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Focus South Dakota, Inc.

Organization Details
Purpose
Influence the election of any individual federal, state, or local public office
Email
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Leadership

Last updated 2003

H. James Robinson
Director
Jeffrey Masten
Director
Joel Severson
Director
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Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$697,450
All-Time Expenditures
$670,814
Top Contributors

Aggregation is done by name and will not account for significant variations in reported names.

Largest Recipients

Aggregation is done by name and will not account for significant variations in reported names.

Insights
This organization uses a small percentage of its total expenditures for political contributions.
This organization gets a majority of its contributions from out of state.

Contributions & Expenditures

Explore all contributions to and expenditures by Focus South Dakota, Inc. since 2003.

Contributions (All time)
$697,450
Expenditures (All time)
$670,814

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IRS disclosures

All electronic form 8872s that Focus South Dakota, Inc. has filed with the IRS. Organizations may file monthly or quarterly during general-election (even-numbered) years, and monthly or semiannually during nonelection (odd-numbered) years.

Data only includes electronic filings. To look for paper reports, try the IRS’ search function.

2005

  • $0 in contributions
  • $15,446 in expenditures
End-of-year report
July 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
January 1, 2005 to June 30, 2005
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$15,446

2004

  • $647,450 in contributions
  • $606,868 in expenditures
November 23, 2004 to December 31, 2004
Total contributions
$10,000
Total expenditures
$35,601
Previous reports available
This is the last report submitted for this period (processed January 29, 2005 at 03:32PM). Expand to see 1 other report that overlaps in this date range.
End-of-year report
November 23, 2004 to December 31, 2004
Total contributions
$10,000
Total expenditures
$35,601
1st report
This report was processed January 29, 2005 at 03:20PM.
October 14, 2004 to November 22, 2004
Total contributions
$267,200
Total expenditures
$301,199
October 1, 2004 to October 13, 2004
(General election: November 2, 2004)
Total contributions
$50,000
Total expenditures
$22,958
September 1, 2004 to September 30, 2004
Total contributions
$154,000
Total expenditures
$82,608
August 1, 2004 to August 31, 2004
Total contributions
$26,250
Total expenditures
$87,644
Previous reports available
This is the last report submitted for this period (processed September 17, 2004 at 11:29AM). Expand to see 1 other report that overlaps in this date range.
August report
August 1, 2004 to August 31, 2004
Total contributions
$26,250
Total expenditures
$82,644
1st report
This report was processed September 16, 2004 at 05:26PM.
July 1, 2004 to July 31, 2004
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$15,500
June 1, 2004 to June 30, 2004
Total contributions
$75,000
Total expenditures
$11,715
May 1, 2004 to May 31, 2004
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$26,255
April 1, 2004 to April 30, 2004
Total contributions
$50,000
Total expenditures
$10,000
March 1, 2004 to March 31, 2004
Total contributions
$10,000
Total expenditures
$13,388
February 1, 2004 to February 29, 2004
Total contributions
$5,000
Total expenditures
$0
January report
January 1, 2004 to January 31, 2004
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0

2003

  • $50,000 in contributions
  • $48,500 in expenditures
July 2, 2003 to December 31, 2003
Total contributions
$50,000
Total expenditures
$48,500

Tax-exempt political organizations that report receiving $25,000 or more a year must file Form 990, unless they meet certain criteria.

ProPublica found 3 form 990s on the IRS website filed by Focus South Dakota, Inc.. To search for additional Form 990s, try the IRS’ search function.

Date Created
September 6, 2013 View form
May 11, 2006 View form
June 17, 2004 View form

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About This Data


What is a 527?

A 527 is a nonprofit formed under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, which grants tax-exempt status to organizations whose primary purpose is attempting to influence the election of one or more people to public office at the national, state or local level. But contributions to these organizations are not considered tax-deductible, unlike gifts to charities.

What organizations are in the 527 Explorer?

This database covers tax-exempt political organizations organized under Section 527, excluding organizations that are regulated by the Federal Election Commission (like federal PACs are); that expect to receive less than $25,000 in annual contributions; that are nonpolitical nonprofits, like charities; or that are political committees for a state or local candidate or a political party. An organization’s state is taken from the address reported on its most recent form 8871.

What organizations report itemized contributions and expenditures?

Tax-exempt political organizations, other than qualified state or local political organizations, that have filed for tax-exempt status with the IRS under Section 527 must file Form 8872 to disclose any expenditures made or contributions received. A qualified state or local political organization is one whose political activities relate solely to state or local public office and that routinely files publicly available reports with one or more states. For state-by-state information on tax-exempt political organizations and their filings, see the IRS’ listings.

Note: Only electronic filings are included in this data. While many organizations filed electronically before 2020, electronic filing for all organizations was only required beginning in January 2020. Therefore, some contributions and expenditures made prior to 2020 may not be reflected in this data.

Note: We make a best-effort attempt to not display street-level addresses for payments labeled as "salary."

How are the totals calculated?

An organization’s total contributions and expenditures are calculated by summing up the most recent report filed for each reporting period. However, organizations sometimes file reports for overlapping dates or reports that duplicate data. For any date range, the most recently filed report is marked. Duplicate contributions or expenditures (ones that have the exact same name, amount and date but show up in multiple reports) have been removed from the calculated totals.

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