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Guarding Against Pandemics
Guarding Against Pandemics PAC is an American political action committee based in Phoenix, Arizona.1)
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.2)
GAP was founded by Gabe Bankman-Fried, brother of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.3)
History
In April 2022, GAP purchased a townhouse in the Capitol Hill region of Washington, D.C. listed for over $3 million. The home was allegedly used for cocktail parties hosted by the nonprofit.4)
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.”5)
Funding
Sam Bankman-Fried is reported as having provided funds for the organization.6)
Over $100,000 was moved between the non-profit and PAC arms of the organization during 2022.
| 2022 donors7) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 PAC | - | $5,000 |
| Kevin Wei | Digital Ocean | $500 |
| Ethan Winter | Data for Progress | $500 |
Expenditures
| 2022 expenditures8) | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
1)
Home. Guarding against Pandemics Action. Retrieved December 23, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221223201305/https://www.againstpandemicsaction.org/
2)
Home. Guarding against Pandemics. Retrieved November 18, 2022, from https://archive.vn/l5L08
3)
Schleifer, T. (2022, November 11). The S.B.F. Pandemic. Puck. https://archive.vn/seYar
4)
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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
5)
Academic Resources: Glossary. OpenSecrets. Retrieved December 23, 2022, from https://www.opensecrets.org/resources/learn/glossary.php#Carey+Committee
7)
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
8)
Expenditures by Guarding Against Pandemics PAC, 2022. (2022, December 23). OpenSecrets. https://archive.vn/2lkVs