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Internal Revenue Service

Information from nonprofit organizations with 501©(3) or 501©(4) tax status as well as 527 organizations is available here. For various reasons, these groups may not necessarily file campaign finance reports with the FEC. Journalists can download data sets or search through 8871, 8872 or 990 disclosure forms. EO Customer Account Service can help them download data from 527 organizations. Their phone number is (800) 876-1715 and e-mail is tege.eo.527@irs.gov.

Key features:

  • 527 Web page: Search the disclosure forms of The Media Fund and 527 other organizations at http://www.irs.gov/polorgs to find out how much these groups spent on issue ads and other political activities.
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