Causes: Citizen Participation, Public Finance, Taxation & Monetary Policy
Mission: CRP aims to create a more educated voter, an involved citizenry and a more transparent and responsive government. Campaign contributions and lobbying influence nearly every policy decision that affects Americans--from their health care options to student loans and the cost of gas. CRP is the only non-partisan, independent, free source of information about how money influences federal elections and policy.
Results: As political spending skyrockets with each election cycle, the need for vigilance and reliable data about the role of money in politics is stronger than ever. Against this backdrop, CRP serves as “the gold standard" for research and analysis on money’s disproportionate influence on campaigns, politics and policy. The Center has created the largest database of its kind with millions of value-added records and billions of dollars, covering every congressional and presidential race back to 1989.Our accurate, up-to-the minute data and analysis provide Americans with the tools and knowledge they need to be empowered and demand greater accountability and transparency from our government.
Target demographics: American voters, activists, journalists, students and academics all rely on CRP's work. International organizations look to OpenSecrets. org as a model to help them create transparency and accountability in their own countries.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Every year, thousands of journalists rely on CRP's data to cover the money fueling American elections and shaping policy in Washington. Millions of Americans go directly to our groundbreaking website, OpenSecrets. org, to get informed about the candidates seeking their votes.
Programs: A four-time Webby winner for being the bestpolitics resource online, the Center's website, OpenSecrets. org, allows users toexplore the connections between money and politics. Freely available, easy-to-use databases track federal campaign contributions and lobbying in avariety of illuminating ways, such as by industry and interest group.
Mission: CRP aims to create a more educated voter, an involved citizenry and a more transparent and responsive government. Campaign contributions and lobbying influence nearly every policy decision that affects Americans--from their health care options to student loans and the cost of gas. CRP is the only non-partisan, independent, free source of information about how money influences federal elections and policy.
Results: As political spending skyrockets with each election cycle, the need for vigilance and reliable data about the role of money in politics is stronger than ever. Against this backdrop, CRP serves as “the gold standard" for research and analysis on money’s disproportionate influence on campaigns, politics and policy. The Center has created the largest database of its kind with millions of value-added records and billions of dollars, covering every congressional and presidential race back to 1989.Our accurate, up-to-the minute data and analysis provide Americans with the tools and knowledge they need to be empowered and demand greater accountability and transparency from our government.
Target demographics: American voters, activists, journalists, students and academics all rely on CRP's work. International organizations look to OpenSecrets. org as a model to help them create transparency and accountability in their own countries.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Every year, thousands of journalists rely on CRP's data to cover the money fueling American elections and shaping policy in Washington. Millions of Americans go directly to our groundbreaking website, OpenSecrets. org, to get informed about the candidates seeking their votes.
Programs: A four-time Webby winner for being the bestpolitics resource online, the Center's website, OpenSecrets. org, allows users toexplore the connections between money and politics. Freely available, easy-to-use databases track federal campaign contributions and lobbying in avariety of illuminating ways, such as by industry and interest group.
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