{"id":42851,"date":"2026-07-22T07:31:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=42851"},"modified":"2026-07-22T07:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:31:33","slug":"bailey-seeks-to-classify-any-organization-receiving-10k-in-state-grants-as-a-public-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/42851-bailey-seeks-to-classify-any-organization-receiving-10k-in-state-grants-as-a-public-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Bailey Seeks to Classify Any Organization Receiving $10K in State Grants as a &#8216;Public Body&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>REPUBLICAN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR NOMINEE AARON DEL MAR SPEAKS INSIDE THE ILLINOIS CAPITOL ON JULY 20, 2026 <em>(Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Move would subject those orgs to open meetings, FOIA laws; Pritzker campaign calls it a stunt that would hurt small nonprofits<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By BRENDEN MOORE<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:bmoore@capitolnewsillinois.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bmoore@capitolnewsillinois.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Article Summary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Darren Bailey\u2019s campaign is getting behind stalled Statehouse legislation that would make nongovernmental organizations that receive at least $10,000 or 20% of their total funding from the state subject to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act and the Open Meetings Act.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would make hundreds if not thousands of private entities &#8220;public bodies&#8221; under the law. This would subject them to the same rigorous scrutiny that government agencies are under to maintain and produce records.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under existing law, executed state contracts are available via public records requests made to state agencies. And certain records held by grantees that directly relate to the service they are performing on behalf of the state are presently subject to FOIA.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPRINGFIELD \u2014 Republican Darren Bailey&#8217;s gubernatorial campaign is calling for greater transparency over nongovernmental organizations that receive at least $10,000 in state grants by making them subject to public records and open meetings requests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an interview with Capitol News Illinois on Monday, Bailey\u2019s running mate Aaron Del Mar said the campaign is getting behind <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus\/FullText?GAID=18&amp;DocNum=5613&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=167667&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stalled Statehouse legislation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that would make NGOs that receive at least $10,000 or 20% of their total funding from the state subject to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act and the Open Meetings Act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Every other level of government here in Illinois is subject to FOIA,&#8221; Del Mar said. &#8220;But we can&#8217;t see once that money leaves state coffers and goes to one of these NGOs or these vendors how they&#8217;re spending it. What is the actual outcome?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proposal comes as Bailey wages an uphill battle against incumbent Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, a self-funding billionaire who is seeking a third term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bailey comfortably won the Republican primary in March but is being <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/pritzker-spends-big-in-second-fundraising-quarter-as-bailey-struggles-to-keep-up\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vastly outspent by Pritzker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and running in a blue state while facing a tough electoral climate nationally for his party. The downstate farmer has also been trying to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/bailey-says-campaign-will-focus-on-chicago-area-after-rough-primary-night-in-suburbs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">make amends<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for statements made during his 2022 campaign, such as referring to Chicago as a &#8220;hellhole.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With President Donald Trump&#8217;s deep unpopularity in Illinois, particularly in Chicago and the suburbs, Bailey and Del Mar have tried to keep the focus on Pritzker and promoting so-called &#8220;80-20&#8221; issues relating to affordability, public safety and education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Del Mar said the NGO proposal is in line with those goals, noting that the state&#8217;s $56 billion spending plan relies on hundreds of millions of dollars in new taxes, which wouldn&#8217;t be necessary if there were savings to be found within grant programs. He said his administration would also launch portals to more clearly track state grant spending.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a huge amount of revenue and we want to know where it&#8217;s going,&#8221; Del Mar said. &#8220;So we&#8217;ve created a new program that we&#8217;re going to be launching that is going to be about accountability with NGOs.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Del Mar said there is an added importance in wake of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/state-rep-carol-ammons-husband-plead-not-guilty-to-corruption-charges\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">federal indictment of Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who is accused of, among other charges, using her official position to direct state grant money to three separate nonprofits that paid her daughter. Ammons has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/state-rep-carol-ammons-husband-plead-not-guilty-to-corruption-charges\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pleaded not guilty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, though House Speaker Emanuel &#8220;Chris&#8221; Welch said he&#8217;s directed staff to \u201creview the budget to determine whether any funds need to be paused or reconsidered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What&#8217;s being proposed?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proposal, sponsored by three members of the right-wing Illinois Freedom Caucus, was filed in February but hasn&#8217;t moved past the gatekeeping House Rules Committee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would make hundreds if not thousands of private entities &#8220;public bodies&#8221; under the law. This would subject them to the same rigorous scrutiny that government agencies are under to maintain and produce records. It would also likely result in meetings of these vendors being open to the public under the Open Meetings Act.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under existing law, executed state contracts are available via public records requests made to state agencies. And certain records held by grantees that directly relate to the service they are performing on behalf of the state are presently subject to FOIA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Del Mar said the campaign is also calling for a state website to highlight every NGO receiving money. There is currently no website for that specific purpose.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But under the Illinois Grant Accountability and Transparency Act, all active grant programs are included in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gata.illinois.gov\/grants\/csfa.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">list form and via a searchable database<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Under each program is information such as its purpose, eligibility requirements, procedures and grantees with active awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Illinois comptroller&#8217;s office also has a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/illinoiscomptroller.gov\/financial-reports-data\/find-a-report\/state-contracts\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">searchable database<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of state contracts. And all agency spending and contracts executed are subject to review by the Illinois auditor general&#8217;s office and the executive inspector general.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pritzker&#8217;s campaign dismissed the proposal as a stunt, noting that the requirements in the bill could be cost-prohibitive for small non-profits and effectively shut them out of state grant programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDarren Bailey is a hypocrite,&#8221; said Pritzker spokesperson Alex Gough. &#8220;He wants to bring Donald Trump\u2019s cronyism and chaos to our state, including by \u2018DOGEing\u2019 Illinois. There\u2019s no person less qualified to demand transparency than a MAGA Republican who can\u2019t bring himself to demand accountability from his own party.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Similar vein to Illinois DOGE<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Republicans for years have scrutinized the Pritzker&#8217;s spending plans, with a common critique being that the state&#8217;s general fund budget has increased from $40 billion in Pritzker&#8217;s first year in office to $56 billion in the current fiscal year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though nominally a 40% increase, it amounts to about 7% when adjusted for inflation. Much of the increased spending has been directed towards K-12 education, pensions and growing healthcare costs for state employees and Medicaid patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Echoing Republicans across the country, Bailey has focused on finding &#8220;waste, fraud and abuse&#8221; in government, namely in human service programs that award state grant funds to outside vendors. This became especially pronounced in the wake of a massive fraud scandal that rocked Minnesota&#8217;s social safety net last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a memo outlining their program, Del Mar said more than $750 million was allocated in the current year&#8217;s budget to NGOs, including &#8220;hundreds of millions&#8221; in &#8220;woke&#8221; grants &#8220;likely rampant with Minnesota-style fraud.&#8221; But Del Mar did not provide evidence to back up the claim or specific cuts a Bailey administration would make the state budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In January, Bailey proposed an &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilcatholic.org\/cci-statement-on-passage-of-assisted-suicide-sb-1950\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illinois DOGE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&#8221; a state version of Trump\u2019s and Elon Musk\u2019s now-shuttered Department of Government Efficiency, to be led by Del Mar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They said at the time that it would not be a tool to lay off large numbers of state employees or make cuts based on partisan politics \u2014 a difference from Trump\u2019s and Musk\u2019s approach.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. 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