[24], In its first two years alone, OFA trained 10,000 organizers who then worked on the 2014 and 2016 campaigns, gathered an email list of 30-million, had 3 million donors, and claimed 2 million active participants. There … January 25, 2009. February 10, 2017. [1] On December 20, 2018, Obama announced that Organizing for Action would be folded into the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC). In 2014, Dr. Joseph Piacentile, a man convicted of Medicare fraud and tax evasion in 1991, was seeking a Presidential pardon and, while his request was pending, sent a $100,000 check to OFA. The Pulitzer-prize winning conservative commentator announced he was losing his battle to cancer less than two weeks ago. Organizing For Action. July 29, 2015. [27], OFA has joined together with Indivisible, a protest organization that is part of the so-called “resistance” movement opposed to the Trump presidency. organizing for action. “Melding Obama’s Web to a YouTube Presidency.” The New York Times. “About OFA.” OFA. [16] It was tasked with mobilizing support for Obamacare; supporting midterm campaigns in the 2010 election; and growing the grassroots volunteer, voter, and donor base developed by the Obama campaign in 2008. The new OFA was started in 2013 by Barack Obama and his team including Jim Messina, Jon Carson and others who have also worked for or financially supported Obama. Organizing for Action rebranded in February 2019 as anti-gerrymandering organization All On The Line after merging with National Redistricting Action Fund, a group founded by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Obama said that the merger would create a “joint force that is focused on this issue of singular importance” (redistricting). Organizing for Action (OFA) is a so-called community organizing project that sprung from Obama’s 2012 campaign organization, Organizing for America, becoming a nonprofit described by the Washington Post as “advocate[ing] for the president’s policies.” In a recent Facebook post titled, “Take a deep breath. Accessed July 31, 2017. [36], OFA raised $4.9 million in the first quarter of 2013 and another $8.2 million in the second, doubling its supporters from 109,582 to 237,688 in that same period.[37]. (For-profit), ImpactAssets donor advised fund: $500,000. Accessed April 18, 2018. January 22, 2013. Further, Organizing for Action is not a shadow government formed by former President Barack Obama. Obama said that the merger would create a “joint force that is focused on this issue of singular importance” (redistricting). The column was pinned to an ominous image of Obama, with the words “traitor,” “shadow government” and “deep state” written underneath. Assets: $3,713,810. “OFA and NDRC Announce Partnership.” National Democratic Redistricting Committee. Accessed August 1, 2017. The image was watermarked to a Twitter account that supports the right-wing conspiracy theory QAnon. Accessed July 31, 2017. They describe their approach as: The organization also sponsors the Communit… [11] NDRC, a PAC formed by former Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder in early 2017, funds Democratic Party politicians and litigates against Republican Party politicians for what it calls “gerrymandering” in state legislative and congressional districts. (Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais, ASSOCIATED PRESS), “(Organizing for Action) wasn't helpful to the political work that needs to get done in building a bench,” Stephen Handwerk, executive director of the Louisiana Democratic Party, told POLITICO. The formation of Organizing For Action (OFA) was announced on January 18, 2013 by First Lady Michelle Obama and OFA national chairman Jim Messina, who had served as President Barack Obama‘s 2012 campaign manager. Accessed July 31, 2017. within the Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy category. (Other Group), Sixteen Thirty Fund (1630 Fund) [28] Along with Indivisible, OFA is training local protesters and activists to disrupt town-halls and phone congressional offices. It also didn’t leave Democrats with the warmest of feelings. Organizing For Action We’ve now joined forces with Eric Holder’s redistricting team @allontheline!Follow us there for updates & keep organizing for a more fair democracy. "We have a political tool in the state parties and the president should use them.". [30]  Below is a sampling of the largest donations as disclosed by OFA from 2016 through mid-2017. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Explore resources and take action Join Us. On October 23, 2017, OFA announced that it was forming a partnership with the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) to pursue legislative redistricting to aid Democrats. News, Analysis and Opinion from POLITICO. Editorial. [40]  Messina has been the chief of staff for several Democratic members of Congress, including former Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana), former Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), and former Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.). Accessed August 1, 2017. October 23, 2017. The column has spread far over the years, but never links back to one of the news organizations Krauthammer wrote for in his decades-long career. [8], The group has also joined forces with the anti-Trump administration group Indivisible. The second iteration of OFA officially launched in mid-March 2009. Seitz-Wald, Alex. The