early donors include Andrew Tisch, co-chairman of Loews Corporation; Ron Shaich, founder of Panera Bread; and Dave Morin, a former Facebook executive. Writing in The New York Times, Frank Rich said: "This is exactly the kind of revolving-door synergy between corporate power and governance that turns off Americans left, right and, yes, center. Oblivious to this taint, No Labels named a few fat-cat donors who have ponied up $1 million-plus... What America needs is not another political organization with a toothless agenda and less-than-transparent finances." No Labels raised approximately $12 million from 2010 to mid-2014. According to a Yahoo! News report based on its internal documents, "much of the group's budget goes toward sustaining or promoting itself". In May 2014, No Labels employed twenty-two paid staffers and eight consultants. Its projected yearly budget for 2014 was $4.5 million, of which 30% was for "digital growth and press", 14% for fundraising, 5% for travel, and 4% for "Congressional relations". Its donors during that period included former Enron executive John Arnold and his wife Laura Arnold; American investor Alfred Taubman, who was convicted in 2002 for antitrust violations, and his wife Judith Rounick; and private equity investor and Republican Party donor John Canning Jr. According to The Daily Beast, by the end of the 2018 cycle, No Labels' super-PACs received more than $11 million from fifty-three donors, most of whom come from the financial industry. A Chicago Sun-Times investigation reported that super PACs related to No Labels include: United for Progress, Inc.; Citizens for a Strong America, Inc.; United Together; Govern or Go Home; and Forward, Not Back. Criticism Toxic work environment In December 2022, an article in Politico described a "toxic" culture within No Labels, citing a "cutthroat culture, one where staffers are routinely fired or pushed out, have little trust in management, and believe the workplace environment can be difficult for minority and female colleagues." Specific criticisms included the hiring of Mark Halperin, a journalist and author accused by multiple women of sexual harassment in 2017, who is No Labels' highest paid employee; a Black employee being singled out to discuss race issues at a staff meeting; and a culture in which "staffers are bombarded with emails and demands by Jacobson." In response to the criticism, several senior officials for the group described staff complaints as coming from, according to Politico, "aggrieved ex-workers" who could not adapt to a demanding