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Top Contributors to 527 Committees
2008 Election Cycle

These are the organizations that have contributed the most money to 527 groups that filed disclosure reports with the IRS. Unlimited soft money contributions to 527s may come from the treasuries of corporations and labor unions, which cannot give money directly to federal candidates and parties.

This table lists the top donors to these committees during the 2008 election cycle.

Contributions may come from the organizations themselves or its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

ContributorTotal
Service Employees International Union$23,889,224
Soros Fund Management$4,900,000
Shangri-La Entertainment$4,850,000
Fund for America$3,770,000
Oak Spring Farms Llc$3,480,000
Las Vegas Sands$3,343,576
United Brotherhood Of Carpenters$2,786,690
American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees$2,639,805
United Food & Commercial Workers Union$2,579,000
Friends Of America Votes$1,769,500
America Votes 2006$1,450,000
National Assn of Realtors$1,195,000
Sheet Metal Workers$1,085,000
Trust Asset Management$1,000,000
Internation Union Of Operating Engineers$800,000
Laborers Union$686,705
Newsweb Corp$675,000
American Financial Group$660,000
Amalgamated Bank$657,488
Progressive Insurance$640,250

This data is based on records released by the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, August 04, 2008.

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