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The Wellspring Committee was a [[501(c)(4)]] organization operating out of Manassas, Virginia that served as a fund for conservative political nonprofit groups.<ref name="wsflow">Viveca Novak, Robert Maguire and Peter Overby,[http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/11/wellsprings-flow.html Wellspring's Flow: Dark Money Outfit Helped Fuel Groups on Political Front Lines], Opensecrets, November 5, 2013.</ref> Founded in 2008, the Wellspring Committee regularly contributed funding to  nonprofits that create ads for Republican candidates and causes.<ref name="wsflow"/> However, because the Wellspring Committee did not fund the ads directly, its IRS tax filings maintain the Wellspring Committee is not engaged in "political campaign activities on behalf of or in opposition to candidates for public office."<ref name="wsflow"/> 

Wellspring was a major funding source for the [[Judicial Crisis Network]] (JCN), a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that uses undisclosed dark money "issue ads" to influence state and federal judicial appointments and elections, and which spent heavily to oppose President Obama's appointment of a replacement for deceased U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.<ref>Judicial Crisis Network, "[http://judicialnetwork.com/let-the-people-decide-statement/ JCN Launches 'Let the People Decide' Campaign]," press release, February 18, 2016.</ref> JCN was founded by Wellspring president Ann Corkery.<ref name="big boost jcn"/>

According to ''Maplight'' Senior Reporter Andrew Perez, the Wellspring Committee filed termination paperwork in Virginia. The paperwork is dated December 20, 2019 and signed by [[Neil Corkery]] the spouse of Ann Corkery and president of the organization at the time.<ref>Andrew Perez [https://twitter.com/andrewperezdc/status/1130156764446494721 Odd: The Wellspring Committee, which has been used as a pass through to pour tens of millions of dollars into the @judicialnetwork each year, has dissolved. The nonprofit filed termination paperwork in Virginia in December] Twitter, May 19, 2019</ref><ref name=Kav>Anna Massoglia and Andrew Perez [https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/05/dark-money-group-funded-by-17million-mystery-donor-before-kavanaugh/ Secretive conservative legal group funded by $17 million mystery donor before Kavanaugh fight] ''OPENSECRETS NEWS'' May 17, 2019</ref>