John,

We just filed a complaint demanding the Federal Election Commission investigate Georgians for Strong Families, Inc. (GFSF PAC), and Georgians for Strong Families Action, Inc. (GFSFA) for apparently violating campaign finance law by hiding the true sources of their political contributions during the 2022 primaries.

We’ll explain more below, but first, if you believe that we need to get dark money out of politics, then we’re asking you to make a donation to CREW today to support our work uncovering dark money and fighting for accountability →

In January 2022, GFSF PAC and GFSFA were created by the same person during a two-week period. GFSF PAC later received a total of $160,000 from one source: GFSFA.

Within four days of receiving that donation, GFSF PAC spent $150,000 to air ads to influence the Republican primary in Georgia’s 14th congressional district, opposing Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Because GFSFA operates as a section 501(c)(4) non-profit organization, it was not legally required to disclose its donors, so the source of the $160,000 it contributed to GFSF PAC remains unknown.

At the end of the 2022 election cycle, GFSF PAC shuttered.

CREW’s complaint alleges that because the majority of GFSFA’s spending in 2022 went to super PACs–including GFSF PAC–the non-profit itself qualified as a political committee. But, by failing to register as a political committee and submit the mandatory reports to the FEC, its actions appear to have violated the Federal Election Campaign Act.

The Federal Election Campaign Act requires any organization making over $1,000 in political contributions to other political committees in one year to register as a “political committee” with the FEC and disclose its donors, which GFSFA did not do.

John, Americans have the right to be informed about who is spending to influence our elections. We’ll keep standing up for that right.

At CREW, we work to expose outside groups that are hiding information about how they are funded and that dodge reporting requirements. If you can, please support our work with a donation today →

Thank you,

CREW HQ