Type of organization: 501(c)(4)

Employer Identification Number: 52-1733698

Supports: Pro-environment candidates, mostly Democrats

Founded: 1969

Website: LCV.org

Social media: YouTube channel, Facebook page, Twitter profile

Finances:

For the group's activities during calendar year 2010:

• Total revenue: $19.5 million
• Total expenses: $19 million
• Net assets: $6.4 million

IRS Form 990 filing: 2010

Principals:

Type of organization: 501(c)(4)

Supports: Conservative candidates

Location: Washington, D.C.

Founded: 1999

Website: clubforgrowth.org

Social media: YouTube channel, Twitter profile, Facebook page (all accounts jointly operated with Club for Growth Action)

Finances:

For the group's fiscal year that ran from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010:

• Total Revenue: $5.8 million
• Total Expenses: $4.6 million
• Net assets: $2.3 million

IRS Form 990 filing: 2009

Principals:

Type of organization: 501(c)(4)

Employer Identification Number: 45-2600535

Supports: Conservative candidates

Location: Washington, D.C.

Founded: April 10, 2012

Website: americancommitment.org

Social media: Facebook page, Twitter profile, YouTube channel

Finances: Not available

IRS Form 990 filing: Not available

Principals:

• Phil Kerpen (president, founder): Kerpen is the former policy and legislative strategist at Americans for Prosperity and previously worked at Club for Growth. He is chairman of the Internet Freedom Coalition and a Fox News opinion columnist.

Profile:

American Commitment was founded in April 2012 by former Americans for Prosperity strategist Phil Kerpen. The group’s website says it is dedicated to individual freedom, limited government and economic growth. It has generally supported Republican candidates running for federal office.

Type of organization: 501(c)(4)

Employer Identification Number: 75-3148958

Supports: Conservative candidates

Founded: 2004

Location: Arlington, Va.

Website: americansforprosperity.org

Social media: Twitter profile, Facebook page, YouTube channel

Finances:

For the group's activities during calendar year 2010:

• Total revenue: $22 million
• Total expenses: $24 million
• Net assets: $43,000

IRS Form 990 filing: 2010

Principals:

Type of organization: 501(c)(4)

Employer Identification Number: 27-2189012

Supports: Fiscally conservative candidates

Founded: 2010

Location: Washington, D.C.

Website: endingspending.com

Social media: Facebook page, Twitter profile, YouTube channel

Finances:

For the group's activities during calendar year 2010:

• Total revenue: $1.3 million
• Total expenses: $1.2 million
• Net assets: $46,000

IRS Form 990 filing: 2010

Principals:

• J. Joe Ricketts (founder): Ricketts is the founder of brokerage firm TD Ameritrade and a family trust owns the Chicago Cubs. He also founded the super PAC, Ending Spending Action Fund.
• Brian Baker (chairman and general counsel): Baker served as an advisor to former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. He is the president of Ending Spending Action Fund.
• Stephanie Mesick (Omaha office executive director, director of outreach): Mesick is new to the political scene. She spent her career in the private sector and has no record of political giving.

Profile:

Type of organization: 501(c)(4)

Employer Identification Number: 26-0620554

Supports: Conservative candidates

Founded: 2007

Location: Des Moines, Iowa

Website: americanfuturefund.com

Social media: Facebook page, Twitter profile, YouTube channel

Finances:

For the group's activities during calendar year 2010:

• Total Revenue: $23 million
• Total Expenses: $21 million
• Net assets: $2.7 million

IRS Form 990 filing: 2010

Principals:

Type of organization: 501(c)(4)

Employer Identification Number: 27-0730508

Supports: Conservative candidates

Location: Washington, D.C.

Founded: July 23, 2009

Website: americanactionnetwork.org

Social media: Facebook page, Twitter profile, YouTube channel

Finances:

For the group's fiscal year that ran from July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011:

• Total Revenue: $27 million
• Total Expenses: $24 million
• Net assets: $3.1 million

IRS Form 990 filing: 2010

Principals:

Type of organization: 501(c)(4)

Employer Identification Number: 52-1403587

Supports:  Republican candidates

Founded: 1985

Location: Washington, D.C.

Website: atr.org

Social media: Twitter profile, Facebook page, YouTube channel

Finances:

For the group's activites during calendar year 2010:

• Total revenue: $12.4 million
• Total expenses: $11.4 million
• Net assets: $7.6 million

IRS Form 990 filing: 2010

Principals:

• Grover Norquist (founder and president): Norquist famously said his goal is to get government “down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.” He is the originator of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which seeks the signatures of legislators and candidates promising to oppose income tax increases. He was paid more than $225,000 in 2010 by Americans for Tax Reform, and its related organizations, records indicate.

Profile:

Type of organization: 501(c)(4)

Employer Identification Number: 54-1564919

Supports: Republican candidates

Founded: 1992

Location: Alexandria, Va.

Website: 60plus.org

Social media: Facebook page, Twitter profile, YouTube channel

Finances:

For the group's fiscal year that ran from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010:

• Total Revenue: $16 million
• Total Expenses: $15.5 million
• Net assets: -$236,000

IRS Form 990 filing: 2009

Principals:

• Amy Noone Frederick (president): Noone Frederick won the 2011 Buckley Award from the Young Conservatives Coalition as a top conservative movement leader under age 40. She has been president since 2010.
• Jim Martin (chairman): A longtime opponent of the estate tax; credited with popularizing the term “death tax.” Manager/pitcher for a top 10 national senior softball team called the Saints and Sinners.

Profile: