WBUR, December 2025
DraftKings donated $50,000 in June to a nonprofit political advocacy group launched by Gov. Maura Healey to promote her housing policies, according to a report from the Boston-based sports betting giant to gaming regulators. The disclosure of the donation offers a rare glimpse into what’s essentially a black-box political fund. The organization, called One Commonwealth, is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that has rallied people around a controversial zoning law and has paid for advertisements plugging Healey’s housing policy victories. It is not required to report its backers publicly.
Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll created the nonprofit last year as they pressed local cities and towns to come into compliance with the MBTA Communities Act, a law that requires some municipalities in Greater Boston to allow zoning for multi-family housing near T stops. In its report to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission this fall, DraftKings cast Healey’s nonprofit as seeking to “increase the availability of homes in Massachusetts by creating more housing options.”