claim that he authored the contents of the post is FALSE. Without weighing the merits of the article shared in the Facebook posts, we can say it was not authored by Krauthammer. Accessed July 31, 2017. Shortly before Nugent’s 2017 post, the alleged authorship caught the attention of fact-checking website Snopes.com. Organizing For Action Donors List Features Loyal Democratic Funders By Paul Blumenthal WASHINGTON -- The campaign now known as Organizing for Action released a list of its donors on Friday, covering the first three months since the Obama reelection committee reorganized as a social welfare nonprofit. Zeleny, Jeff. The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the loss of far too many Black lives to list, have left our nation heartbroken and outraged. All On The Line is a national campaign on a mission to end gerrymandering, restore fairness to our democracy, and ensure every American has an equal say in our government. We work to help leaders change their world—and the world needs changing. “Milkis, Sidney M. and John W. York. Expenses: $5,860,985 Philanthropist and Author Amy Goldman donated $250,000. “Barack Obama Goes All In Politically to Fight Gerrymandering.”. “Obama’s Army Enlists in Redistricting Fight.” POLITICO. “If the Obama presidency is winding down, why is his group Organizing for Action ramping up?” The Washington Post. “ofa_2017_q1_disclosure.pdf.” OFA. [17], Though this version of OFA took over many of the duties traditionally retained by the national party structure, Organizing for America technically remained in “departmental” status within the DNC and “retained control of its own e-mail list, and was managed by Obama campaign staffers rather than DNC personnel.”[18], After President Obama’s reelection in 2012, OFA was reorganized as Organizing for Action, “a policy-focused, chapter-based non-profit.”[19] The goal was to create a permanent campaign apparatus[20] that would champion the “agenda Americans voted for in 2012.”[21] Organizing for Action shifted its focus away from elections and toward “policy advocacy and implementation.”[22] OFA joined with Enroll America, a health care advocacy network staffed by Obama campaign alumni, to sign Americans up for Obamacare health insurance. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about, Conservative intellectual and Pulitzer-winning columnist Charles Krauthammer didn't write widely shared column warning the U.S. is a "perfect target.". Then take action,” OFA called on constituents to lobby … Accessed July 31, 2017. Rutenberg, Jim and Adam Nagourney. Our fact check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. Accessed April 17, 2018. Accessed August 1, 2017. “Organizing for Action Voluntary Contribution Disclosure.” OFA. “Jon Carson Will Soon Be Obama’s Most Important Man in Chicago.” Chicago Mag. “An Obama Insider, Running the Race From Afar.” The New York Times. Accessed August 1, 2017. Most recently, OFA has teamed up with Indivisible, a major if ill-defined force in the “Resist” movement against President Donald Trump. April 18, 2016. © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Felsenthal, Carol. As President Obama has said, the change we seek will take longer than one term or one presidency. These representatives even gave the undercover reporters multiple absentee ballots for “friends who they said wished to engage in the same tactic,” with one Organizing for America worker seeming to brag about how she herself had committed voter fraud to help elect President Obama.[53]. He’s doing it through a network of leftist nonprofits led by Organizing for Action. Organizing for America, then Organizing for Action, (OFA) is a community organizing project of the Democratic National Committee. “How Organizing for Action Plans to Keep Obama’s Foot Soldiers Enlisted.” The Atlantic. [4], Originally Obama for America, OFA was a part of President’ Obama’s first presidential election campaign,[5] eventually becoming a distant part of the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) campaign apparatus called Organizing for America,[6] and finally becoming its own offshoot dubbed Organizing for Action. Accessed July 31, 2017. Thank you for supporting our journalism. OFA raised another $7.7 million in the third quarter of 2013, with a $150,000 donation from Anne Getty Earhart,[38] heir to the Paul Getty oil fortune and president of the environmentalist Marisla Foundation. [51] After being questioned by reporters for this action, OFA returned the check without forwarding it to America Votes, publicly apologized, and fired Malzman. Accessed August 1, 2017. [52], In 2012, James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas went into then-Organizing for America’s headquarters throughout the U.S. and, upon expressing their intent to commit voter fraud by casting multiple absentee ballots in multiple states, appeared to be encouraged to do so by Organizing for America representatives. Accessed August 1, 2017. OFA discloses a self-reported list of all donors above $250 since its founding in 2013, a list that includes one corporation (union-owned Amalgamated Bank) and one donor-advised fund. Organizing for Action By Charles Krauthammer I do not understand how living in a country with its democracy established over 200 years ago, and now, for the first time in history, suddenly we have one of our former presidents set up a group called "Organizing for Action" (OFA). Its reach