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Empower Parents PAC

Organization Details
Purpose
To accept contributions and make expenditures for exempt activity as described in Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Previous Reported Names
Friends of Ron DeSantis
Related Organizations
Friends of Blaise Ingoglia  ·  Government Gone Wild PAC
Leadership

Last updated 2023

Blaise Ingoglia
Chair
Nancy H. Watkins
Treasurer
Robert I. Watkins
Deputy Treasurer
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Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$318,725
All-Time Expenditures
$82.9M
Top Contributors

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

Ron DeSantis for President
$205K
The Bank of Tampa
$113K
Largest Recipients

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

Never Back Down, Inc.
$82.5M
Dickinson Wright PLLC
$133K
U.S. Department of the Treasury
$55.9K
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Contributions & Expenditures

Explore all contributions to and expenditures by Empower Parents PAC since 2023.

Contributions (All time)
$318,725
Expenditures (All time)
$82.85M

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IRS disclosures

All electronic form 8872s that Empower Parents PAC 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.

2024

  • $9,337 in contributions
  • $77,820 in expenditures
January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024
Total contributions
$9,337
Total expenditures
$77,820

2023

  • $309,388 in contributions
  • $82.8M in expenditures
July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
Total contributions
$231,314
Total expenditures
$207,402
May 30, 2023 to June 30, 2023
Total contributions
$78,074
Total expenditures
$82.57M

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

ProPublica found 4 form 990s on the IRS website filed by Empower Parents PAC. To search for additional Form 990s, try the IRS’ search function.

Date Created
October 18, 2023 View form
December 6, 2022 View form
October 23, 2020 View form
October 3, 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.

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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