Use these resources to investigate the campaign contributions of a specific individual, or the industry and individual support going to a specific candidate. Also, research who backs that organization running political TV ads in your community.

• Open Secrets
  The Center for Responsive Politics website includes campaign finance databases for hard, soft and PAC contributions for Federal elections as well as links to state campaign financing databases.
• Campaign Finance Information Center
  This search engine allows you to track the political cash flow across several states in federal and state races as well as the Federal Procurement Database.
• Follow the Money
  The National Institute of Money in State Politics offers an online database for researching who is investing in state elections and ballot measures.
• Federal Election Commission
  The Federal Election Commissionoffers access to all of the recent filings for political action committees, candidate committees and other regulated campaign organizations on its website.
• GuideStar
  Financial profiles of nonprofit and charity organizations including access to IRS 990 Forms.