includes conservative activist and musician Ted Nugent. Take action Meet Anguish with Action . The 701-word post calls Organizing for Action a "shadow government" helmed by former President Barack Obama to "disrupt everything that our current president's administration is trying to do. Accessed August 1, 2017. Accessed August 1, 2017. Kroll, Andy. Accessed July 31, 2017. Krauthammer, who wrote for the Washington Post for decades, is only bylined in the New York Post twice, according to its website. Sperry, Paul. Organizing for Action’s core purpose has been to build a more accessible and participatory democracy. EIN: 46-1827418. “The White House Is for Sale Under Barack Obama, Too.” Mother Jones. March 2, 2013. In an email obtained by Politico in October 2017, Barack Obama wrote to recipients: “OFA volunteers and supporters will provide the grassroots organizing capacity and mobilization that we’ll need to win state-level elections and move other initiatives forward ahead of the 2021 redistricting process, making sure that states are in the best position to draw fair maps.”[12], On December 20, 2018, the Atlantic wrote that, according to Obama, Organizing for Action would be folded into the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. “Obama-Aligned Organizing for Action Relaunches for Trump Era.” NBC News. powered by people like you. We are a potential chapter with Organizing for Action, a grassroots organization pushing forth issues we... OFA Savannah. “Get Trained.” OFA. Obama’s Filling The White House, And Early.” The Atlantic. November 16, 2008. Organizing for Action was a political activist organization that formed from President Barack Obama’s campaign committee in 2013, after he … March 12, 2013. Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/06/30/fact-check-charles-krauthammer-didnt-allege-obama-shadow-government/5348466002/, (Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais, ASSOCIATED PRESS), merging with National Redistricting Action Fund, it is a paraphrase of the conservative author, Did Charles Krauthammer Write an Op-Ed Called ‘The Enemy Among Us?’, How Obama is scheming to sabotage Trump’s presidency, Democrats disavow Obama's creation of rival political group, Obama political arm to merge with Holder-run group. A veteran of numerous campaigns, including Illinois Democrat Tammy Duckworth’s failed campaign for the Congressional seat won by Peter Roskam (R-Illinois) in 2006 and one of Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold’s reelection campaigns, Carson joined Obama’s first presidential campaign as the director of voter contact and then national field director. He’s doing it through a network of leftist nonprofits led by Organizing for Action. The political activist organization works on anti-gerrymandering efforts under the rebranded name All on the Line. The current 501(c)(4) Organizing For Action is actually the third iteration of OFA, which itself reaches back to Barack Obama’s first presidential election campaign in 2008 when it was named “Obama for America.”Shortly before Obama’s inauguration, the then-President-elect announced that Obama for America would be reformed into Organizing for America. [15], Organizing for America was housed on the third floor of the Democratic National Committee, where it acted as an outgrowth of the Democratic Party’s national campaign arm. Organizing for America was housed on the third floor of the Democratic National C… It aimed to continue the grassroots organizing and training that helped propel Obama to the White House and his re-election. [42] Called a “damn genius” by the President he helped to elect, Carson helped amass President Obama’s multi-million-person campaign email list. The IRS' NTEE classification is Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy N.E.C. Help us build this Foundation. Organizing for Action (OFA) was an advocacy group that was the lineal descendant of the campaign organizations supporting the election of former President Barack Obama, Obama for America and Organizing for America. Obama-linked activists have a 'training manual' for protesting Trump. Join Unite Oregon and help build a unified, intercultural movement for justice in our state. Accessed July 31, 2017. Shafer, Jack, Edward-Isaac Dovere, Neil Gershenfeld, Alan Gershenfeld, and Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld. February 10, 2017. First came Obama for America, the president’s vaunted information-age campaign organization. April 2, 2011. OFA was a 501(c)(4) devoted to preserving and building on the Obama agenda. We believe that all people have the potential to become leaders and agents of change. OFA advocates in several issue areas, including the environment and climate change, comprehensive immigration reform, preserving Obamacare, LGBT issues, abortion, and left-of-center economics. Charles Krauthammer won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1987. OFA and Indivisible jointly published a “recess toolkit,” guiding its grassroots supporters in how to engage with members of Congress when they are in their districts and states during House and Senate recesses. Accessed July 31, 2017. Find ways you can meet anguish with action. Organizing for Action stated on August 9, 2013 in an email to Obama supporters in Florida: Sen. Marco Rubio "refuses to accept the basic science" on climate change and is "a climate change denier." By Alex Seitz-Wald After a long period of