Here at OpenSecrets.org, we provide breakdowns of data reported by outside spending groups to the Federal Election Commission (see menu at left). We have a separate section devoted to dark money groups – politically active nonprofits that aren't required to publicly disclose their donors, unlike virtually every other organization spending money to affect the outcomes of federal elections. Through a dedicated project, we have dug up data on the donors of more than $1 billion – and counting – since 2008.
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Outside Spending by Cycle Thru January 30th of Election Year, Excluding Party Committees
Political Nonprofits Spending, by Type
Totals only include political spending from nonprofit treasuries that is reported to the FEC
Donor Disclosure Analysis of Outside Spending 1990 - 2016
Outside Spending
Energy sector and EPA nominee: Oklahoma Strong
January 24, 2017 | Scott Pruitt’s confirmation hearing last week involved some pointed visual props. Making the case that Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general who is President Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is cozy with the energy sector, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) held up a chart full of boxes and arrows. All the organizations listed on…
DeploraBalls, inaugural parties you won’t want to miss
January 19, 2017 | Inauguration Day means that it’s political party time in its most festive sense. While the soon-to-be President Donald Trump is only expected to appear at three official inaugural balls, some two dozen others are also planned for the weekend he takes the oath of office. You may get a chance to drink bourbon, “Tip our hats…
Seven years later: Blurred boundaries, more money
January 19, 2017 | Among the inaugural festivities and protests this weekend, spare a thought Saturday for the seventh anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee ruling — a decision that has left a deeper footprint with every election cycle. After the 5-4 decision, which freed corporations and unions to make unlimited independent political expenditures,…
