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Kentucky Opportunity Coalition
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| Kentucky Opportunity Coalition | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Louisville, Ky. |
| Type: | 501(c)(4) |
| Top official: | Kristen Webb-Hill, Chair |
| Website: | Official website |
| Budget | |
| 2013: | $1,242,999 |
Kentucky Opportunity Coalition is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that aims to effect educational and economic change in Kentucky and "propose public policy changes and seek their implementation in a nonpartisan manner."[1]
Mission
The website for the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition lists the following mission statement:[2]
| “ | It is the mission of the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition, Inc. to transform our commonwealth through 21st century solutions to problems and issues facing Kentuckians in education, economic development, health care, transportation and fiscal matters impacting the growth of our communities. The Kentucky Opportunity Coalition, Inc. seeks to bring about long-term positive change with fewer additional regulatory burdens and taxes.[3] | ” |
Background
The Kentucky Opportunity Coalition focuses on five key areas for public policy proposals: education, economic development, energy, healthcare and government efficiency. The group notes that they "oppose legislative or regulatory change that would seek to hinder Kentucky’s role as a key source of domestic energy" and that "Obamacare is a public policy disaster that must first be repealed."[4]
Along with Kentuckians for Strong Leadership, a Super PAC also run by Scott Jennings, the Opportunity Coalition was involved in the 2014 U.S. Senate race between Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) and Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes. According to an October 2014 report by the Center for Public Integrity, "No other group has had a larger footprint in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race. In fact, the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition has aired about twice as many TV ads than the next most prolific player in the contest."[5] The Center's data shows that the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition spent $5.7 million on over 12,000 television ads during the campaign.[6] The Coalition also has strong ties to Crossroads GPS, the nonprofit organization started by Karl Rove. Crossroads and the Coalition have similar consultants and have the same mission statements.[7][8]
Finances
For the 2013 fiscal year, the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition reported $5,934,998 in total revenue and $1,242,999 in total expenses.[9]
Recent news
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See also
- Kristen Webb-Hill
- Scott Jennings
- Mitch McConnell
- Kentucky
External links
- Kentucky Opportunity Coalition
- Kentucky Opportunity Coalition on Twitter
- Kentucky Opportunity Coalition on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ Kentucky Opportunity Coalition, "About the Coalition," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Kentucky Opportunity Coalition, "Home," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Kentucky Opportunity Coalition, "Issues," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Center for Public Integrity, "Flush with mystery money, Kentucky nonprofit haunts Grimes’ Senate bid," October 29, 2014
- ↑ Center for Public Integrity, "Who's buying the Senate?" September 2, 2014
- ↑ Huffington Post, "Karl Rove's Network Lurks Behind Local Kentucky Groups Backing Mitch McConnell," March 1, 2014
- ↑ Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, "Crossroads GPS and Kentucky Opportunity Coalition Have, Word for Word, the Same Mission," November 20, 2014
- ↑ Guidestar, "Kentucky Opportunity Coalition IRS 990 (2013)," accessed November 16, 2015
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