Stacey Abrams’ Voting Rights Charity Facing State Investigation Over Shady Finances

Tim PearceMarch 1, 2023

The Georgia Secretary of State’s Office is looking into failed gubernatorial candidates Stacey AbramsNew Georgia Project “financial irregularities.”

The Washington Free Beacon reports that Abrams’ voting-rights charity suffered financial mismanagement from several of its former top executives. The Washington Free Beacon launched an investigation into Abrams. Free Beacon. Subpoenas for the state investigation will be sent out soon.

The New Georgia Project was launched in December. Find it You must be soliciting donations in at minimum nine states without a license. Some states require charities to file financial disclosures with IRS before they raise money within their state borders.

Last month, the New Georgia Project went live Find it The group was missing approximately $600,000. According to 2021 financial records, the group received $533,846 in consulting fees and $67,500 grant money for the Black Male Initiative. However, the Black Male Initiative did not report receiving any payments.

Two months after due, and three months after Nse Ufot’s ouster, the IRS received the 2021 filings. Ufot, a Nigerian-born community organizer, was in Canada when Abrams hired her to lead the New Georgia Project. Ufot quit the group in Oct.

New Georgia Project’s 2020 financial reports showed $0 in payroll taxes despite the fact that it employed 173 workers. This was an anomaly and red flag according to nonprofit experts interviewed for the Free Beacon. There were other strangeities in the financial forms.

Abrams is a well-known voting rights activist who was twice defeated as a candidate for Georgia governor. Abrams was defeated by Brian Kemp, the Republican Governor of Georgia, in 2022.

Abrams returned to activism after her election loss. She was elected to the House of Representatives this week. It was To monitor Nigeria’s elections, I traveled with the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute.

“I would say that despite a slow start with the [violence]” Abrams updates a reporter on the current state of the election. “we have seen orderly lines, we have seen long lines, signaling strong enthusiasm. But we’ve also seen a great deal of cooperation and a very peaceful conversation among voters. They want to be heard, and they are willing to stand in line and have patience, because they know that’s their path to progress.”