Corporate America Gives Millions to Groups Registering New Voters in Democratic Areas

Early mail-in ballots wait to be prepared and scanned by the Montgomery County Board of Elections at Plumb Gar Community Recreation Center in Germantown, Md., on Oct. 20, 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Donors representing Fortune 500 giants such as Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments joined with liberal dark money donors to swell the coffers of voter registration groups that focus on heavily Democratic neighborhoods.

Between them, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund and Charles Schwab Charitable Fund gave nearly $3.9 million in 2018 to the Voter Participation Center (VPC), a nominally nonpartisan outfit that’s part of a group of Washington-based voter registration entities.