The Michigan State Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse

Campaign Finance Data

 

The Contributions and Expenditures for Protect MI Constitution From Special Interests
can be found  here.

An AI-based dark money report on Proposal 1 can be found here.

The contributions to Voters Not Politicians, which since Sept. 24, 2026 has largely served as the public face of Protect MI Constitution from Special Interests, can be found here. The same sources funding and organizing Protect MI Constitution from Special Interests have funded Voters Not Politicians.

An academic article describing the dark money network opposing state constitutional convention call referendums, can be found here.  A revised version of this article was published in J.H. Snider's book.

Data Sources:

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

Search Tools

• Committee ID: 0609080. As of August 9, 2026, there was no "Yes" Committee.
• 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 September 23, 2026:

Note: The  news media coverage has been both remarkably limited in poor.

• 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.

Why doesn't the Detroit News and other news media outlets cover the dark money contributions to the Protect MI Constitution from special interests the way they cover the dark money contributions opposed to Proposal 2?

Editorial Board, Prop 2 is riddled with deceit and hypocrisy; it should be defeated, Detroit News, Sept. 22, 2026.

Why not cover the dark money contributions to Protect MI Constitution from special interests the way dark money contributions to and from political candidates is covered?

Wright, Adam, Lee Chatfield's trial is delayed, but Michigan's need for reform shouldn't be, Detroit News, Sept. 23, 2026.

Major Contributors

All the major contributors were dark money groups supporting the "no" coalition. There were three dark money groups: 

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.

Articles discussing the dark money groups

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/

Major Expenditures:

• Byrum & Fisk: Communications services.
• Two Rivers Public Affairs Inc.: Political consulting services, LinkedIn, website, Blog, Influence Watch.
• Honigman: Legal services, website,
• Consensus Public Affairs LLC: Committee management services, website. LinkedIn
• Campaign Finance Services: Campaign finance compliance services, website.