{"id":2414511,"date":"2025-03-24T12:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abramss-new-georgia-project-faces-threat-to-tax-exempt-status\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T12:56:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:56:48","slug":"stacey-abramss-new-georgia-project-faces-threat-to-tax-exempt-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abramss-new-georgia-project-faces-threat-to-tax-exempt-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams&#8217;s New Georgia Project faces threat to tax-exempt status"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-new-georgia-project-faces-threat-to-tax-exempt-status%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=2414511&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>The New Georgia Project, a nonprofit organization founded by Stacey Abrams, is facing potential revocation of its tax-exempt status after being fined $300,000 by the Georgia State Ethics Commission. This fine was imposed for failing too disclose $4.2 million in campaign contributions and $3.2 million in expenditures linked to Abrams&#8217; unsuccessful 2018 gubernatorial campaign. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith has urged the IRS to prioritize investigating the organization, suggesting that it engaged in activities outside its tax-exempt purpose. Smith noted that the fine could be one of the largest ever issued in the United States. The commission found that the New Georgia Project participated in political campaigns, which led to its sanction. A representative from the organization expressed a desire to move past the issue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Stacey Abrams&rsquo;s New Georgia Project faces threat to tax-exempt status after $300,000 fine<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1924954\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Ways and Means Committee Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jason-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jason Smith<\/a> (R-MO) wrote a letter to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/internal-revenue-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">IRS<\/a> urging the agency to revoke the tax-exempt status of a nonprofit group founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stacey-abrams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Stacey Abrams<\/a> after it was found to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-attorney-phil-kline-and-it-expert-j-r-carlson-presser-wednesday-exposing-mark-zuckerbergs-dark-money-cash-for-chaos\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Attorney Phil Kline and IT Expert J.R. Carlson Presser Wednesday Exposing Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Dark Money Cash for Chaos\">violated state election laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I request that you use your authority to make this referral a priority and make certain the IRS moves quickly to examine and revoke the tax-exempt status of the New Georgia Project,&rdquo; Smith wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3356727\/georgia-democrat-rebukes-party-member-kemp-legal-overhaul\/\">Georgia Democrat rebukes party member who &lsquo;talked down&rsquo; to him after voting for Kemp&rsquo;s legal overhaul<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3356607\/new-jersey-democrats-abortion-rights-governor-race-state-protections\/\">New Jersey Democrats latch on to abortion rights in governor&#8217;s race despite state protections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3353026\/alabama-ban-glock-switches-gun-conversion-devices\/\">Alabama joins other red states in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-joins-other-red-states-in-banning-gun-conversion-devices\/\" title=\"Alabama joins other red states in banning gun conversion devices\">banning gun conversion devices<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Georgia State Ethics Commission fined the New Georgia Project, which is aimed at boosting voter registration, $300,000 for failing to disclose $4.2 million in campaign contributions and $3.2 million in expenditures during Abrams&rsquo;s failed bid in the 2018 gubernatorial race.<\/p>\n<p>Smith noted in his letter that the penalty on the New Georgia Project, which Abrams departed from in 2017, is &ldquo;possibly the largest ethics fine ever issued in the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The GSEC&rsquo;s findings show that the New Georgia Project has participated in activities and events outside of the organization&rsquo;s tax-exempt purpose and should therefore lose its tax-exempt status and be reclassified as an &lsquo;action organization,&rsquo;&rdquo; Smith wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The GSEC&rsquo;s investigation revealed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3333821\/georgia-senate-investigate-abrams-voting-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New Georgia Project had accepted contributions<\/a> and made expenditures to advocate the campaigns of Abrams and other statewide candidates.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While the Internal Revenue Code does allow for 501(c)(3) organizations to engage in certain nonpartisan voter education activities that do not <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">constitute prohibited political campaign activity<\/a>, including public forums and publishing voter education guides, it is clear that the New Georgia Project crossed the line into prohibited activity by intervening in the 2018 election cycle on behalf of Stacey Abrams and several other candidates,&rdquo;&nbsp;Smith wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the commission&rsquo;s ruling, Aria Branch, a lawyer for the New Georgia Project, told NBC News that they were eager to move past the indiscretion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3252920\/republicans-turn-next-year-governor-battle-party-2024-success\/\"><strong>REPUBLICANS TURN TO 2025 GOVERNOR BATTLES AS PARTY LOOKS TO RIDE 2024 SUCCESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While we remain disappointed that the federal court ruling on the constitutionality of the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Act was overturned on entirely procedural grounds, we accept this outcome and are eager to turn the page on activities that took place more than five years ago,&rdquo; Branch said.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the New Georgia Project for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1924954\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1924954\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stacey Abrams&#8217;s New Georgia Project risks losing tax-exempt status after a $300,000 fine for violating election laws<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2414512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/stacey-abrams-nonprofit-group.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51982,16444,40204,34385,41698],"class_list":["post-2414511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-new-georgia-project","tag-nonprofit","tag-political-advocacy","tag-stacey-abrams","tag-tax-exempt-status"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/stacey-abrams-nonprofit-group.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414511","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2414511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2414515,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414511\/revisions\/2414515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2414512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2414511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2414511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}