§ 527 orgs

Did you know that §527 orgs are required to file with the IRS; Did you also know that that database is down loadable????

§ 527(k)

(k) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF NOTICES AND REPORTS

(1) IN GENERAL

The Secretary shall make any notice described in subsection (i)(1) or
report described in subsection (j)(7) available for public inspection
on the Internet not later than 48 hours after such notice or report
has been filed (in addition to such public availability as may be
made under section 6104(d)(7)).

(2) ACCESS

The Secretary shall make the entire database of notices and reports
which are made available to the public under paragraph (1) searchable
by the following items (to the extent the items are required to be
included in the notices and reports):

(A) Names, States, zip codes, custodians of records, directors,
and general purposes of the organizations.

(B) Entities related to the organizations.

(C) Contributors to the organizations.

(D) Employers of such contributors.

(E) Recipients of expenditures by the organizations.

(F) Ranges of contributions and expenditures.

(G) Time periods of the notices and reports.

Such database shall be downloadable.


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So where is it??? Where can I find the database??? Inquiring minds want to know....

According to the STATUTE "The secretary shall make THE ENITIRE DATABASE available to the public. I do not see the 527 orgs that Boeing contributed to; where is the entire database.

I am looking at the Swift Boat Veterans and I do not understand the following:

Where is the historical data???

All I see is relatively new information.

Their IRS form 990 Shows $2.3M in cash.

Who contributed that money???

Where did it come from???

Inquiring minds want to know...


on edit for clearification

http://www.publicintegrity.org/527/profile.aspx?act=dir&id=707&cycle=2004&sub=1

The tabs have donors, recipients, etc. Is this what you're looking for?

The IRS site is not as user friendly, but this one seems to be pretty well organized.

Is your purpose to determine the accessability of the IRS info at their site, or to gather data on the Swift Boat Liars? If you're trying to find donors/recipients/etc, publicintegrity.org site seems like a better option.

If I am not helping you, please let me know. Considering the tone of your response, I'd be just as happy to stop now.

I am using swift boats as a measure of accuracy & completeness of information.

According to the Fed Statutes the "entire" database is to be available for download. so far all I am seeing is bits & peices of information.

I think it might be helpful to know WHO contributed to WHAT... and visa versa. For example, the (swift boat vererans and pow's for truth) SWV&POWFT show a total of approx $300k raised in 2004; but their irs FORM 990 (for year ending 2005) SHOWS OVER $2.6M in cash at the end of 2004. Where did the additional $23M come from??? There are no 8872's filed before they received over $25M

I am after the raw data listing the items indicated in the statute inoder to create a 4gl database.

ps I am a bookkeeper not a database admin. but I have used very big databases...

I don't see anything at either site that is able to be put into a usable or searchable database, and both seem incomplete. I'm not a db admin, either, just curious. The IRS site is mostly PDF copies of filings. The public integrity site also appears to have some errors, unless the USAF and the US DOT contributed to the swifties (WTF? Maybe they were employers?).
Sorry, I didn't realize your purpose. I do think there's some good info at both sites, but not what you're looking for.

Cheers.

If so I know a little spot called the Blue Moon....

Pittsburgh is quite a way from Seattle.
:-)
I know this doesn't help with your IRS database concern, but did you notice that on the public integrity site, if you click the forms tab, there's a text version of 527 donors? Only problem, if they filed a form on paper, it's not included. It's pretty easy to work with, though.

data-layout file

I am unsure about creating the data file to hold the data. Let me know if you figured it out.
I guess it requires 4gl database software. If so what is available?

Political Organizations Form Download File Layout

1) File Header Record Format For All Entries
2) 8871 Form Record Format For All Entries
3) Directors and Officers Form Record Format For All Entries
4) Related Entities Form Record Format For All Entries
5) EAIN Form Record Format For All Entries
6) 8872 Form Record Format For All Entries
7) Schedule A Record Format For All Entries
8) Schedule B Record Format For All Entries
9) File Footer Record Format For All Entries

The data file is here