The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) — a right wing policy and communications group whose pet projects include legalizing child labor and cutting off access to food stamps for millions of Americans – was founded in 2011.
Koch Network
FGA received $60,000 in seed money in 2011 from the State Policy Network, of which it is also an affiliate member. The State Policy Network has been bankrolled by groups like the Charles Koch Foundation, the Charles Koch Institute, and the DeVos family.
Leonard Leo
Leonard Leo is an arch right-wing operative who has amassed a fortune through a web of dark money organizations he has used to radically transform the judiciary. Leo’s network has poured $5.3 million into FGA as of October 2023. Leonard Leo’s 85 Fund — which acts as one of two funding hubs for the Leo network — contributed $2 million to FGA in 2020. Between 2020 and 2021, FGA returned the favor by paying CRC Advisors, a firm founded by Leonard Leo, $400,000 in consulting fees for “public relations.”
