IRS Makes Database of Political Organizations Available

The Internal Revenue Service has created the Political Organization Filing and Disclosure Website at http://www.irs.gov/charities/political/article/0,,id=109644,00.html. At this site you can both file Form 8871, Political Organization Notice of Section 527 Status, and Form 8872, Political Organization Report of Contributions and Expenditures, and search for the same two forms.

The form search interface is available at the Search Political Organization Disclosures link. There you can search either form as well as search by organization name, EIN, or date range.

A search for "caucus" found 98 results. The results page is in alphabetical order and includes organization name and EIN. Click on the name and you'll get an org page with some basic contact information about the organization as well as access to their filings. Some orgs I looked at had lots of filings available (both scanned paper and electronic copies) while some had only a few.

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