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| ===== History ===== | ===== History ===== |
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| Mind the Gap was founded in 2018 by [[Stanford Law School]] professors [[Barbara Fried]], [[Paul Brest]], and researcher [[Graham Gottlieb]].((Schleifer, T. (2020, January 6). //Inside the secretive Silicon Valley group that has funneled over $20 million to Democrats.// Vox. https://archive.vn/iDkg9)) | Mind the Gap was founded in 2018 by [[Stanford Law School]] professors [[Barbara Fried]], [[Paul Brest]], and researcher [[Graham Gottlieb]] to help flip the [[United States House of Representatives]] in the 2018 election to the [[Democratic Party]].((Schleifer, T. (2020, January 6). //Inside the secretive Silicon Valley group that has funneled over $20 million to Democrats.// Vox. https://archive.vn/iDkg9)) ((Fried, B., Brest, P., & Gottlieb, G. //Overview of Mind the Gap.// Capital Research Center. Retrieved December 8, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221208090124/https://capitalresearch.org/app/uploads/Mind-The-Gap-Internal-memo.pdf)) |
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| In January 2020, [[Vox]] published an expose based on a leaked memo to prospective donors.((Schleifer, T. (2020, January 7). //How Silicon Valley’s secretive donor group plans to beat Trump.// Vox. https://archive.ph/2YGtC)) | In January 2020, [[Vox]] published an expose based on a [[https://capitalresearch.org/app/uploads/Mind-The-Gap-Internal-memo.pdf|leaked memo]] to prospective donors.((Schleifer, T. (2020, January 7). //How Silicon Valley’s secretive donor group plans to beat Trump.// Vox. https://archive.ph/2YGtC)) The memo revealed that MTG recommended donors direct their funds to the [[Center for Voter Information]] (CVI), the [[Voter Participation Center]] and [[Everybody Votes]], another name for a network of organizations surrounding the [[Voter Registration Project]].((Fried, B., Brest, P., & Gottlieb, G. //Overview of Mind the Gap.// Capital Research Center. Retrieved December 8, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221208090124/https://capitalresearch.org/app/uploads/Mind-The-Gap-Internal-memo.pdf)) ((Eastlick, K. (2021, October). //Capital Research.// Capital Research Center. https://web.archive.org/web/20221118214207/https://capitalresearch.org/app/uploads/Capital-Research-2021-7.pdf)) |
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| Mind the Gap provided recommendations on which organizations to contribute donations to for a network of political donors that included her own son, [[Sam Bankman-Fried]], the cryptocurrency entrepreneur and former owner of defunct crypto company, [[FTX]].((Yaffe-Bellany, D., Kelley, L., & Vogel, K. P. (2022, December 13). //The Parents in the Middle of FTX’s Collapse.// The New York Times. https://archive.ph/Pqr04)) | Mind the Gap provided recommendations on which organizations to contribute donations to for a network of political donors that included her own son, [[Sam Bankman-Fried]], the cryptocurrency entrepreneur and former owner of defunct crypto company, [[FTX]].((Yaffe-Bellany, D., Kelley, L., & Vogel, K. P. (2022, December 13). //The Parents in the Middle of FTX’s Collapse.// The New York Times. https://archive.ph/Pqr04)) |
| ^ Name ^ Position ^ Affiliation(s) ^ | ^ Name ^ Position ^ Affiliation(s) ^ |
| | [[Barbara Fried]] | Co-founder and President | Mother of [[Sam Bankman-Fried]] | | | [[Barbara Fried]] | Co-founder and President | Mother of [[Sam Bankman-Fried]] | |
