In March 2018, Katherine Maher and Zoe Reiter joined Klein, Newmark and Wonderlich on the board. In May 2018, the Huffington Post reported that Clay Johnson, former director of Sunlight Labs, had been accused of sexual misconduct and mistreatment by multiple women during his employment at Sunlight and left after a staff insurrection. Subsequently, Sunlight's board announced that it would conduct a review of the organization's history. In February 2019, Sunlight's board announced the conclusion of the review, publishing a report which found significant problems that led to institutional failures. In September 2020, the Foundation announced that it was shutting down in a post from co-founder Mike Klein.