The Center for Political Accountability today announced the launch of The Barbara and Morris Pearl 527 Interactive Database, a user-friendly interactive database created to shine a spotlight on under-the-radar corporate political spending in the United States.
The database has two interactive portals:
- Donations Database: Tracking the flow of funds from public companies to major 527 organizations and covering available data from 2010 through October 2024;
- Spending Database: Analyzing how these 527 groups spend corporate contributions on key state-level races and covering the 2022 and 2024 cycles.
The tool is intended to provide a timely and essential resource for understanding the role of corporate money in shaping state-level elections. It is designed for users to easily navigate and uncover data that were previously difficult to access.
In the near future, CPA will schedule a webinar to assist journalists in their use of the database.