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Continue readingOFA fundraising down, but still attracting new donors
A joint project of the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics finds that President Obama's political nonprofit continues to find new five-figure prospects even as fundraising drops.
Continue readingTransparency fail: Obama committee provides donor list but prohibits publication
Organizing for Action released a list of top donors Friday, and while the group made a step in the direction of better disclosure, it promptly took two steps back.
Continue readingObama’s Outside Group Still Lacking Disclosure
The Center for Public Integrity has an important story today on Organizing for Action’s money in politics problem: Organizing for... View Article
Continue readingOFA Should Disclose Contributions and Expenditures in Real Time
Less than a week after Organizing for Action chairman and former Obama campaign strategist Jim Messina assured the public that... View Article
Continue readingOFA–A Dark Money Group by Any Other Name
Organizing for Action (nee Obama for America), the campaign committee that morphed into an outside money haven, is trying change... View Article
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