withdrawal from the public eye, Organizing for Action, the political group that grew out of Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign, is ramping back … Once was for a printed excerpt from a speech he gave. [31], According to the Wall Street Journal, in its first year of existence in 2013 OFA received $500,000 donations from Fred Eychaner, the president of Newsweb Corp., and David Shaw, founder of New York investment management firm D.E. The Daily Jot describes itself as “news analysis from a prophetic Christian worldview.” The Daily Jot author, Bill Wilson, confirmed to Snopes that he wrote the piece. Accessed August 1, 2017. Initially founded after the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, the group sought to mobilize supporters in favor of Obama's … [41], Jon Carson is the former executive director of OFA and a co-chairman of the board. July 29, 2015. Accessed August 1, 2017. Even the additional quote, from actual New York Post columnist Perry, isn’t a direct quote — it is a paraphrase of the conservative author, albeit one that captures his message. Organizing for Action will be separate from the Democratic National Committee, with Obama’s 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina serving as the national chairman of the group. (Non-profit), 270 Strategies He’s doing it through a network of leftist nonprofits led by Organizing for Action. “Fundraising Picks Up for Pro-Obama Group OFA.” The Wall Street Journal. Scola, Nancy. Seitz-Wald, Alex. “Special Report: Organizing for Action scandal.” MSNBC. “If the Obama presidency is winding down, why is his group Organizing for Action ramping up?” The Washington Post. [2] OFA’s website now links to the homepage of All On the Line, a project of the NDRC. He shared the same text on his Facebook page in October 2017, though he attributed it to Krauthammer writing in the New York Post. “Katie Hogan new chief of Chicago-based Organizing for Action.” Chicago Sun Times. [9] Indivisible has been criticized for controversial protest tactics. Help build this Foundation from the ground up, and be among the first to know about major news and updates. “Organizing for Action, Obama’s Group, Has Yet to Apply to IRS. Accessed July 31, 2017. February 1, 2013. Accessed July 31, 2017. October 23, 2017. Edward-Isaac Dovere. “The White House Joins the Cash Grab.” The New York Times. Sweet, Lynn. Copyright 2020 InfluenceWatch. February 10, 2017. It found the column attributed to Krauthammer largely originated from the blog DailyJot.com in February 2017 — eight months before Nugent's post. Metzler, Rebekah. [29], OFA publicly proclaims it publicizes all donations over $250 and disavows donations from corporations. Donations may or may not be tax-deductible. A Facebook user on June 25 posted a warning labeled, in all-caps, “todays (sic) history lesson" and attributed it to Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer, who died in 2018. Accessed July 31, 2017. “Obama-linked activists have a ‘training manual’ for protesting Trump.” New York Post. February 28, 2014. The bulk of the text used in the Facebook posts was lifted from the Daily Jot article, though with occasional edits. In the White House, he worked first as the deputy assistant to the President and then under Obama confidant Valerie Jarrett as the operational director of the Office of Public Engagement.[43]. OFA aims to train community organizers in techniques for building grassroots support and in issue advocacy. Ballhaus, Rebecca. “Secret donors back Obamacare push.” Politico. All Rights Reserved. Accessed July 31, 2017. Krauthammer's research assistant, Mike Watson, further confirmed that Krauthammer "had nothing to do with" the column. Scola, Nancy. The second iteration of OFA officially launched in mid-March 2009. Accessed August 1, 2017. “’Indivisible,’ With Ties to George Soros, Sows Division Against Trump, GOP Lawmakers.” The Daily Signal. Thank you for signing up. [7] Run almost entirely by Obama campaign alums, OFA has been accused of appearing to exchange access to the then-President for large donations. “Organizing for America (OFA).” Discover the Network. “ofa_201y_q2_disclosure.pdf.” OFA. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. ORGANIZING FOR ACTION is headquartered in Washington, DC, and is a 501 (c) (4) organization. (For-profit), Amalgamated Bank of New York (Amalgamated Bank) January 22, 2013. Accessed August 1, 2017. July 12, 2013. Organizing for Action can dramatically increase the grassroots pressure on wavering legislators by bringing new resources and a broader base into the struggle. February 18, 2017. Organizing for Action was a political activist organization that formed from Obama’s campaign committee in 2013, after he won his second term. According to OFA's website, the group runs a program for new organizers—called the OFA Alumni Training Corps. Organizing for Action is actually the third iteration of Obama’s grass-roots movement. Revenue: $6,464,270 organizing for action (ofa) is a non-partisan, issue advocacy organization committed to growing the grassroots movement by training, educating, and activating civically engaged community members across the country. ", The column also quotes conservative commentator Paul Sperry as writing, “The OFA will fight President Donald Trump at every turn of his presidency and the ex-president will command them from a bunker less than two miles from the White House.”