A nonprofit group founded by twice-failed Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is raking in donations in at least nine states without license to do so, meaning it could face criminal investigations and fines.
Charities such as the New Georgia Project are barred across the country from soliciting donations if they have not filed their tax forms with the IRS. Despite the New Georgia Project failing to file its tax forms by the federal Nov. 15 deadline, the organization is still raising funds nationwide through ActBlue, a left-leaning fundraising platform software, records show.
“NGPAF has already been mobilizing voters, and has big plans to make sure they turn out to elect leaders who will carry the true will of everyday Georgians to Washington,” the fundraiser states. “NGPAF’s goal is to hold at least 2 million high-quality conversations with voters across Georgia’s 159 counties to make sure they have what they need to show up and vote in the runoff.”
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The New Georgia Project’s charity license has expired in Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Representatives for agencies in those states told the Washington Free Beacon on Tuesday that the nonprofit organization could end up being fined between $25 and $25,000 for illegally soliciting donations there.
“The New Georgia Project is facing multiple enforcement actions for illegal fundraising nationwide not only for their failure to file current Form 990 IRS reports with various state agencies but also possible misuse of nonprofit assets,” Paul Kamenar, counsel to the National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative watchdog group, told the Washington Examiner.
Kamenar added that his group is planning to file complaints with state agencies.
For instance, the New Georgia Project fundraises in Colorado even though the state’s online charity navigator has labeled the group as “EXPIRED-MAY NOT SOLICIT” since Nov. 15, according to public records. Soliciting money through a charity without a license is likened to charity fraud in Colorado, and people who engage in such fraud may be criminally prosecuted, according to Colorado law.
The New Georgia Project, which formed in 2014, raised a whopping $25 million in 2020, records show. It was once led by Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and fired half its leadership in October 2022 due to an alleged lack of funds.
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The New Georgia Project did not respond to a request for comment.
