{"id":1763991,"date":"2022-12-06T05:03:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T10:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1763991"},"modified":"2022-12-06T05:03:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T10:03:27","slug":"stacey-abramss-georgia-nonprofit-could-face-criminal-investigations-for-unlicensed-fundraising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abramss-georgia-nonprofit-could-face-criminal-investigations-for-unlicensed-fundraising\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams\u2019s Georgia Nonprofit Could Face Criminal Investigations for Unlicensed Fundraising"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstacey-abramss-georgia-nonprofit-could-face-criminal-investigations-for-unlicensed-fundraising%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1763991&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">New Georgia Project&#8217;s charity license has lapsed in at least nine states<\/p>\n<p>    Twice-failed Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams \/ Getty Images   <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/andrew-kerr\/\" title=\"Posts by Andrew Kerr\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Andrew Kerr<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/joseph-simonson\/\" title=\"Posts by Joseph Simonson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Joseph Simonson<\/a> \u2022 December 6, 2022 5:00 am  <\/p>\n<p>Stacey Abrams\u2019s New Georgia Project is collecting donations without a license in at least nine states, opening itself up to fines and criminal inquiries, a <em>Washington Free Beacon <\/em>investigation found.<\/p>\n<p>State laws across the country prohibit charities that have not filed required financial disclosures with the IRS from soliciting donations. But the New Georgia Project, which <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/new-georgia-project-misses-tax-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">missed<\/a> the Nov. 15 deadline to file its Form 990, is still raising money through a nationwide campaign hosted by the online fundraising platform ActBlue. Representatives at the relevant agencies in Tennessee, Mississippi, and North Carolina, where the New Georgia Project\u2019s charity license has expired, told the <em>Free Beacon <\/em>that the group could face fines ranging from $25 dollars to $25,000 for violating their state\u2019s charity laws. Some of those fines could be issued for each donation the group accepts.<\/p>\n<p>According to Paul Kamenar, an attorney with the National Legal and Policy Center, the group could soon face more trouble.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s clear that the New Georgia Project is in gross violation of many state laws by soliciting contributions from the public while their registration as a charity has lapsed,&#8221; Kamenar told the <em>Free Beacon, <\/em>noting that his\u00a0group &#8220;plans to file formal complaints with appropriate state enforcement agencies demanding an investigation and imposition of penalties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Touted as the &#8220;poster child&#8221; of Abrams\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/atlanta\/2022\/10\/12\/stacey-abrams-how-network-businesses-nonprofits-led-national-platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">efforts<\/a> to boost Democrats in the state, the New Georgia Project raised $25 million in 2020 and ended the year with $18.5 million in assets, according to the last available public records. Less than two years later, in October 2022, the charity once helmed by Sen. Raphael Warnock (D., Ga.) dismissed half its leadership team, citing a lack of funds. The group\u2019s implosion comes just as Democrats have begun making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/playbook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inroads<\/a> in Georgia, a feat often attributed to Abrams\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Contribution receipts reviewed by the <em>Free Beacon <\/em>show the New Georgia Project accepts donations from residents of some states where the group lacks an active charity solicitation license, including Colorado and Washington. The New Georgia Project\u2019s charity status has been labeled &#8220;EXPIRED-MAY NOT SOLICIT&#8221; on Colorado\u2019s online charity navigator since Nov. 15.<\/p>\n<p>Unlicensed charitable solicitation in Colorado is considered charity fraud, according<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stacey Abrams\u2019s New Georgia Project is collecting donations without a license in at least nine states, opening itself up to fines and criminal inquiries, a Washington Free Beacon investigation found. State laws across the country prohibit charities that have not filed required financial disclosures with the IRS from soliciting donations. But the New Georgia Project, [\u2026]<br \/>\nThe post Stacey Abrams\u2019s Georgia Nonprofit Could Face Criminal Investigations for Unlicensed Fundraising appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1514,"featured_media":1763994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1763991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1514"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1763991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1763994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1763991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1763991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1763991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}