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Secretary of State Project

Organization Details
Purpose
Influencing elections for Secretary of State in states of the USA
Leadership

Last updated 2006

James Rucker
Secretary and CFO
Megan Hull
Director
Michael Kieschnick
Director
Rebecca Bond
Chairperson of the Board
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Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$691,811
All-Time Expenditures
$679,427
Top Contributors

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

Aggregate Below Threshold
“Aggregate below threshold” is the sum of all contributions where the contributor donated less than $200 and their name does not need to be disclosed.
$42.3K
Largest Recipients

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

Insights
This organization gets a majority of its contributions from out of state.

Contributions & Expenditures

Explore all contributions to and expenditures by Secretary of State Project since 2006.

All time Last 5 years
Contributions (All time)
$691,811
Expenditures (All time)
$679,427

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IRS disclosures

All electronic form 8872s that Secretary of State Project 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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2014

  • $0 in contributions
  • $0 in expenditures
Quarter 2 report
April 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
Final report
Quarter 1 report
January 1, 2014 to March 31, 2014
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0

2013

  • $0 in contributions
  • $0 in expenditures
End-of-year report
July 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
Mid-year report
January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0

2012

  • $279 in contributions
  • $50,150 in expenditures
November 27, 2012 to December 31, 2012
Total contributions
$15
Total expenditures
$1
October 1, 2012 to November 26, 2012
Total contributions
$15
Total expenditures
$1
July 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012
Total contributions
$67
Total expenditures
$50,145
April 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012
Total contributions
$45
Total expenditures
$2
January 1, 2012 to March 31, 2012
Total contributions
$137
Total expenditures
$1

2011

  • $91 in contributions
  • $113 in expenditures
July 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011
Total contributions
$91
Total expenditures
$113

2010

  • $109,248 in contributions
  • $171,405 in expenditures
November 23, 2010 to December 31, 2010
Total contributions
$37,532
Total expenditures
$6,678
Previous reports available
This is the last report submitted for this period (processed August 1, 2011 at 07:48PM). Expand to see 1 other report that overlaps in this date range.
End-of-year report
November 23, 2010 to December 31, 2010
Total contributions
$38,207
Total expenditures
$36,354
1st report
This report was processed January 31, 2011 at 03:39PM.
October 1, 2010 to November 22, 2010
Total contributions
$36,124
Total expenditures
$125,658
July 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010
Total contributions
$32,052
Total expenditures
$16,239
April 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010
Total contributions
$1,596
Total expenditures
$3,738
January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2010
Total contributions
$1,944
Total expenditures
$19,092

2009

  • $82,844 in contributions
  • $42,031 in expenditures
July 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
Total contributions
$82,749
Total expenditures
$39,996
January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2009
Total contributions
$95
Total expenditures
$2,035

2008

  • $275,092 in contributions
  • $274,019 in expenditures
November 25, 2008 to December 31, 2008
Total contributions
$40
Total expenditures
$0
October 1, 2008 to November 24, 2008
Total contributions
$98,772
Total expenditures
$228,896
July 1, 2008 to September 30, 2008
Total contributions
$176,280
Total expenditures
$34,787
April 1, 2008 to June 30, 2008
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$10,300
January 1, 2008 to March 31, 2008
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$36

2007

  • $5,274 in contributions
  • $4,205 in expenditures
July 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007
Total contributions
$2
Total expenditures
$720
January 1, 2007 to June 30, 2007
Total contributions
$5,272
Total expenditures
$3,485

2006

  • $218,983 in contributions
  • $137,504 in expenditures
November 29, 2006 to December 31, 2006
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$1,525
October 19, 2006 to November 27, 2006
Total contributions
$141,327
Total expenditures
$108,994
October 1, 2006 to October 18, 2006
(General election: November 7, 2006)
Total contributions
$39,082
Total expenditures
$9,886
July 29, 2006 to September 30, 2006
Total contributions
$38,574
Total expenditures
$17,099

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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