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Ohio is ranked 13th in terms of the total value of reported contributions made to 527 organizations based there. It has 19 recently active organizations and 113 total organizations that have electronically reported itemized contributions and expenditures to the IRS.

Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$67.5M
All-Time Expenditures
$52.5M
Largest Organizations

Organizations that received the highest total contributions in the last two years of available data.

New Organizations

Organizations that were established within the last two years of available data and have reported activity during that time.

Registered May 30, 2023
Registered May 22, 2023
Registered March 31, 2023

Out-of-State Contributors

Out-of-state contributors who gave the highest total contributions to organizations based in Ohio in the last two years. Aggregation is done by name and location. Click on a contributor to see search results for that name.

James Frank
Illinois
$240,000
Hillwood Development
Texas
$50,000
Nicholas Cortezi
Florida
$50,000
Don Wilson
Illinois
$50,000
Silverman, Jeffrey
Florida
$26,025
Murry Bowden
Texas
$25,000
Bharat Bhise
New York
$25,000
Robert Lee
Maryland
$17,400
Soin, Rajesh
Florida
$12,500
Furniture Health Mgmt Corp
Maryland
$10,000

In-State Contributors

Ohio-based contributors who gave the highest total contributions to organizations nationwide in the last two years. Aggregation is done by name and location. Click on a contributor to see search results for that name.

Elevance Health, Inc.
Cincinnati
$3M
Marathon Petroleum Co Lp
Findlay
$670,000
Caresource
Dayton
$665,000
Flexpoint Media Inc - Not a Contrib.
New Albany
$584,132
Elevance Health, Inc. Formerly Anthem, Inc.
Cincinnati
$432,500
Pfizer Inc.
Columbus
$402,500
The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company
Cincinnati
$301,106
Anheuser-Busch
Columbus
$265,000
Duke Energy Corporation
Cincinnati
$260,000
American Electric Power Company Inc
Columbus
$250,000
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Contributions & Expenditures

Explore all contributions to and expenditures by organizations based in Ohio. Totals only include contributions and expenditures listed in electronically filed reports.

Contributions (All time)
$67.46M
Expenditures (All time)
$52.49M

Recent Activity

Largest contributions and expenditures in the last year of data for all organizations in Ohio.

- $25,490 July 9, 2024
Source: I.B.E.W. Local 38 Pce — Quarter 3 report
+ $5,000 July 8, 2024
Source: Uca Political Action Committee — Quarter 3 report
- $122,341 June 6, 2024
Source: Ohio Education Association Fund for Children and Public Education — Quarter 2 report
+ $5,000 February 8, 2024
Source: Uca Political Action Committee — Quarter 1 report
+ $5,000 February 6, 2024
Source: An America United Action Fund INC — Quarter 1 report
- $27,200 December 31, 2023
Source: An America United Action Fund INC — End-of-year report

All contributions to organizations based in Ohio.

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All expenditures by organizations based in Ohio.

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All Organizations in Ohio

Ohio has 113 organizations that have filed electronic form 8872s with the IRS, meaning they disclosed detailed information about who has contributed and how they’ve spent their money, out of 1,453 organizations in Ohio that have registered with the IRS as 527s. Organizations that have not reported contributions or expenditures to the IRS may have filed on a federal, state or local level, or they may not have any activity to report.

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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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