The Berger Action Fund, a dark money group funded by a Swiss billionaire, quietly granted tens of millions of dollars in 2021 to other dark money entities allied with POTUS and the Democratic Party, tax forms reveal.
The Berger Action Fund, a left-of-center advocacy and lobbying group, is affiliated with the private Wyss Foundation, a group that Democratic megadonor Hansjorg Wyss has bankrolled since 1998, records show. That same fund, which has no legal obligation to disclose donors, steered roughly $72 million in 2021 to dark money nonprofit advocacy organizations that support Biden and boosted Democratic congressional candidates during the 2022 midterm elections cycle, according to its 2021 tax forms.
"The Berger Action Fund does not endorse political candidates," a spokesperson for the fund told the Washington Examiner."We have strict policies prohibiting our funds from being used for get-out-the-vote activities, voter registration, or supporting or opposing candidates or political parties." "Berger’s funding supported advocacy on behalf of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the Inflation Reduction Act, which provided for environmental progress, investments in our infrastructure, and expanded healthcare access for families," a spokesperson for Sixteen Thirty Fund told the Washington Examiner.
Niki Woodard, a Fund for a Better Future spokeswoman, told the Washington Examiner that money from the action fund and other donors helped it support"organizations advocating for policies that protect the environment, build climate resilience in communities across the nation, improve our country’s critical infrastructure, and preserve healthcare for working families."
The LCV also happens to be the third highest grantee in 2021 of the Berger Action Fund, raking in over $3.4 million, according to disclosures.
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