New details are emerging about the ambitious financial goals of Organizing for Action, the tax-exempt group created by former Obama campaign operatives to advance the presidentâs agenda.
In addition to the previously reported âadvisory boardâ whose members are expected to raise at least $500,000, it turns out there is an even higher tier of donors who are granted entree to the board of directors if they raise $1 million for two consecutive years, according to a memo that describes the organizationâs âfinance leadership levels.â
The 30-member board will include a 10-person council made up of âleaders in industryâ committed to supporting the groupâs agenda. The organization is also creating a task force on policy, whose chairmen will be expected to raise at least $250,000 to finance advocacy work on specific issues, the memo said.
So far, Organizing for Action has gotten involved in the fight over gun control and immigration legislation, and in a conference call with fund-raisers on Tuesday, the groupâs leaders said they expect to take on climate change issues later in the spring. On the call, Kathy Gasperine, the groupâs national finance director, said she is in the process of âtargetingâ donors to fill the various positions.
âWeâre trying to push for as much money as early as possible,â she said.