The Michigan State Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse

Campaign Finance Data

Government Data Sources:

• Secretary of State's Campaign Finance Portal (check for both contributions and expenditures data)
• Michigan Secretary of State Elections Website

For the "No" Committee, use Committe ID: 0609080. As of August 9, 2026, there was no "Yes" Committee.

Full "No" Committee Name: Protect MI Constitution From Special Interests

Committee Type: Ballot Question

Support/Opposing: Opposing (O)

 

News media coverage of the campaign finance disclosures as of August 9, 2026:

• Schuster, Simon D., More dark money flows to Michigan ballot groups, Bridge Michigan, April 27, 2026.
• Schuster, Simon D., Who’s funding Michigan ballot campaigns? Dark money flows from out of state, Bridge Michigan, Oct. 29, 2025.

The Early Dark Money Groups Supporting the “No” Committee:

1. Global Impact Social Welfare Fund. $175K contributed.
2. American Opportunity Action, $300K contributed.
3. The Fairness Project, $385K contributed.

Notes:

• Amounts contributed are as reported to Michigan’s secretary of state by April 27, 2026.
• All of the groups are supported by labor unions.
• These funds tend to be supported by other dark money nonprofit groups; for example, the Fairness Project is partially funded by the Sixteen Thirty Fund and Hopewell Fund.
• The links may be complex and circular.  For example, the Global Impact Social Welfare Fund funds the Sixteen Thirty Fund, which funds the Fairness Project.

Overview Articles:

• Untangling the Democratic Dark Money Web Funding Independent Candidates, Inside Elections, August 7, 2026.
• Major donors to the Virgina Redistricting ballot measure, Capital Research Center, May 7, 2026.
• Protect MI Constitution from Special Interests, Influence Watch, 2026.

Articles on the Individual Dark Money Groups:

• Global Impact Social Welfare Fund

https://capitalresearch.org/article/update-major-donors-to-the-virgina-redistricting-ballot-measure/

https://insideelections.com/untangling-the-democratic-dark-money-web-funding-independent-candidates/

https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/global-impact-social-welfare-fund/

https://charity.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Global-Impact-2023-Form-990-Public-Copy.pdf

• American Opportunity Action

https://capitalresearch.org/article/update-major-donors-to-the-virgina-redistricting-ballot-measure/

https://insideelections.com/untangling-the-democratic-dark-money-web-funding-independent-candidates/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/politics/dark-money-nonprofits-explainer.html

https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/american-opportunity-action/

• The Fairness Project

https://thefairnessproject.org/our-mission/?utm_source=copilot.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Project

https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article228258029.html

https://capitalresearch.org/article/update-major-donors-to-the-virgina-redistricting-ballot-measure/