Campaign Legal Center Action is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit activist group affiliated with the Campaign Legal Center.¹

In 2022, Campaign Legal Center Action reported total revenues of $803,824, total expenses of $205,418, and net assets of $992,320.² Its funders include Guarding Against Pandemics, which gave it $750,000 in 2022,³ and Fund for a Better Future, which gave it $50,000 in 2020.⁴

In December 2022, Business Insider reported that Sam Bankman-Fried “almost single-handedly funded” Campaign Legal Center Action in 2021. Bankman-Fried reportedly gave $760,000 to the group that year, and tax filings reviewed by Business Insider revealed that this “amounted to more than 95% of CLC Action’s revenue for that year and roughly 94% of its expenses.” Bankman-Fried also reportedly gave $300,000 to Campaign Legal Center Action in 2022.⁵

1. Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (Form 990). Campaign Legal Center Action. 2022. Schedule R.
2. Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (Form 990). Campaign Legal Center Action. 2022. Part I.
3. Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (Form 990). Guarding Against Pandemics. 2022. Schedule I.
4. Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (Form 990). Fund for a Better Future. 2020. Schedule I.
5. Brent D. Griffiths and Dave Levinthal. “Sam Bankman-Fried Funded More Than 90% of a Leading DC Ethics Group’s Political Arm in 2021.” Business Insider. December 29, 2022. Available at: https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-bankman-fried-funded-90-of-campaign-legal-centers-political-arm-2022-12