Gov. Greitens nonprofit gives $250,000 in dark money to right-to-work PAC
JEFFERSON CITY -- Gov. Eric Greitens’ nonprofit just donated $250,000 to a political action committee working to protect Missouri’s right-to-work law.
But where that $250,000 originally came from will likely never be known.
Tracking campaign spending in Missouri is getting more difficult, thanks in part to the emergence of a crop of politically active nonprofit organizations.
Nonprofits aren’t required to disclose their donors. When contributions are routed through a nonprofit to a political campaign to hide the source of the donation, it’s referred to as “dark money.”
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