A dark-money nonprofit that quietly boosted Democrats in Mississippi, Kansas and Alaska this fall is the subject of a federal complaint alleging it ran an illegal straw donor scheme.
United Futures Inc., which was registered as a corporation in Delaware on Aug. 12, spent nearly $20 million over the next two months to boost Democrats in the midterms, making it one of the top megadonors of the 2026 election, according to a Washington Post analysis.
The nonpartisan watchdog group Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint this month with the Federal Election Commission alleging that the group is a shell organization set up to illegally conceal the identities of its donors by funneling money through the nonprofit to donate to Democratic super PACs. United Futures did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Each year, there are more and more efforts to direct undisclosed money into our elections,” said Erin Chlopak, the senior campaign finance director at the Campaign Legal Center. “Groups continue to find new creative ways to do that.”
United Futures gave at least $3 million to super PACs backing Democratic candidates in Alaska, Mississippi and Kansas. The complaint alleges that those super PACs, which were incorporated around the same time as United Futures, illegally coordinated with the nonprofit to conceal the identities of their donors.
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