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Ballot Freedom Fund

Organization Details
Purpose
To create a fair and simple electoral system that fosters more choices and true freedom in America.
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Leadership

Last updated 2024

Andrew Hurd
Director
Michael Baum
Director
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Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$1.2M
All-Time Expenditures
$997,447
Top Contributors

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Largest Recipients

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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

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IRS disclosures

All electronic form 8872s that Ballot Freedom Fund 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

  • $1.2M in contributions
  • $997,447 in expenditures
October 1, 2024 to October 17, 2024
(General election: November 5, 2024)
Total contributions
$200,000
Total expenditures
$0
July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024
Total contributions
$651,680
Total expenditures
$949,784
Previous reports available
This is the last report submitted for this period (processed October 15, 2024 at 11:16AM). Expand to see 2 other reports that overlap in this date range.
Quarter 3 report
July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024
Total contributions
$651,680
Total expenditures
$945,715
2nd report
This report was processed October 15, 2024 at 11:05AM.
Quarter 3 report
July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024
Total contributions
$641,680
Total expenditures
$945,715
1st report
This report was processed October 14, 2024 at 04:27PM.
May 13, 2024 to June 30, 2024
Total contributions
$383,750
Total expenditures
$47,663

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.

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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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