print email comment close Silent Partners: How Political Non-Profits Work the System URL: http://projects.publicintegrity.org/527/report.aspx?aid=7 Description: This site provides news and information about contributions by 527 organizations related to state and federal elections from 2000 to the present. These organizations can raise "unlimited contributions and can spend millions on advertising so long as they do not specifically call for the election or defeat of a federal candidate." Features lists of major committees and individual donors, a searchable database with information about nearly 500 committees, and more. From the investigative research organization Center for Public Integrity. Publisher: The Center for Public Integrity Extra Keywords PAC political action committee Library of Congress Subject Headings: Campaign funds Political action committees Pressure groups LII Database Information: Record 113 created by Maria Brandt on 09/27/2004 Last modification on 07/29/2008 Published: 09/27/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/113