Chorus
Chorus is an advocacy group that provides training and educational resources for “pro-democracy content creators” to take “power back from the far Right.” The group is a fiscally sponsored project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a lobbying and electoral advocacy group managed by left-of-center philanthropic consulting firm Arabella Advisors. 1 2 3 In May 2026, the U.S. House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Sixteen Thirty Fund for documents related to Chorus, with Rep. James Comer (R-KY) arguing that the project’s “election advocacy efforts, legal or otherwise, raise questions for Congress about coordination among parties that may necessitate revision to election and non-profit laws.”4
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Background
Chorus is a left-of-center advocacy group that trains and educational resources for “pro-democracy content creators.” Reportedly, the highest paid content creators at Chorus could receive as much as $8,000 a month. 5
Chorus is a project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a lobbying and electoral advocacy group managed by philanthropic consulting firm Arabella Advisors. Donations to the group are processed through ActBlue. 5 6
On its website, Chorus claims that its funding comes from the support of over 5,000 individuals. Chorus also notes that it does not list the participants of its incubator program and asks participants not to mention the others involved without their consent. 7 8
Congressional Investigation
In 2025 and 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform conducted an investigation into Chorus’s activities. According to Just The News: “The committee launched an investigation into the Chorus program last November, raising concerns that through it the fund may have sought to ‘circumvent campaign finance disclosure laws’ and undermine media ethics standards.” 4
In May 2026, the Committee issued a subpoena to Chorus’s initial parent organization, the Sixteen Thirty Fund, seeking to compel production of documents related to the Chorus project.4
Leadership
The cofounders of Chorus are Stuart Perelmuter and Brian Tyler Cohen, according to WIRED. 5
Stuart Perelmuter is the founder of a for-profit marketing agency called Good Influence. The group’s clients have included the presidential campaign of former Vice President Kamala Harris, Earthjustice, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Michael J. Fox Foundation For Parkinson’s Research, Unite Here, Evergreen Action, and MoveOn. He is also a board member of the Fairness Campaign. Previously, he was communications advisor to former U.S. Representative John Yarmuth (D-KY), the founder and president of OD Action, and the founder of PredElection. 9 10
Brian Tyler Cohen is a left-of-center political commentator who hosts the “No Lie with BTC” show. 11
Ellie Langford is the director of programming at Chorus. 5