Watchdog accuses DSA candidate of blurring charity, business and campaign: ‘What happened to all that money?’
The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), a conservative watchdog, has asked federal and Florida authorities to investigate whether Florida state legislator and US Senate candidate Angie Nixon improperly used a now-defunct nonprofit. The complaint alleges possible problems involving the charity’s spending, its relationship with Nixon’s business, fundraising after its board voted to close it, and use of business premises for campaign activity. Nixon’s campaign disputes the complaint’s characterisations.
The Moxie Group was set up in 2019 to support Café Resistance, a community bookstore and coffee shop in Jacksonville. Its 2024 reporting listed $210,000 in expenses as “other”, including payments of $42,560 and $68,304 under programme services, without full itemisation; the complaint also says the nonprofit’s registration licence was transferred to a for-profit company with the same name. The board voted to disband the group on 15 December 2025, while formal dissolution was filed on 1 October 2026; Nixon’s campaign says she resigned as manager in December 2025 and was not involved in later decisions.
In short
- Watchdog asks authorities to examine Angie Nixon’s defunct nonprofit.
- Its 2024 filing listed $210,000 in expenses as “other”.
- Nixon’s campaign says she resigned as manager in December 2025.
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The case for
The watchdog’s case is that a charity handling substantial funds should provide clear, itemised accounts and keep its finances, any related business and election activity properly separate. The large, broadly labelled expenses, the reported transfer of the charity’s registration licence and fundraising after the board voted to close it warrant scrutiny; an investigation could establish whether rules were followed and protect public trust in nonprofits and campaigns.
The case against
The campaign’s case is that the complaint raises questions but does not establish wrongdoing: broad expense categories and a licence transfer do not by themselves show funds were misused. Nixon says she resigned as manager when the board voted to disband the group and was not involved in later decisions, so responsibility for subsequent fundraising or the delay in formal dissolution should be assessed against the evidence rather than attributed to her without proof.
Explained simply
The Moxie Group was a nonprofit set up in 2019 to support Café Resistance, a community bookshop and coffee shop in Jacksonville, Florida. Angie Nixon, a Florida state legislator and US Senate candidate, is connected to the business; her campaign says she left her role managing the charity in December 2025.
The dispute centres on how the nonprofit handled its money and how it was connected to Nixon’s business and political activity. Its 2024 accounts included $210,000 in expenses under a broad “other” category, and a watchdog says the charity’s registration was transferred to a for-profit company with the same name.
The National Legal and Policy Center has asked authorities to investigate possible breaches involving the charity’s spending, fundraising and use of business premises for campaign activity. The campaign disputes the complaint’s characterisations; the questions matter because charities and political campaigns are subject to different rules.
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