| | [[Graham Gottlieb]] | Co-founder and Treasurer | - | | | [[Paul Brest]] | Co-founder and Board Chair | Former President of the [[William and Flora Hewlett Foundation]] | |
| | [[Paul Brest]] | Co-founder | - | | | [[Graham Gottlieb]] | Co-founder, Executive Director and Treasurer | [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID) | |
| | | [[Marissa McBride]] | Chief Executive Officer | - | |
| | | [[Beth Benjamin]] | Chief Operating Officer((//Beth Benjamin.// LinkedIn. Retrieved February 18, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-benjamin-a923b27/)) | [[Medallia]], [[Center for Leadership Development & Research]], [[Booz Allen Hamilton]], [[RAND Corporation]], [[McKinsey & Company]] | |
| | | [[Brian Derrick]]((Mind the Gap, Inc. (2023). //FEC Form 3X Report of Receipts and Disbursements.// Federal Election Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20230219014503/https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/853/202301319575288853/202301319575288853.pdf)) | - | - | |
| | | [[Mitch Mathias]] | - | - | |
| | | [[Sabir Muhammad]] | - | - | |
| | | [[Patrick Ramjug]] | - | - | |
| | | [[Josh Rosmarin]] | - | - | |
| | | [[Natalie Wheeler]] | - | - | |
| | | [[Bruce Ives]] | Consultant | - | |
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| ==== Finances ==== | ==== Finances ==== |
| === Donors === | === Donors === |
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| These people and organizations donated to Mind the Gap during the listed year. | In addition to the below-listed donors, some reports list [[Dustin Moskovitz]] and [[Eric Schmidt]] as being backers of MTG.((Schleifer, T. (2020, January 6). //Inside the secretive Silicon Valley group that has funneled over $20 million to Democrats.// Vox. https://archive.vn/iDkg9)) |
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| ^ 2022 donors((//Organizations Disclosing Donations to Mind the Gap, 2022.// OpenSecrets. Retrieved December 23, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221223233215/https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2022?cmte=C00683649&tab=donors_all)) ^^^ | ^ 2022 donors((//Organizations Disclosing Donations to Mind the Gap, 2022.// OpenSecrets. Retrieved December 23, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221223233215/https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2022?cmte=C00683649&tab=donors_all)) ^^^ |
| | [[Gino DiGregorio]] | [[Accenture]] | $5,000 | | | [[Gino DiGregorio]] | [[Accenture]] | $5,000 | |
| | [[Samuel Dyer]] | - | $7,500 | | | [[Samuel Dyer]] | - | $7,500 | |
| | [[Victoria Elenowitz]] | [[Zero Carbon Partners]] | $50,000 | | | [[Victoria Elenowitz]] | [[Bespoke Global]], [[Zero Carbon Partners]] | $50,000 | |
| | [[Paul Finkle]] | - | $1,000 | | | [[Paul Finkle]] | - | $1,000 | |
| | [[Anne Frahn]] | - | $1,000 | | | [[Anne Frahn]] | - | $1,000 | |
| | [[Anne Roberts]] | - | $1,000 | | | [[Anne Roberts]] | - | $1,000 | |
| | [[Claudette Roehrig]] | - | $500 | | | [[Claudette Roehrig]] | - | $500 | |
| | [[Jamie Rubin]] | [[Meridiam]] | $100,000 | | | [[James Rubin]] | [[Meridiam]], [[United States Department of State]] | $100,000 | |
| | [[Monica Salusky]] | - | $2,500 | | | [[Monica Salusky]] | - | $2,500 | |
| | [[Sarah Sands]] | [[Costanoa Ventures]] | $10,000 | | | [[Sarah Sands]] | [[Costanoa Ventures]] | $10,000 | |
| | [[John Sanger]] | [[Sanger & Olson]] | $5,000 | | | [[John Sanger]] | [[Sanger & Olson]] | $5,000 | |
| | [[Greg Serrurier]] | [[Redwood Grove Capital]] | $25,000 | | | [[Greg Serrurier]] | [[Redwood Grove Capital]] | $25,000 | |
