Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: A FOUR TIME WEBBY WINNER FOR BEING THE BEST POLITICS RESOURCE ONLINE, THE CENTER'S WEBSITE, OPENSECRETS.ORG, ALLOWS USERS TO EXPLORE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MONEY AND POLITICS AND HOLD ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE. FREELY AVAILABLE, EASY-TO-USE DATABASES TRACK FEDERAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND SPENDING, SPENDING BY SUPER PACS AND OUTSIDE GROUPS, DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN LOBBYING, THE REVOLVING DOOR AND POLITICIANS' PERSONAL FINANCES IN A VARIETY OF ILLUMINATING WAYS, SUCH AS BY INDUSTRY AND INTEREST GROUP. CRP REACHES OUT TO ENGAGE WITH NEW AUDIENCES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, TRAININGS, OUR ONLINE NEWSLETTER AND INTERACTIVE TOOLS ON OUR SITE. THE CENTER'S STAFF ASSIST NEWS ORGANIZATIONS LARGE AND SMALL WITH THEIR MONEY IN POLITICS INVESTIGATIONS. THESE COLLABORATIONS RESULT IN FREQUENT CITATIONS OF THE CENTER'S DATA IN THE NATION'S MOST PROMINENT PRINT, BROADCAST AND ONLINE NEWS OUTLETS.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $976.4K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: AS A WATCHDOG ORGANIZATION SERVING THE PUBLIC, THE CENTER'S REPORTING STAFF AND RESEARCHERS WORK HAND-IN-HAND TO COMB THE DATA FOR PATTERNS AND ANOMALIES, WHICH ARE SHARED IN DATA TOOLS ON OPENSECRETS.ORG AND THROUGH THE CENTER'S NEWSLETTER, NEWS ARTICLES, AND REPORTS. STAFF PUT THE CENTER'S DATA IN CONTEXT, IDENTIFYING TRENDS AND PROVIDING THE MONEY-IN-POLITICS ANGLE TO ONGOING NEWS STORIES AND POLICY DEBATES. THE CENTER CONTINUALLY UPDATES AND IMPROVES ITS DATA TO PROVIDE AN ACCURATE, CONSISTENT AND COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE, FREE OF CHARGE, FOR THE PRESS AND PUBLIC. CRP FREQUENTLY WORKS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO COMBINE ITS UNIQUE VALUE-ADDED DATA WITH OTHER DATA SETS, AND TO CREATE TRANSFORMATIONAL NEW TOOLS AND FEATURES ILLUSTRATING THE ROLE MONEY PLAYS IN POLITICS.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $903.6K

  • Data Research and Analysis in Politics

    DATA, RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: OPENSECRETS REPORTING STAFF AND RESEARCHERS WORK HAND-IN-HAND TO COMB THE DATA FOR PATTERNS AND ANOMALIES, PUT THE DATA IN CONTEXT, IDENTIFY TRENDS AND PROVIDE THE MONEY-IN-POLITICS ANGLE TO TIMELY NEWS STORIES, TOPICS OF POPULAR INTEREST AND POLICY DEBATES. OPENSECRETS CONTINUALLY UPDATES AND IMPROVES ITS DATA TO PROVIDE AN ACCURATE, CONSISTENT AND COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE FOR THE PRESS, SCHOLARS, ADVOCATES AND PUBLIC. OPENSECRETS FREQUENTLY WORKS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO COMBINE ITS UNIQUE VALUE-ADDED DATA WITH OTHER DATA SETS, AND TO CREATE FEATURES ILLUSTRATING THE ROLE MONEY PLAYS IN POLITICS AND DECISION-MAKING. ORIGINAL REPORTING, MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS AND TRAINING OPENSECRETS NEWS TEAM FOLLOWS THE MONEY TO PROVIDE ORIGINAL AND TIMELY REPORTING USING ITS DATA ON TOPICS OF INTEREST AT THE NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. THIS WORK AND THESE INSIGHTS ARE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC THROUGH OUR NEWSLETTER, OPENSECRETS NEWS, REPORTS AND DATA TOOLS. EVERY YEAR, OPENSECRETS STAFF ASSIST HUNDREDS OF NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, LARGE AND SMALL, WITH THEIR MONEY IN POLITICS INVESTIGATIONS. THESE COLLABORATIONS RESULT IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CITATIONS OF OPENSECRETS DATA IN THE NATIONS MOST PROMINENT PRINT, BROADCAST AND ONLINE NEWS OUTLETS. OUR TEAM ROUTINELY HOLDS TRAININGS FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS AND BEAT REPORTERS ON HOW TO USE OS DATA RESOURCES AND DEVELOPS MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS AND REPORTING COLLABORATIONS. OS STAFF WORK WITH JOURNALISTS ON A DAILY BASIS, PROVIDING CUSTOM DATA AND ANALYSIS, EXPERTISE AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON MONEY IN POLITICS, AND COMMENTARY FOR NEWS STORIES.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $2.2M