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527 Committee Activity
Top 50 Federally Focused Organizations

527 groups are tax-exempt organizations that engage in political activities, often through unlimited soft money contributions. Most 527s on this list are advocacy groups trying to influence federal elections through voter mobilization efforts and so-called issue ads that tout or criticize a candidate's record. 527s must report their contributors and expenditures to the IRS, unless they already file identical information at the state or local level. The figures below are taken from 527 group filings with the IRS. (To view 527s for state party or candidate committees, such as the Republican Governors Association and the Democratic Governors Association, click here.)

Election cycle: 2006 2004

View by: Sector Industry Expenditures Top 50 Committees

Committee	Total Receipts	Expenditures	Federal PAC	2004 Major Player Profile
Service Employees International Union	$25,053,546	$28,212,510	X	X
America Votes	$14,391,893	$14,108,355		X
EMILY's List	$11,776,201	$11,128,005	X
Club for Growth	$7,217,080	$8,150,134	X	X
Progress for America	$6,175,025	$13,000,574		X
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	$5,538,113	$5,529,067	X
September Fund	$5,230,500	$4,950,861
Economic Freedom Fund	$5,050,450	$4,835,805	X
America Coming Together	$4,494,107	$6,998,238	X	X
College Republican National Cmte	$3,720,110	$10,260,343
Laborers Union	$3,688,250	$3,762,110	X
Americans for Honesty on Issues	$3,030,221	$2,830,148
GOPAC	$2,936,890	$8,394,833	X
Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund	$2,247,467	$2,962,060	X
United Food & Commercial Workers Union	$2,235,000	$1,927,431	X
Majority Action	$2,157,250	$1,995,692
Grassroots Democrats	$2,039,648	$2,584,756		X
Sheet Metal Workers Union	$1,998,623	$2,134,586	X
League of Conservation Voters	$1,923,000	$1,512,585	X	X
New Democrat Network	$1,774,204	$1,256,434	X	X
Lantern Project	$1,700,900	$1,633,502
Young Democrats of America	$1,632,929	$1,576,603
Operating Engineers Union	$1,601,192	$1,091,798	X
National Federation of Republican Women	$1,518,658	$3,028,197	X
Illinois Hospital & Health Systems Assn	$1,415,144	$1,818,023
Floridians for a Better/Brighter Future	$1,411,000	$1,411,000
Softer Voices	$1,403,300	$1,266,000
Coloradans For Life	$1,375,021	$1,524,654
Colorado Leadership Fund	$1,270,485	$1,096,087
Free Enterprise Fund Cmte	$1,239,003	$1,231,630	X
New West Fellowship Group	$1,189,940	$1,246,049
Plumbers/Pipefitters Union	$1,187,852	$828,707	X
Patriot Majority Fund	$1,145,000	$1,148,047
Senate Majority Fund	$1,144,184	$1,186,675
Ironworkers Union	$1,054,332	$1,020,080	X
American Solutions Winning the Future	$1,035,000	$48,365
Save Our Everglades Trust	$1,011,400	$973,398
Senate Accountability Project	$990,526	$987,173
American Dental Assn	$982,608	$590,020	X
America's PAC	$959,100	$971,747	X
Public Campaign Action Fund	$942,522	$808,756
Senate Majority Project	$868,869	$873,032
California Democratic Party	$740,602	$785,909
State Conservation Voters Action Fund	$740,000	$620,783
Media Fund	$725,000	$1,985,044		X
Citizens United	$707,485	$7,256,082	X
Americans for Conservation	$705,000	$733,612
Democrats 2000	$679,845	$419,625
Citizens for Progress	$640,000	$724,850
United Steelworkers of America	$631,481	$428,838	X

NOTE: For ease of identification, the 527 organization names used in this section are those of the connected organization, rather than the official name of the 527 account. For example, the "NEA Fund for Children and Public Education" is simply listed as "National Education Assn." This data is based on records released by the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, May 14, 2007.