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| Formation | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Rye Barcott,David Gergen, Peter Dixon |
| Type | Super PAC |
| Headquarters | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Affiliations | With Honor Action; With Honor PAC |
| Website | WithHonorfundii.org |
With Honor Fund II (the next iteration of the With Honor Fund) is an American independent expenditure-only committee (a.k.a. “super PAC”) registered with theFederal Election Commission, led by military veterans and focused on electing next-generation military veterans to create a more effective government.[1]
With Honor Fund's mission is to elect principled next-generation veterans to office who will work in a non-partisan way to create a more effective and less polarized government.[2]
Rye Barcott,David Gergen, Peter Dixon, and other veterans co-founded With Honor Fund in 2017 to support a surge of more than 150 younger veterans who answered the call to serve again and ran forU.S. House of Representative seats from both parties in 2018. With the help of With Honor Fund, 19 military veterans, nine Republicans, and ten Democrats won elections to the U.S. House.
In2024, Dixon ran for the U.S. House inCalifornia's 16th congressional district.[3] He placed fifth in the nonpartisan blanket primary with 8.1% of the vote despite raising the most of all candidates— $2,792,923 including $1.4 million in self-funding.[4] The With Honor Fund's affiliatedsuper PAC was dissolved in September 2023 and its associated funding transferred to a new super PAC called 'Next Generation Veteran Fund' which supported Dixon.[5]
Before being dissolved in September 2023, The With Honor Fund super PAC received $10 million in donations fromAmazon-founderJeff Bezos;Mike andJacklyn Bezos also donated $2 million each; $500,000 fromWalmart'sWalton family; and $750,000 fromMichael Bloomberg.[5][4]
With Honor Fund will support a select group of veteran candidates who take The With Honor Pledge "to put principles before politics, and lead with civility, integrity, and courage, including the courage to take specific actions like meeting with someone from another party at least once a month and sponsoring legislation with a member of another party at least once a year."[6]
With Honor Fund's disruptive political effort has been covered byMSNBC'sMorning Joe,[7]Fox News'Fox & Friends,[8]The Atlantic,[9] and other media.Admiral Michael Mullen andElliot Ackerman authored an op-ed inUSA Today announcing With Honor Fund's first slate of candidate endorsements.[10] Former senatorsRichard Lugar andTom Daschle wrote inU.S. News & World Report about With Honor Fund and new research byThe Lugar Center illustrating how veterans in Congress have historically been more bi-partisan than non-veterans.[11]