For Our Future PAC is a political action committee (PAC) based in Washington, D.C. ¹

As of 2024, Ben Unger was the organization’s treasurer. ² Unger is a member of the advisory board of Evergreen Action, an environmentalist organization that was previously a project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund and is staffed by former staffers of the 2020 presidential campaign of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D). Unger was previously the deputy campaign manager of Inslee’s campaign and was employed by several Oregon-based environmental organizations including the labor union-backed Our Oregon, which Unger served as executive director. ³

Background

For Our Future PAC is a political action committee (PAC) based in Washington, D.C. According to its website, the PAC’s goal is to “create permanent lasting change” in line with “progressive values.”  ⁴ It also promotes left-of-center policy towards education, environmentalism, criminal justice reform, and immigration. ¹

For Our Future PAC works with MBA Consulting Group, a consulting firm that has previously served left-of-center organizations while claiming it works for “dozens of the largest progressive Super PACs in the country.” ^{5 6 7}

Financials

According to OpenSecrets, during the 2024 election cycle For Our Future PAC raised $5,574,618, spent $6,889,193, and ended with $3,035,990 in cash on hand. ⁸

Leadership

Ben Unger

Ben Unger is the treasurer of For Our Future PAC as of 2024. ² Unger is a member of the advisory board of Evergreen Action, an environmentalist organization that was previously fiscally sponsored by the Sixteen Thirty Fund and is staffed by former staffers of the 2020 presidential campaign of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D). Ben Unger was the deputy campaign manager of Inslee’s campaign. Unger previously worked for Oregon-based environmental groups such as labor union-backed Our Oregon, where Unger served as executive director. ³

From 2012 to 2014 Unger served as a Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives while also serving as the executive director of the Oregon Senate Democratic Leadership Fund. Prior to his term in the State House, Unger founded and served as the principal of Tallfir LLC. In addition, he previously served as special assistant to the Attorney General for the Oregon Department of Justice, worked as field director of Yes on 49 and as the campus program director of the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group from 1999 to 2003, and was the national field director of New Voters Project. ⁹ As of November 2024, Unger works as a consultant for the Georgia Alliance for Progress as well as NextGen America .³

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