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| Committee on States | |
| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Top official: | Scott Anderson |
| Year founded: | 2006 |
| Budget | |
| 2015: | $630,000[1] |
The Committee on States is an organization that coordinates donations to state-based groups to "advance progressive causes and produce lasting change within individual states," according to a confidential Democracy Alliance document. The project had ties to the Democracy Alliance and operated on a similar investment model, with COS staff advising donors on where to send their money rather than collecting and redistributing funds.[1]
Between 2013 and 2014, COS coordinated more than $45 million in donations to state-based progressive groups in 20 states. As of 2014, the Committee on States advised a total of 21 individual donors and institutional partners (like the labor union AFSCME). Democracy Alliance partners who have also worked with COS include Rob Stein, Patricia A. Stryker, Anne Bartley, Rob McKay, John Hunting, Ted Trimpa, Albert Yates, George Soros spokesman Michael Vachon and the AFL-CIO.[2]
Mission
The following was the stated mission of the Committee on States:[3]
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To help create, nurture, and sustain a community of state-based progressive investors and institutional partners throughout the country who are committed to the creation and success of state-based donor networks working to advance progressive causes and produce progressive change within individual states.[4] |
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Background
The Committee on States (COS) was founded in 2006, with the AFL-CIO and AFSCME as institutional partners. COS had an affiliated 501(c)(3) that was in charge of "permissible non-partisan work in the states..."[3] As of October 2014, COS had 21 national donors and institutional partners.[3]
It was organized with the help of the following leaders:[3]
- Anne Bartley
- Al Yates
- Anna Burger
- Ted Trimpa
- John Hunting
- Christopher Findlater
- Rob McKay
- Fred Baron
- Alida Messinger
- Doug Phelps
- John Stocks
- Pat Stryker
- Lynde Uihlein
- Michael Vachon
- Frank Smith
- Rob Stein
Finances
Below is a breakdown of estimated investments from state-based donor alliances for the 2013/2014 fiscal year.[3]
| Annual contributions and expenditures | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State | Investment total | ||
| Arizona | $2,000,000 | ||
| California | $3,500,000 | ||
| Colorado | $6,000,000 | ||
| Florida | $6,000,000 | ||
| Idaho | $900,000 | ||
| Maine | $1,250,000 | ||
| Massachusetts | $200,000 | ||
| Michigan | $1,000,000 | ||
| Minnesota | $7,000,000 | ||
| Nebraska | $250,000 | ||
| New Mexico | $3,400,000 | ||
| North Carolina | $7,000,000 | ||
| Ohio | $1,000,000 | ||
| Oregon | $250,000 | ||
| Pennsylvania | $2,000,000 | ||
| Texas | $2,000,000 | ||
| Utah | $200,000 | ||
| Washington | $1,300,000 | ||
| Wisconsin | $9,000,000 | ||
| Wyoming | $250,000 | ||
| Total | $50,000,000 | ||
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Democracy Alliance, "2020 Vision Investment Portfolio," Spring 2015
- ↑ Watchdog.org, "Wealthy leftists help unions bankroll ‘progressive’ groups," November 19, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 COS, "Memorandum," accessed November 8, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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