Lincoln Project's cash had gone to spend subcontractors, "making it tough to follow the cash" to vendors, and that "practically all" of the income elevated had gone to companies operate by the group's board members, specially Galen's Summit Strategic Communications and Steslow's Tusk Digital. Firms operate by the board associates account for $50 million in expenses of the $90 million raised, in accordance to a February 2021 news report.