| Formation | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Type | 501(c)3 organization |
| 85-1359192 | |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC [1] |
President | Chris Jankowski [1] |
Executive director | Katherine Neal [1] |
Key people | Elon Musk [2] |
| Website | buildingamericasfuture |
Building America's Future is a political non-profit organization funded by Elon Musk actively supporting Donald Trump and other Republican candidates in the 2024 United States elections. [2]
Building America's Future ran an ad during the 2024 Republican Party presidential debate in Miami which claimed that an “E-ZPass lane for whales in the Gulf” implemented by Joe Biden was responsible for high gas prices. [1]
During the early stages of the 2024 election, Building America's Future targeted black voters in South Carolina with mailers encouraging them not to vote for Joe Biden. [3]
In April 2024, Building America's Future took out ads in Kansas, Mississippi, and Missouri which promoted the immigration policies of Glenn Youngkin. [4]
In October 2024, the group hosted an event in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania headlined by Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee. [5]
Progress 2028 was a disinformation campaign which presented itself as a progressive Kamala Harris-backed alternative to Project 2025 when it was actually fully controlled by Building America's Future. [6] An entity called Progress 2028 was registered by Building America's Future on September 26, 2024. An associated website and ad campaign were rolled out days later. [7]
The Future Coalition PAC is entirely funded by Building America's Future. [8] In 2024, the Future Coalition PAC ran contradictory ads: they ran ads in Michigan which accused Kamala Harris of being pro-Israel, and ads in Pennsylvania accusing her of being pro-Palestinian. The ads were criticized as anti-Semitic, particularly in their portrayal of her husband Doug Emhoff. [9] [10]
The Stand for US PAC is primarily funded by Building America's Future. Stand for US PAC has gotten involved in Missouri backing Jay Ashcroft in the Governor's race there, with a series of ads attacking his opponent Mike Kehoe. [11]
In 2023, the group's president was Chris Jankowski and its executive director was Katherine Neal. [1]
The group had $11 million in revenue in 2021 and $53 million in revenue in 2022. Elon Musk began contributing to the group in 2022. [2]
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