A nonprofit financed by billionaire George Soros quietly donated $140 million to advocacy organizations and ballot initiatives in 2021, plus another $60 million to like-minded charities, CNBC reports
Equis Labs:This 501 group donated over $60 million during the 2020 election to its sister PAC, Future Forward USA, which spent millions backing's run for president. The Open Policy Center's website says its 2021 donations were meant, in part, to"support policy advocacy on the Build Back Together legislative package and a global vaccine campaign." A pared-back version of the bill was renamed the Inflation Reduction Act; it passed and was signed into law in August.
America Votes, a 501, raised more than $245 million and doled out over $170 million in grants from July 2020 through June 2021, according to its most recent tax disclosure. Its top contributions included a $14 million donation to Family Friendly Action PAC, a super PAC that spent $7.2 million backing Democratic candidates running for Congress during the 2022 election cycle, according to OpenSecrets. It also donated $9.7 million toward Black PAC, a super PAC that spent $9.
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