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===Ties to the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity===
*Donlyn Turnbull, Digital Outreach Director
*Chad Goote, Vice President of Advancement
*Dan Remmenga, External Relations Director
'''Former Staff'''
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Florida State Representatives Matt Hudson (R-Naples), Rachel Burgin (R-Tampa Bay), Joseph Abruzzo (D-Wellington), and City of Longwood Mayor Joe Durso endorsed the website.<ref name="WAInd"/>
==Ties to the Bradley Foundation==
Through 2016, the Foundation for Government Accountability received [[Contributions of the Bradley Foundation | $925,000]] from the [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]].
Bradley detailed the most recent grants in internal documents examined by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). Below is a description of the grant prepared by CMD. The quoted text was written by Bradley staff.
'''2016''': $350,000 to support a project on “reducing the welfare state and restoring the working class.” “FGA has worked to advance reforms that move people off of welfare as well. In this case working with the Bradley supported [[American Legislative Exchange Council]], and the Secretaries’ Innovation Group, FGA has conducted research on and public education about the benefits of work requirements and fraud audits.” FGA wants to expand target states from original 22 to include another 19 more.
'''2015''': $350,000 to support public education about Medicaid and a project on reducing the welfare state and restoring the working class. “During the past couple of years, FGA’s principal project has been to educate the policymakers and the public in specifically targeted states about the benefits of rejecting Medicaid expansion under Obamacare… Along with the Bradley supported [[Galen Institute]], (CEO Tarren) Bragdon and FGA have contributed constructively to the health care debate. Its topic specific, in depth focus on state level reform has been of a piece with much of Bradley’s other recent strategic grantmaking—including, among others, to the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]], the Center for Energy Innovation and Independence’s group of state attorneys general, the [[Goldwater Institute]]’s state litigation alliance, the [[Interstate Policy Alliance]], the [[Manhattan Institute for Policy Research]]’s Center for state and Local Leadership, the Sagamore Institute, [[Think Freely Media]], the State Human Service Secretaries’ Innovation Group and the [[State Policy Network]].”
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==Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council==
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The FGA is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and does not disclose the source of its funding. Bragdon has previously said that ”initial donors who were interested in having [him] here” in Florida were responsible for his move to the state.<ref name="WAInd"/> However, the non-profit has received a lot of its funding from national organizations, including:
*[[Donors Trust]] and [[Donors Capital Fund]]: $3,098,900 (2012-2014)
*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]]: $575925,000 (2013-20152016)
==Core Finances==
==Personnel==
===Staff===
As of September 20162017:<ref>Foundation for Government Accountability, [https://thefga.org/team/ Team], organizational website, accessed September 2016.</ref>
*[[Tarren Bragdon]], President and Chief Executive Officer
*[[Jonathan Bechtle]], Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel (former CEO of the [[Freedom Foundation]] in Washington State)
*Sam Adolphsen, Senior Fellow
*Joel Allumbaugh, Visiting Fellow
*Josh Archambault, Senior Fellow
*Brad Brackins, Research Fellow*Andrew Brown, Senior Visiting Fellow
*[[Christie Herrera]], Vice President of State Affairs and Policy Fellow
*Nicholas Horton, Senior Research Fellow
*Jonathan Ingram, Vice President of Research
*Jared Meyer, Senior Research Fellow
*Tom Newell, Senior Fellow
*Gregg Pfister, Legislative Relations Director
*Mary Katherine Stout, Senior Fellow
*Robin Walker, Federal Relations Liaison
*Whitney Munro, Vice President of Communications
*John Marzolph, Digital Outreach Director
*Kelsey Meehan, Staff Writer
*Donlyn Turnbull, Digital Content Director
*Judy Cook, Donor Relations Manager
*Chad Goote, Vice President of Advancement
*Vail Horton, Strategic Development Officer
*Dan Remmenga, External Relations Director
*Kim Borchers, Director of Executive Leadership Development
'''Former Staff'''
*Whitney Neal, Director of Marketing
*Kristina Ribali, Senior Coalitions Director
*Charles Siler, Media Relations Director
*Erik Makrush, Director of Operations
*Chris Hudson, Government Relations (although not disclosed on FGA's website, Hudson is also Florida Public Affairs Director for Strategic Advocacy, a public affairs consulting firm based out of Maine and registered as a foreign corporation in Florida -- Hudson registered as a lobbyist to represent FGA April 16, 2013, as well as LifeStream Behavioral Center, Mental Health Care, Inc., and Apalachee Center, Inc. -- all of which are Medicaid providers in Florida -- in March and April of 2013.)<ref name="lobby">Florida Legislature, [http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/lobbyist/Reports/Lobbyist_LEG_2013.pdf 2013 REGISTRATIONS BY LOBBYIST NAME], state governmental website, accessed November 11, 2013, pp. 167-168.</ref>
*Zachary Crockett, Operations Coordinator
===Board of Directors===
As of September 20162017:<ref>Foundation for Government Accountability, [https://thefga.org/the-foundation/ The Foundation], organizational website, accessed September 2016.</ref>
* [[Tarren Bragdon]], President and CEO
