One of the largest Democratic money operations in the United States approved a six-figure consulting contract for a firm owned by one of its board members, fitting into a broader pattern of insiders profiting from left-of-center philanthropy.
Priorities USA is a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization that has spent well over $100 million since 2016 supporting liberal nonprofits, running political advertisements and funneling money into its affiliated super PAC in a way critics claimed was done to skirt disclosure requirements. While operating as part of the national Democratic money machine in 2022, however, the nonprofit gave a $342,000