The Federalist reported Friday that a group with Mark Zuckerberg’s support, which leans to the left, is pushing a $6 million election grant program from a powerful left-wing charity to “help local election officials.”

Emails seen by The Federalist show that the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) reportedly told election officials to take part in the Institute for Responsive Government’s (IRG) “A More Responsive Government 2024 Grant Program.” According to Influence Watch, Zuckerberg gave $328 million to the CTCL, which then gave $350 million to states across the country in 2020.

Ned Jones, director of the Citizens Election Research Center, told The Federalist that the new “grant” program, called the “A More Responsive Government 2024 Grant Program,” is the latest plan by a left-wing nonprofit network to use the money of progressive activist billionaires to influence election offices, carry out the left-wing agenda for election administration, and change the outcome. “Every state should ban these things, just like 28 states have already done.”

“We are giving you information about this program as we do with other neutral tools and funding opportunities that can help you do your work,” the email said.

The website for the IRG says that it is a left-leaning charity that focuses on election policy. New Venture Fund, a left-leaning nonprofit, gives money to the IRG. Arabella Advisors, a left-leaning nonprofit management company, is in charge of the IRG.

Influence Watch says that the New Venture Fund gets money from a number of left-leaning supporters, such as The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation. The IRG is just one of many projects run by the New Venture Fund. The Election Integrity Fund, the Democracy Fund, and the Climate Fund are some of the others.

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The IRG says that grants run from $6,000 to $1.35 million. The email says that Colorado, Delaware, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Nevada, and Washington, D.C. are all states that can get funds.