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The Arena 527

Washington, DC  ·  First report: 2017  ·  Most recent report: 2024  ·  EIN: 82-3276502

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Organization Details
Purpose
Elected office is currently inaccessible to many of our most authentic, talented leaders. That's why the mission of The Arena 527 is to encourage these leaders to run for office and support their campaigns when they do. We do this by cultivating supporters to back these leaders and investing in them as they run for office.
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The Arena  ·  The Arena PAC
Leadership

Last updated 2017

Michael Simon
Secretary
Ravi Gupta
President
Swati Mylavarapu
Treasurer
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Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$9.2M
All-Time Expenditures
$8.6M
Top Contributors

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Largest Recipients

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

Contributions & Expenditures

Explore all contributions to and expenditures by The Arena 527 since 2017.

All time Last 5 years
Contributions (All time)
$9.2M
Expenditures (All time)
$8.56M

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IRS disclosures

All electronic form 8872s that The Arena 527 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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2024

  • $412,238 in contributions
  • $815,705 in expenditures
November 26, 2024 to December 31, 2024
Total contributions
$2,474
Total expenditures
$1,667
October 17, 2024 to November 25, 2024
Total contributions
$13,663
Total expenditures
$234,289
October 1, 2024 to October 16, 2024
(General election: November 5, 2024)
Total contributions
$5,099
Total expenditures
$363
July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024
Total contributions
$133,661
Total expenditures
$7,219
April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024
Total contributions
$107,811
Total expenditures
$261,462
January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024
Total contributions
$149,530
Total expenditures
$310,705

2023

  • $419,680 in contributions
  • $589,276 in expenditures
July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
Total contributions
$245,777
Total expenditures
$62,685
January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023
Total contributions
$173,903
Total expenditures
$526,591

2022

  • $773,315 in contributions
  • $752,333 in expenditures
November 29, 2022 to December 31, 2022
Total contributions
$17,188
Total expenditures
$9,055
October 20, 2022 to November 28, 2022
Total contributions
$12,759
Total expenditures
$6,263
October 1, 2022 to October 19, 2022
(General election: November 8, 2022)
Total contributions
$72,909
Total expenditures
$45,051
July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022
Total contributions
$80,408
Total expenditures
$163,095
April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022
Total contributions
$346,346
Total expenditures
$428,469
January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022
Total contributions
$243,705
Total expenditures
$100,400

2021

  • $743,248 in contributions
  • $1.1M in expenditures
July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Total contributions
$318,712
Total expenditures
$219,188
January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021
Total contributions
$424,536
Total expenditures
$864,750

2020

  • $1.8M in contributions
  • $1.9M in expenditures
November 24, 2020 to December 31, 2020
Total contributions
$3,492
Total expenditures
$238,223
October 15, 2020 to November 23, 2020
Total contributions
$18,501
Total expenditures
$154,951
October 1, 2020 to October 14, 2020
(General election: November 3, 2020)
Total contributions
$20,936
Total expenditures
$13,043
July 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020
Total contributions
$267,826
Total expenditures
$282,613
April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Total contributions
$770,487
Total expenditures
$696,251
Previous reports available
This is the last report submitted for this period (processed July 15, 2020 at 09:50PM). Expand to see 1 other report that overlaps in this date range.
Quarter 2 report
April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Total contributions
$770,487
Total expenditures
$696,251
1st report
This report was processed July 14, 2020 at 04:32PM.
January 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020
Total contributions
$743,970
Total expenditures
$556,090

2019

  • $2.3M in contributions
  • $2.4M in expenditures
July 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
Total contributions
$1.36M
Total expenditures
$1.2M
January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019
Total contributions
$953,787
Total expenditures
$1.19M

2018

  • $2.6M in contributions
  • $910,478 in expenditures
November 27, 2018 to December 31, 2018
Total contributions
$5
Total expenditures
$182,716
October 18, 2018 to November 26, 2018
Total contributions
$12,128
Total expenditures
$151,061
October 1, 2018 to October 17, 2018
(General election: November 6, 2018)
Total contributions
$5,100
Total expenditures
$84,542
September 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018
Total contributions
$5,350
Total expenditures
$274,284
August 1, 2018 to August 31, 2018
Total contributions
$60,000
Total expenditures
$35,051
July 1, 2018 to July 31, 2018
Total contributions
$217,191
Total expenditures
$25,400
June 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018
Total contributions
$873,333
Total expenditures
$30,282
May 1, 2018 to May 31, 2018
Total contributions
$455,000
Total expenditures
$28,663
April 1, 2018 to April 30, 2018
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$3,021
March 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018
Total contributions
$60,036
Total expenditures
$19,938
February 1, 2018 to February 28, 2018
Total contributions
$195,300
Total expenditures
$70,086
January 1, 2018 to January 31, 2018
Total contributions
$670,000
Total expenditures
$5,434

2017

  • $157,500 in contributions
  • $83,857 in expenditures
November 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
Total contributions
$157,500
Total expenditures
$83,857

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 The Arena 527. To search for additional Form 990s, try the IRS’ search function.

Date Created
July 21, 2021 View form
February 10, 2020 View form
February 4, 2019 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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