Gain access to unique, comprehensive and verified campaign finance information on the state and federal levels via OpenSecrets.

Sources include the Federal Election Commission, 50 state agencies and select local jurisdictions. Get personal assistance and training on how to use the tools on OpenSecrets.org and FollowTheMoney.org, where OpenSecrets maintains campaign finance data on candidates and officeholders, elections, industries and interest groups, plus data on federal and foreign lobbying. FollowTheMoney.org has campaign fundraising data covering 50 states, campaign spending reports for 37 states, and lobbying spending in 20 states.

Services include:

• The opportunity to search, sort, analyze and download datasets that punctuate excellent investigative and accountability reporting
• Access to OpenSecrets’ Donor Lookup tool, a searchable database that showcases political campaign contributions stretching back to 1989 from people around the country
• The ability to track ballot measures that attract the most spending and discover top donors to ballot measure committees 

About: Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, OpenSecrets is the nation’s premier research group tracking and reporting on money in U.S. politics and its impact on elections and public policy. Created in 2021 by the merger of the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in Politics, OpenSecrets’ mission is to track the flow of money in American politics and provide the data and analysis to strengthen democracy. Our vision is for Americans to use this knowledge to create a more vibrant, representative and accountable democracy.

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