entity Number: E2541772019-8
Formation: November 2019, Nevada
Dissolution: January 2022
Address: 101 Convention Ctr Dr Ste 850, Las Vegas, NV
Manager: Nicholas Miller
Registered Agent: Kolesar & Leatham → Saltzman Mugan Dushoff
Operations: Zero employees, no website, no visible business

The address — 101 Convention Center Dr, Suite 850 — is the office of KeyState Executive Suites, a company that provides registered agent services, resident directors, and mail forwarding. Nicholas Miller is the President of KeyState Captive Management at the same address.

AFNPT Educational Analysis
The characteristics of Clocktower LLC — formation shortly before receiving a near-million-dollar payment, use of a registered agent office as its sole address, management by a professional services firm rather than an individual with apparent expertise in the subject matter ("research on educational outputs"), zero visible operations, and dissolution shortly after — are consistent with what corporate governance experts describe as a "pass-through" or "special purpose entity." In AFNPT's opinion, a payment of this magnitude to an entity with these characteristics warrants public scrutiny, particularly from a tax-exempt organization operating with the public's trust under IRC §501(c)(4).
PART 2

The Clock Tower X — Foreign Agent Registration

Documented Facts — DOJ FARA Records

On September 18, 2025, an entity called Clock Tower X LLC filed a registration statement with the Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA # 7649).

The registration identifies Bradley Parscale as the owner of Clock Tower X LLC. Parscale served as the campaign manager for Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign and has been publicly identified as a longtime associate of the late Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA.

The FARA filing states that Clock Tower X was engaged by Havas Media Germany GmbH (Frankfurt) acting "by or on behalf of the State of Israel." The contract value is reported as approximately $9 million ($1.5 million per month) for activities including anti-antisemitism campaigns, AI-driven content generation, SEO manipulation, and integration with Salem Media Network properties.

THE NAMING PATTERN
Clocktower LLC→ NV, Nov 2019, received $999K, dissolved Jan 2022
Clock Tower X LLC→ DE, Jun 2025, FARA #7649, $9M Israel contract
AFNPT Educational Analysis
AFNPT has not been able to confirm that Clocktower LLC (NV, 2019) and Clock Tower X LLC (DE, 2025) are the same legal entity or share common ownership. However, we note the following patterns that, in our educational opinion, warrant public examination: (1) The "Clock Tower" naming convention; (2) The documented Parscale-Kirk relationship; (3) The use of shell-like corporate structures in both cases; (4) The vague "research" description for a payment of $999,821 — just $179 short of the $1 million threshold that would trigger additional IRS reporting requirements under certain circumstances; (5) The formation of Clock Tower X LLC just months after Kirk privately wrote to Netanyahu about Israel's "information war" — and 8 days after Kirk's assassination.
PART 3

The $150 Million Israel Influence Operation

FARA-Registered Entities — All Via Havas Media

EntityFARA #OwnerContractPurpose
Clock Tower X LLC#7649Bradley Parscale$9M ($1.5M/month)Anti-antisemitism campaigns, AI/SEO manipulation, Salem Media integration
Show Faith by Works LLC#7653Chad Schnitger$4.1MChurch geofencing — 303 megachurches, 39 Christian colleges targeted
Bridges Partners LLC#7652Uri Steinberg / Yair Levi$900K"Esther Project" — influencer recruitment network
Havas Media Group USA LLC#6622Havas SAIntermediaryIsrael tourism media buying — US operations since 2014
Davis Media NY LLC#7662Yoav DavisUndisclosedHostage awareness campaign — dual funding sources
SKDKnickerbocker LLC#7552$600KHostage family PR (terminated early)
Targeted Comms Global#7553Stagwell GlobalUndisclosedIsrael media counsel and strategic communications
Total known Israel influence spending through these entities: ~$14.6 million (from reported $150M hasbara budget allocated Dec 2024)

The TPUSA Faith — FARA Overlap

Greg Laurie — the primary speaker on TPUSA Faith's 2026 "Make Heaven Crowded" tour — is explicitly named in the Show Faith by Works FARA filing as a target "pastoral partner," described as the "de facto leader of the Calvary Chapel Movement."

