Julie Fancelli

Julie Jenkins Fancelli (born 1949 or 1950) is an American heiress and conservative political donor. She is an heiress to the Publix supermarkets fortune and a member of America's thirty-ninth richest family. Fancelli's organizational efforts and donations played a decisive role in the January 6, 2021, "Stop the Steal" rally at The Ellipse that preceded the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Early life Fancelli is one of seven children of George W. Jenkins, the founder of the Publix supermarket chain, and Anne MacGregor. She attended the Mount Vernon Seminary in Washington, D.C., and the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Business endeavors Until 2017, Fancelli owned Alma Food Imports, Inc., a company that sold millions of dollars' worth of products to Publix, including $1.7 million in 1996. Publix stopped using Alma as a vendor after Fancelli's departure.

Association with the 2021 United States Capitol attack

On December 29, 2020, Fancelli donated $150,000 to the nonprofit arm of the Republican Attorneys General Association, the Rule of Law Defense Fund. That money was subsequently used to pay for robocalls promoting the "Stop the Steal" rally at the Ellipse on January 6. Fancelli, who was reportedly a "regular listener" of Jones's show, had an assistant call Jones to discuss possible ways to undermine president-elect Joe Biden's victory, and Fancelli and Jones spoke directly at least once between December 27, 2020, and January 1, 2021. The Wall Street Journal described Fancelli's donation as the "lion's share" of the funding behind the "Stop the Steal" rally, while Axios observed "It's getting harder to see how Jan. 6 would have happened without Fancelli's money." Fancelli is the largest donor to the event whose identity is publicly known. Fancelli had reportedly planned to attend the "Stop the Steal" rally herself and had booked a room at the Willard Hotel, but decided not to travel due to fears about the pandemic. On January 31, 2021, Fancelli issued the following statement: "I am a proud conservative and have real concerns associated with election integrity, yet I would never support any violence, particularly the tragic and horrific events that unfolded on January 6."