| | [[Nancy Serrurier]] | [[Redwood Grove Capital]] | $50,000 | | | [[Nancy Serrurier]] | [[Redwood Grove Capital]], [[Whitman College]] | $50,000 | |
| | [[Ruth Sherer]] | - | $500 | | | [[Ruth Sherer]] | - | $500 | |
| | [[Nishad Singh]] | [[FTX]] | $1,000,000 | | | [[Nishad Singh]] | [[FTX]] | $1,000,000 | |
| | [[Eric Sippel]] | - | $10,000 | | | [[Eric Sippel]] | - | $10,000 | |
| | [[Michael Spertus]] | [[Amazon]] | $1,000 | | | [[Michael Spertus]] | [[Amazon]] | $1,000 | |
| | [[Lionel Spiro]] | - | $3,000 | | | [[Lionel Spiro]] | [[Charrette]] | $3,000 | |
| | [[Patrick Stanton]] | - | $2,500 | | | [[Patrick Stanton]] | - | $2,500 | |
| | [[Dirk Vos]] | - | $1,000 | | | [[Dirk Vos]] | - | $1,000 | |
| | [[Leslie Bhutani]] | - | $1,000 | | | [[Leslie Bhutani]] | - | $1,000 | |
| | [[Larry Birenbaum]] | [[Cisco]] | $10,000 | | | [[Larry Birenbaum]] | [[Cisco]] | $10,000 | |
| | [[Allen Blue]] | [[LinkedIn]] | $1,736 | | | [[Allen Blue]] | [[DigiDems]], [[LinkedIn]] | $1,736 | |
| | [[Barry Boothe]] | [[Raymond James Financial]] | $2,500 | | | [[Barry Boothe]] | [[Raymond James Financial]] | $2,500 | |
| | [[Adam Borchert]] | [[Bain & Company]] | $5,000 | | | [[Adam Borchert]] | [[Bain & Company]] | $5,000 | |
| | [[Janice Brody]] | - | $1,000 | | | [[Janice Brody]] | - | $1,000 | |
| | [[David Brown]] | [[Penobscot Management]] | $2,500 | | | [[David Brown]] | [[Penobscot Management]] | $2,500 | |
| | [[Shona Brown]] | - | $50,000 | | | [[Shona Brown]] | [[Google]] | $50,000 | |
| | [[Kathleen Burke]] | [[Stupski Foundation]] | $5,000 | | | [[Kathleen Burke]] | [[Stupski Foundation]] | $5,000 | |
| | [[Barton Burstein]] | [[Pace Able Foundation]] | $34,000 | | | [[Barton Burstein]] | [[Pace Able Foundation]] | $34,000 | |
| | [[Ronald Conway]] | [[SV Angel]] | $50,000 | | | [[Ronald Conway]] | [[SV Angel]] | $50,000 | |
| | [[Valerie Cooke]] | [[Elliott Management]] | $5,000 | | | [[Valerie Cooke]] | [[Elliott Management]] | $5,000 | |
| | [[Simone Cox]] | - | $20,000 | | | [[Simone Coxe]] | [[Sutter Hill Ventures]], [[CalMatters]] | $30,000 | |
| | [[Simone Coxe]] | [[Sutter Hill Ventures]] | $10,000 | | |
| | [[Anthony Crabb]] | [[Puma Springs Vineyards]] | $3,500 | | | [[Anthony Crabb]] | [[Puma Springs Vineyards]] | $3,500 | |
| | [[Cedomir Crnkovic]] | [[Brightscope]] | $15,000 | | | [[Cedomir Crnkovic]] | [[Brightscope]] | $15,000 | |
| | [[Ronnie Sharfman]] | - | $800 | | | [[Ronnie Sharfman]] | - | $800 | |
| | [[Ruth Sherer]] | [[El Camino Hospital Mountain View]] | $1,000 | | | [[Ruth Sherer]] | [[El Camino Hospital Mountain View]] | $1,000 | |
| | [[Russell Siegelman]] | [[Stanford University]] | $50,000 | | | [[Russell Siegelman]] | [[Stanford University]], [[Global Innovation Fund]] | $50,000 | |
| | [[John Silberstein]] | - | $500 | | | [[John Silberstein]] | - | $500 | |
| | [[William Simon]] | [[Stanford University]] | $40,000 | | | [[William Simon]] | [[Stanford University]] | $40,000 | |
| | [[Mike Vernal]] | [[Sequoia Capital]] | $500 | | | [[Mike Vernal]] | [[Sequoia Capital]] | $500 | |
| | [[Mara Wallace]] | [[KLA]] | $10,000 | | | [[Mara Wallace]] | [[KLA]] | $10,000 | |
| | [[Diana Walsh]] | - | $50,000 | | | [[Diana Walsh]] | [[University of North Carolina]] | $50,000 | |
| | [[Lowell Weiss]] | [[Cascade Philanthropy Advisors]] | $250 | | | [[Lowell Weiss]] | [[Cascade Philanthropy Advisors]] | $250 | |
| | [[Katie Weitz]] | [[Weitz Family Foundation]] | $1,000 | | | [[Katie Weitz]] | [[Weitz Family Foundation]] | $1,000 | |
