ActBlue LLC is the for-profit arm of the left-of-center political action committee ActBlue, the 501(c)(3) pass-through affiliate of ActBlue Charities, and the 501(c)(4) pass-through affiliate of ActBlue Civics.
Background
The ActBlue website was launched in 2004 by Ben Rahn and Matt DeBergalis as a fundraising platform for left-of-center organizations and candidates. 1 According to its own figures, ActBlue claimed to have raised $2.4 billion for its clients from 2004 through 2018. 4 According to the letter from both unions, those whom left included the organization’s customer service and partnerships directors, which included ActBlue’s former vice president of customer service Alyssa Twomey whom later wrote on social media, “After 14+ years of living and breathing all things ActBlue, it’s time for a reset. I’m taking an intentional pause before setting course for my next adventure.” 4 In addition, other resignations included the group’s associate general counsel, the assistant research director, one human resources official, the chief revenue officer and a donation engineer. The New York Times article also claimed that a lawyer in the ActBlue general counsel’s office, Zain Ahmad, was on leave from the organization while his previous access to emails and internal platforms within the group had been cut off around February 26. In a statement on ActBlue’s Slack platform, Ahmad claimed, “Please be advised that we have Anti-Retaliation and Whistleblower Policies for a reason.” 4 The unions’ letter claimed Ahmad’s statements were, “unsettling and disturbing, and part of a growing pattern of volatility and toxicity stemming from current leadership.” 4
ActBlue LLC
Little information is available about ActBlue LLC. ActBlue’s website does not mention its for-profit operations. The entity was incorporated in 2005 in Somerville, MA, under ActBlue leaders Benjamin Rahn, Erin Hill, Marc Laitin, and Matthew Debergalis. Branches have been incorporated in Maryland, Oregon, California, Texas, Maine, Washington, Montana, Delaware, Florida, Ohio, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Virginia. 0){
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