. Organizing for Action is a nonprofit organization established to support President Obama in achieving... OFA Lee County. Real change—big change—takes many years and requires each generation to embrace the obligations and opportunities that come with the title of Citizen. “Milkis, Sidney M. and John W. York. “How Organizing for Action Plans to Keep Obama’s Foot Soldiers Enlisted.” The Atlantic. [10], Also see National Democratic Redistricting Committee (PAC). [25] Because of these activities, many Democrats believe OFA took up “what the more constrained national party committees once did, and in doing so might be providing a valuable service to all Democrats.”[26], After the election of President Donald Trump, OFA retained much of its senior leadership shifted its focus to defending Obamacare, joining together with other liberal groups like Center for American Progress and MoveOn.org, as well as the abortion network Planned Parenthood. Haberkorn, Jennifer and Kenneth P. Vogel. [3] OFA also runs a six-week fellowship program to teach its supporters how to become community organizers. May 15, 2013. Accessed July 31, 2017. Facebook; Twitter; 2020 Elections. [23] OFA also staged rallies for progressive causes, and it continued to build out the e-mail list and voter databases used in Obama’s campaigns. “Organizing for America (OFA).” Discover the Network. subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. Normally you’d expect an organization set up to support a politician and his agenda to close up shop after that candidate leaves office, but not Obama’s OFA. Democrats disavow Obama's creation of rival political group During the 2020 Democratic presidential primary campaign, the party’s Association of State Democratic Committees secured pledges from all the top campaigns not to create similar organizations, which were seen as a duplication to the party, according to POLITICO. Accessed August 1, 2017. [50] After originally returning the check, Samantha Malzman, an OFA fundraiser, requested that the check be returned to the same address but instead made out to America Votes, an OFA partner organization that does not disclose its contributors, thereby hiding Piacentile’s donation from the public. [44] Hogan was an early member of Obama’s first presidential campaign, joining in February 2007, She eventually served as then-Senator Obama’s traveling press assistant and was the deputy press secretary in his reelection campaign. Organizing for Action (OFA) is the latest incarnation of Organizing for America, the Obama campaign organization that was moved into the Democratic National Committee in 2009.. 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Shaw. The columns attributed to Krauthammer in Nugent's post and the June 25 Facebook post are identical, down to a sentence nearing the bottom ending with two periods. Organizing for Action was created in January 2013 from the remains of President … President Barack Obama is seen in May 2013. Obama is bordered by images of 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, a photoshopped image of former Vice President Joe Biden aiming a gun, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who was tasked with investigating the Trump campaign's ties to Russian officials, and others. In an email to USA TODAY, Wilson again confirmed that the Krauthammer attribution was a “fabrication.” The Daily Jot’s online archives end in 2018, but Wilson sent a copy of the column that matches prior accounts. “ofa_2016_q3_disclosure.pdf.” OFA. February 18, 2017 | 10:30am. No doubt Organizing for Action, which as of 2014 lists a total of 32,525 volunteers, has been associated politically with Obama, first as a candidate and then as 44th president of the United States. March 12, 2013. Accessed August 1, 2017. [13], The current 501(c)(4) Organizing For Action is actually the third iteration of OFA, which itself reaches back to Barack Obama’s first presidential election campaign in 2008 when it was named “Obama for America.”[14] Shortly before Obama’s inauguration, the then-President-elect announced that Obama for America would be reformed into Organizing for America. Political consultant Jim Messina is the chairman of OFA and was the manager of President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. [39] Before that, he served as the White House deputy chief of staff for operations in President Obama’s first term after acting as the chief of staff for Obama’s first Presidential campaign. (Photo: Gabe Hernandez, AP). With more than 250 local chapters around the country, OFA volunteers are building the organization from the ground up, community by community, one conversation at a time – whether that’s on a front porch or on Facebook. [45] Hogan was one of the founding members of Organizing for Action and served as the communications director before becoming executive director. The primary vehicle of this campaign is Organizing for Action (OFA), legally founded in January 2013 by First Lady Michelle Obama and her husband’s 2012 campaign manager Jim … U.S. News. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Housed inside the Washington headquarters of the National Education Association, OFA was created specifically to succeed Organizing for America, which itself … Change—Big change—takes many years and requires each generation to embrace the obligations and opportunities that come with the anti-Trump group. 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