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New Georgia Project and Action Fund Announce Dissolution After Record Ethics Fine

The shutdown follows payment of a $300,000 state penalty, prompting questions about voter-organizing strength ahead of 2026.

FILE - Erika Hardwick, left, a paid canvasser with the New Georgia Project Action Fund, shares literature with Patricia Lee and urges her to vote, Oct. 5, 2022, in Dawson, Ga. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)
FILE - Stacey Abrams, Democratic candidate for Georgia governor, gives a concession speech in Atlanta on Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams on the campaign trail.
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Overview

  • Boards for the New Georgia Project and its affiliated Action Fund said Thursday the organizations will formally dissolve, closing a decade of voter-engagement work in Georgia.
  • The Georgia State Ethics Commission found the groups failed to disclose roughly $4.2 million in contributions and $3.2 million in expenditures tied largely to 2018 activity, with both entities admitting 16 violations.
  • Ethics Commission Executive Director David Emadi said the organizations fully complied with the consent order, including paying the final installment of the $300,000 fine over the summer.
  • The closure follows years of leadership turnover, layoffs, fundraising shortfalls, union-related firing allegations, harassment complaints, and legislative scrutiny.
  • Founded by Stacey Abrams in 2013, with Raphael Warnock listed as CEO from 2017 to 2019, the groups’ demise raises concerns about sustaining Democratic field operations in Georgia ahead of the 2026 elections.