Who funds Georgians for Integrity and what ads have they run against Burt Jones?
Executive summary
A shadowy operation calling itself “Georgians for Integrity” has spent roughly $4–5 million on television ads, mailers and texts attacking Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, but the identity of the group’s funders remains undisclosed after the entity incorporated in Delaware as a nonprofit social welfare organization on Nov. 24 and used a mailbox address in Atlanta on media paperwork [1] [2] [3]. The ads accuse Jones of “profiting off taxpayers,” repeatedly urge viewers to call him, and notably do not mention the 2026 governor’s race or identify him as a candidate—facts that have spurred a Georgia GOP ethics complaint arguing the group is an unregistered independent committee [4] [5].
1. Who is paying — incorporated in Delaware, donors hidden
Public reporting shows Georgians for Integrity was incorporated in Delaware and identified itself as a nonprofit social welfare organization under the federal tax code, a common vehicle that allows groups to spend on politics while shielding donor identities, and that entity has poured millions into the anti-Jones campaign [1] [2] [3].
2. How much has been spent and where money appears
Media buys tied to Georgians for Integrity amount to roughly $4–5 million in television airtime, mail and text communications since late November, an outlay that has made the ads hard to miss across Georgia broadcasts [1] [2] [6].
3. The ads’ content and strategy — attack without naming the race
The advertisements and mailers attack Jones for allegedly “profiting off taxpayers,” repeatedly instruct viewers to “Tell Burt, stop profiting off taxpayers,” but—crucially—do not identify him as running for governor or reference the 2026 election, a tactical choice highlighted by local reporting and the AP wire [4] [2].
4. Local footprint: mailbox, media buyer and limited transparency
On materials filed with television stations Georgians for Integrity listed a local address that is a mailbox at an Atlanta office supply store and identified a media buyer named Alex Roberts with a Park City, Utah, address—Roberts had not responded to reporter inquiries at the time of reporting, and the group itself has been difficult to contact [1] [2] [3].
5. Legal and political pushback — GOP ethics complaint and registration questions
The Georgia Republican Party filed an ethics complaint alleging Georgians for Integrity is functioning as an independent committee that has failed to register and disclose donors as state law requires for entities spending to affect elections, an allegation GOP officials say merits enforcement given the size and timing of the spending [5] [7].
6. Context of the attacks — reuse of existing accusations and policy specifics
The messaging in the ads echoes earlier charges of self-dealing against Jones that rival Republicans had made for months; reporting ties some of the substance to Jones’ past votes on a 2017 law related to eminent domain exceptions and to controversies involving large development projects such as potential data center sites, though reporting notes that eminent domain itself is not being used to benefit the cited $10 billion development project [3].
7. Denials, silence and the remaining mystery
Both of Jones’ main GOP primary rivals have denied involvement with the advertising, Georgia GOP officials say they do not know who is funding the group, and reporters have been unable to identify donors—leaving the central question of “who is paying” unresolved in the public record as of the cited reporting [5] [1] [7].
8. Why it matters — disclosure, election law and voter information
Because Georgians for Integrity structured itself as a nonprofit social welfare organization and avoided explicit electoral language in its ads, it sits at the intersection of federal nonprofit rules and Georgia’s election disclosure regime, raising legal and political questions about when spending is required to be reported and how voters can evaluate anonymous influence on high-dollar statewide contests [1] [4] [5].