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| Source | Wikipedia, captured 2021-07-15 | other sources (cited in situ) |
| Source URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Responsive_Politics |
| Date published | 2021-05-17 |
| Curator | Dr. Victoria A. Stuart, Ph.D. |
| Curation date | 2021-07-15 |
| Modified | |
| Editorial practice | Refer here |
| Summary | Public policy research group with a focus on money in politics. |
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| Name | Center for Responsive Politics |
| Abbreviation | CRP |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Incorporated | 1984-02-01 |
| Founders | Former U.S. Senators |
| Description | The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group, based in Washington, D.C., that tracks the effects of money and lobbying on elections and public policy. |
| Tax ID no. | 52-1275227 |
| Type | 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public policy think tank |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Area served | United States |
| Chair, Board of Directors | John Coyle |
| Executive Director | Sheila Krumholz |
| Revenue (2017) | $1,436,025 |
| Expenses (2017) | $2,032,042 |
| Endowment (2017) | $800,000 |
| Employees (2017) | 31 |
| Motto | Money Talks. We Translate. |
| Website | OpenSecrets.org |
The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group, based in Washington, D.C., that tracks the effects of money and lobbying on elections and public policy. It maintains a public online database of its information.
The Center for Responsive Politics' website, OpenSecrets.org, allows users to track federal campaign contributions and lobbying by lobbying firms, individual lobbyists, industry, dark money, federal agencies, and bills. Other resources include the personal financial disclosures of all members of the U.S. Congress, the President, and top members of the administration. Users can also search by ZIP codes to learn how their neighbors are allocating their political contributions.
The Center for Responsive Politics was founded in 1983 by retired U.S. Senators Frank Church of Idaho, of the Democratic Party, and Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania, of the Republican Party. The Center for Responsive Politics was officially incorporated on February 1, 1984.
In the 1980s, Frank Church and Hugh Scott launched a "money-in-politics" project, whose outcome consisted of large, printed books. Their first book - "Spending in Congressional Elections: A Never-Ending Spiral " (published in 1988) - analyzed spending patterns in congressional elections from 1974 through 1986, including 1986 soft money contributions in five states.
In 1996, the Center for Responsive Politics launched its online counterpart, OpenSecrets.org. The website is a clearinghouse for data and analysis regarding money in politics.
The Center for Responsive Politics hosts a "Revolving Door" database which documents the individuals who have passed between the public sector and lobbyists.
In 2015, The News & Observer published an op-ed by Robert Maguire, the political nonprofits investigator at the CRP, that was critical of Carolina Rising, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization (i.e. an organization considered by the IRS to operate exclusively for the promotion of social welfare) for spending $4.7 million in 2014 on political ads in support of Thom Tillis, Senate candidate from North Carolina.
The Center for Responsive Politics reported that President Trump's re-election campaign was financially related to the Capitol riot on 2021-01-06.
Major donors to the Center for Responsive Politics include:
At the end of 2017, the Center for Responsive Politics reported $1.44 million in annual revenue and $2.92 million in net assets.
Sheila Krumholz has been the Center for Responsive Politics's executive director since December 2006, having served as the CRP's Research Director. Sheila Krumholz joined the Center for Responsive Politics in 1989.
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