Stacey Abrams-Founded Nonprofit Fined $300K for Campaign Finance Violations

The Georgia Project admitted to illegal electioneering activities during Abrams' 2018 gubernatorial campaign, marking the largest ethics fine in Georgia history.

The New Georgia Project and its affiliated action fund violated state campaign finance laws by failing to register as a political committee and disclose over $7 million in contributions and expenditures.
The Georgia State Ethics Commission imposed a $300,000 fine, the largest in its history and possibly the largest ever by any state ethics commission in the U.S.
The nonprofit admitted to 16 violations, including spending $3.2 million to support Abrams' 2018 campaign and $646,000 on a failed 2019 transit referendum without proper disclosures.
Stacey Abrams founded the organization in 2013 but stepped away in 2017; during the violations, it was led by Raphael Warnock, now a U.S. Senator, who denied involvement in compliance decisions.
The case concludes a six-year investigation, with the nonprofit agreeing to pay the fine in two installments and expressing a desire to focus on its voter registration efforts moving forward.

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