Lincoln Project's cash had long gone to shell out subcontractors, "creating it tough to follow the money" to distributors, and that "virtually all" of the funds raised had gone to companies run by the group's board users, particularly Galen's Summit Strategic Communications and Steslow's Tusk Digital. Firms run by the board users account for $50 million in expenses of the $90 million raised, according to a February 2021 news report.