Interest Groups

From California Secretary of State: ...'purpose of ensuring that "receipts and expenditures in election campaigns should be fully and truthfully disclosed in order that the voters may be fully informed and the activities of lobbyists should be regulated and their finances disclosed..."

'...CitizenAudit simplifies learning about nonprofits by providing 15 years of disclosures for every charity in America and allowing you to search for any keyword inside the IRS filings (form 990s). You can perform these searches on all nonprofits including: foundations, hospitals, universities, political groups & more...'

'...See how candidates and committees raise and spend money in federal elections. This financial data helps voters make informed decisions...'

'... nonpartisan, nonprofit National Institute on Money in Politics (NIMP) promotes an accountable democracy by compiling comprehensive campaign-donor, lobbyist, and other information from government disclosure agencies nationwide and making it freely available...'

'...Search our database of individual 990 forms of private foundations, public charities, and other nonprofits...'

From OpenSecrets.com; '...In addition to campaign contributions to elected officials and candidates, companies, labor unions, and other organizations spend billions of dollars each year to lobby Congress and federal agencies. Some special interests retain lobbying firms, many of them located along Washington's legendary K Street; others have lobbyists working in-house. We've got totals spent on lobbying, beginning in 1998, for everyone from AAI Corp. to Zurich Financial...'

'... investigate political networks by combining the politicians who sponsor congressional bills with the firms in the industry that lobby on those bills. We weight the measure by the lobbying expenses reported in each report...'

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Political Moneyline is the leading source of comprehensive, timely and objective campaign finance and lobbying information...'

From California Secretary of State

'...USA Spending tracks federal spending to ensure taxpayers can see how their money is being used in communities across America...'