====== Guarding Against Pandemics ======

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**Guarding Against Pandemics PAC** is an American [[political action committee]] based in [[united_states:arizona:Phoenix]], [[united_states:Arizona]].((//Home.// Guarding against Pandemics Action. Retrieved December 23, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221223201305/https://www.againstpandemicsaction.org/)) 

It operates as a PAC under the name Guarding Against Pandemics Action, and as a non-profit organization under the shortened name Guarding Against Pandemics.((//Home.// Guarding against Pandemics. Retrieved November 18, 2022, from https://archive.vn/l5L08))

GAP was founded by [[Gabe Bankman-Fried]], brother of [[FTX]] founder [[Sam Bankman-Fried]].((Schleifer, T. (2022, November 11). //The S.B.F. Pandemic.// Puck. https://archive.vn/seYar))

===== History =====

==== 2022 election ====

2021 tax records for GAP reveal that the organization gave $100,000 to [[House Majority Forward]]. The group also gave $1 million to [[Voto Latino]] for the purpose of opposing [[united_states:California]] Governor [[Gavin Newsom]]'s recall election.((Schwartz, B. (2022, December 19). //How former crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried and friends quietly donated to political groups and relatives.// CNBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20221222201107/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/19/how-ftx-founder-sbf-and-friends-quietly-donated-to-political-groups-and-relatives.html))

GAP also paid around $690,000 to [[GMMB]] for advertising and production services, which the firm described as being for a "media buy."

In April 2022, GAP purchased a townhouse in the Capitol Hill region of [[united_states:Washington, D.C.]] listed for over $3 million. The home was allegedly used for cocktail parties hosted by the nonprofit.((Hart, J. (2022, November 27). //PHOTOS: Inside the $3 million DC townhouse where FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s brother hosted parties for his COVID-19 nonprofit.// Business Insider. https://web.archive.org/web/20221223201717/https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-multimillion-dollar-dc-townhouse-gabe-bankman-fried-nonprofit-photos-2022-11))

In November 2022, after the collapse of [[FTX]] and its associated companies and organizations, [[Gabe Bankman-Fried]] resigned from [[Guarding Against Pandemics]].((Dan Diamond [@ddiamond]. (2022, November 14). //“Scoop: GABE BANKMAN-FRIED has stepped down as head of Guarding Against Pandemics, the advocacy organization bankrolled by brother SBF, per a person familiar. In statement, GAP says it is ‘proud’ of its contributions in pandemic prevention and ‘hopeful’ momentum will continue.”// [Tweet]. Twitter. https://web.archive.org/web/20230321164041/https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1592261331847376896))

===== Organization =====

GAP is a Carey committee, "a hybrid political action committee that is not affiliated with a candidate and has the ability to operate both as a traditional PAC, contributing funds to a candidate's committee, and as a super PAC, which makes independent expenditures."((//Academic Resources: Glossary.// OpenSecrets. Retrieved December 23, 2022, from https://www.opensecrets.org/resources/learn/glossary.php#Carey+Committee))

==== Funding ====

[[Sam Bankman-Fried]] is reported as having provided funds for the organization.((Hart, J. (2022, November 27). //PHOTOS: Inside the $3 million DC townhouse where FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s brother hosted parties for his COVID-19 nonprofit.// Business Insider. https://web.archive.org/web/20221223201717/https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-multimillion-dollar-dc-townhouse-gabe-bankman-fried-nonprofit-photos-2022-11)) [[Alameda Research]] also reportedly gave $5 million to GAP in 2022, though this is not disclosed on the latter's website.((Schwartz, B. (2022, December 19). //How former crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried and friends quietly donated to political groups and relatives.// CNBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20221222201107/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/19/how-ftx-founder-sbf-and-friends-quietly-donated-to-political-groups-and-relatives.html))

Over $100,000 was moved between the non-profit and PAC arms of the organization during 2022. 

^  2022 donors((//Organizations Disclosing Donations to Guarding Against Pandemics PAC, 2022.// OpenSecrets. Retrieved December 23, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221223202555/https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2022?cmte=C00781229&tab=donors_all))  ^^^
^ Name  ^ Affiliation  ^ Amount  ^
| [[Ashwin Acharya]]  | [[Georgetown University]]  | $5,000  |
| [[BFB PAC]]  | -  | $5,000  |
| [[Elizabeth Edwards-Appell]]  | [[Preparing for Tomorrow]]  | $5,000  |
| [[Evan Hubinger]]  | -  | $5,000  |
| [[Todor Markov]]  | [[OpenAI]]  | $5,000  |
| [[Eric Martin]]  | [[Jump Operations]]  | $5,000  |
| [[Maxwell Alejandro Frost for Congress]]  | -  | $1,000  |
| [[Sean McElwee]]  | [[Data for Progress]]  | $1,000  |
| [[Michael Sadowsky]]  | [[OpenLabs]]  | $5,000  |
| [[Anna Salamon]]  | [[Center for Applied Rationality]]  | $5,000  |
| [[Carl Shulman]]  | -  | $5,000  |
| [[William Stebbing]]  | [[Ought]]  | $5,000  |
| [[The Next 50]]  | -  | $5,000  |
| [[Kevin Wei]]  | [[Digital Ocean]]  | $500  |
| [[Ethan Winter]]  | [[Data for Progress]]  | $500  |

==== Expenditures ====

^  2022 expenditures((//Expenditures by Guarding Against Pandemics PAC, 2022.// (2022, December 23). OpenSecrets. https://archive.vn/2lkVs))  ^^
^ Name  ^ Amount  ^
| [[ActBlue]]  | $7,784  |
| [[Blue Dog PAC]]  | $5,000  |
| [[Building Bridges PAC]]  | $5,000  |
| [[Everyaction]]  | $7,859  |
| [[Giddy Up PAC]]  | $5,000  |
| [[Money Wheel]]  | $13,000  |
| [[New Democrat Coalition]]  | $5,000  |
| [[Peters for Michigan]]  | $5,000  |
| [[Prestige Worldwide]]  | $7,500  |
| [[Sunny Day Strategies]]  | $35,084  |
| [[Henri Thunberg]]  | $5,600  |