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Washington is ranked 19th in terms of the total value of reported contributions made to 527 organizations based there. It has 12 recently active organizations and 98 total organizations that have electronically reported itemized contributions and expenditures to the IRS.

Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$24.6M
All-Time Expenditures
$27.6M
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 March 19, 2024
Registered November 7, 2023
Registered September 13, 2023

Out-of-State Contributors

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

Via Politial Action Committee
Oklahoma
$3,750
Soyoun Park
California
$3,000
Marc Los Huertos
California
$1,000
Regis McKenna
California
$1,000
Claudia Burkart
Pennsylvania
$1,000
Christopher Harms
California
$1,000
Scott Pompeo
Ohio
$575
Daniel Mills
California
$500
Jesper Andersson
Colorado
$300
David Coons
Colorado
$250

In-State Contributors

Washington-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.

Pivotal Ventures
Seattle
$2M
Amazon.Com Services LLC
Seattle
$1M
Washington Federation of State Employees
Olympia
$1M
Lisa Mennet
Seattle
$875,000
Sibyl Frankenburg
Seattle
$675,000
Elissa Slotkin for Michigan
Seattle
$602,090
Alsobrooks for Senate
Seattle
$589,904
Amazon, Inc.
Seattle
$558,851
T-Mobile Usa, Inc.
Bellevue
$500,950
Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters
Kent
$356,100
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Contributions & Expenditures

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

Contributions (All time)
$24.6M
Expenditures (All time)
$27.64M

Recent Activity

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

- $125,000 September 12, 2024
Source: Washington Federation of State Employees SSF — Quarter 3 report
+ $257,000 September 12, 2024
Source: Washington Federation of State Employees SSF — Quarter 3 report
- $100,000 May 15, 2024
Source: Washington Federation of State Employees SSF — Quarter 2 report
+ $229,300 May 15, 2024
Source: Washington Federation of State Employees SSF — Quarter 2 report
- $100,000 December 13, 2023
Source: Washington Federation of State Employees SSF — End-of-year report
+ $200,000 December 12, 2023
Source: Washington Federation of State Employees SSF — End-of-year report

All contributions to organizations based in Washington.

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All expenditures by organizations based in Washington.

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All Organizations in Washington

Washington has 98 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 1,590 organizations in Washington 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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