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Unity 08

Organization Details
Purpose
Our goal is the election of a Unity Ticket for President and Vice-President of the United States in 2008 to be headed by a woman and or man from each major party or by an independent who presents a Unity Team from both parties. We also aim to effect major change and reform in the 2008 national elections by influencing the major parties to adopt the core features of our national agenda.
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Leadership

Last updated 2006

Claudia Schechter
Assistant Secretary/Treasurer
Douglas L Bailey
Secretary and Treasurer
Gerald Rafshoon
Director
James Jonas
President and CEO
Lindsay Ullman
Director
Zachary Clayton
Director
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Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$1.9M
All-Time Expenditures
$2M
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 Unity 08 since 2006.

Contributions (All time)
$1.89M
Expenditures (All time)
$2.02M

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IRS disclosures

All electronic form 8872s that Unity 08 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.

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2009

  • $0 in contributions
  • $13 in expenditures
January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2009
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$13

2008

  • $34,313 in contributions
  • $89,603 in expenditures
October 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$30
July 1, 2008 to September 30, 2008
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$30
April 1, 2008 to June 30, 2008
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$37
January 1, 2008 to March 31, 2008
Total contributions
$34,313
Total expenditures
$89,506

2007

  • $1.6M in contributions
  • $1.6M in expenditures
July 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007
Total contributions
$717,541
Total expenditures
$1.25M
Previous reports available
This is the last report submitted for this period (processed April 16, 2008 at 01:21PM). Expand to see 2 other reports that overlap in this date range.
End-of-year report
July 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007
Total contributions
$717,541
Total expenditures
$1.25M
2nd report
This report was processed January 30, 2008 at 05:34PM.
End-of-year report
July 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007
Total contributions
$717,541
Total expenditures
$1.25M
1st report
This report was processed January 30, 2008 at 05:23PM.
January 1, 2007 to June 30, 2007
Total contributions
$832,685
Total expenditures
$395,763

2006

  • $306,920 in contributions
  • $297,548 in expenditures
October 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006
Total contributions
$306,920
Total expenditures
$297,548
Previous reports available
This is the last report submitted for this period (processed April 5, 2007 at 12:34PM). Expand to see 1 other report that overlaps in this date range.
End-of-year report
October 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006
Total contributions
$306,920
Total expenditures
$297,548
1st report
This report was processed January 31, 2007 at 06:24PM.

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

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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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