Dream City Church (Phoenix, AZ — 20,000 members) is both a named geofencing target in the FARA filing and the venue where TPUSA hosted Charlie Kirk's monthly "Freedom Night in America" events, annual AmFest conferences, and Kirk's memorial service.

Harvest Christian Fellowship (Greg Laurie's church) is the launch venue for the Make Heaven Crowded tour and is among the 303 megachurches targeted for geofencing in the FARA filing.

AFNPT Educational Analysis
In AFNPT's assessment, TPUSA's "Experience Israel Program" (2022-2024) served as a relationship-building phase — cultivating personal connections between TPUSA Faith leaders, pastors, and pro-Israel sentiment. The FARA-registered operations that followed (2025) represent what appears to be a monetization and scaling phase — converting those relationships into a multi-million-dollar influence operation targeting the exact same churches and pastors. The same Havas Media entity that has been Israel's US media arm since 2014 is the intermediary for all three FARA-registered firms. This convergence of domestic nonprofit cultivation and foreign government-funded influence operations, in our opinion, represents a significant transparency concern that the American public has a right to understand.
INTERACTIVE

Entity Connection Map

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TIMELINE

Complete Operation Timeline

Aug 2014
Havas Media Frankfurt GmbH contracts with Israel Ministry of Tourism (LAPAM) for US media buying
Source: FARA #6622 Exhibit AB
Dec 2018
Havas Media Group USA LLC registers as foreign agent (FARA #6622) for Israel tourism
Source: efile.fara.gov
Nov 2019
Clocktower LLC formed in Nevada (NV20191634597) — managed by Nicholas Miller of KeyState Captive Management
Source: NV SilverFlume
FY2019
Americas Turning Point pays $999,821 to Clocktower LLC for "Research on educational outputs"
Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I
2021
Charlie Kirk co-founds TPUSA Faith with Pastor Rob McCoy
Source: Published reporting
Aug 2022
TPUSA "Contributors Abroad" Israel trip — staff and ambassadors travel to Israel
Source: tpusa.com
Jan 2022
Clocktower LLC dissolved in Nevada — zero operational footprint
Source: NV SilverFlume
Jan 2023
TPUSA Faith Pastors' Tour to Israel — Kirk + McCoy via Inspired Travel (MKFAM23IS)
Source: inspiredtravel.com
FY2023
TPUSA reports $36,604 "Experience Israel Program" on IRS Form 990 Schedule F
Source: IRS Form 990
May 2024
TPUSA Faith Israel Tour — Rob McCoy + Sean Feucht + Bob McEwen + Victor Marx
Source: Inspired Travel brochure
May 2025
Kirk writes Netanyahu letter warning Israel is "losing the information war"
Source: Jerusalem Post
Jun 2025
Clock Tower X LLC formed in Delaware by Bradley Parscale
Source: DE Division of Corporations
Aug 2025
Show Faith by Works LLC formed in California by Chad Schnitger
Source: CA Secretary of State
Sep 10, 2025
Charlie Kirk assassinated
Source: Published reporting
Sep 18, 2025
Clock Tower X LLC files FARA registration (#7649) — $9M contract via Havas for Israel
Source: efile.fara.gov
Sep 27, 2025
Show Faith by Works files FARA (#7653) — $4.1M church geofencing campaign for Israel
Source: efile.fara.gov
Jan 21, 2026
Make Heaven Crowded tour launches at Greg Laurie's Harvest Church — TPUSA Faith flagship
Source: Published reporting
METHODOLOGY

Sources & Methodology

This investigation is built entirely from publicly available government records and published journalism. AFNPT does not rely on anonymous sources, leaked documents, or unverified claims.

IRS Form 990 Filings
Accessed via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and IRS TEOS. EINs: 80-0835023, 82-2853382
DOJ FARA Database
329 documents downloaded from efile.fara.gov via official API with zero failures
NV SilverFlume
Nevada Secretary of State corporate entity search — Clocktower LLC (NV20191634597)
DE Division of Corporations
Delaware corporate filings for Clock Tower X LLC
Published Journalism
Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, The American Conservative, Times of Israel, and others cited inline
FARA Exhibit Documents
Contract texts, invoices, and informational materials from FARA filing exhibits

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