Funding and planning for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence fell largely to two nonprofits with similar names: America250 and Freedom 250.
That similarity has sowed a lot of confusion over who was in charge of which celebrations. And according to a report House Democrats released on July 2, 2026, one of the groups, Freedom 250, has allegedly engaged in some fraudulent fundraising practices that took advantage of that confusion.
