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Illinois Sunshine is a tool by Reform for Illinois for browsing political contributions in the state of Illinois.

The data comes from the Illinois State Board of Elections, which has been collecting this data electronically since 1994. We built Illinois Sunshine to give journalists, activists and citizens better access to and documentation for this data.

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Party Funds in Illinois

Funds available for top Democratic and Republican political parties in Illinois, updated daily

Democratic State Party Committees
Committee Name Cash on Hand
JB for Governor $4,150,742.35
ISDF $2,375,592.42
Democrats for the Illinois House $1,390,835.98
Democratic Party of Illinois $1,259,695.71
People for Emanuel Chris Welch $510,652.94
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate $363,985.98
Republican State Party Committees
Committee Name Cash on Hand
Illinois Republican Party $792,254.93
House Republican Organization $152,534.32
McCombie for Illinois $135,916.29
Friends of John Curran $97,221.26
Republican State Senate Campaign Committee $34,380.52


Recent Political Donations

Top donations to Illinois political committees in the last 7 days, updated daily

Donor Amount Recipient
AFT Solidarity Fund, dues $217.51K Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE
Summit Ridge Energy $100.00K Clean Energy Illinois - Barry Matchett, Treasurer
American Federation of Teachers Local 604 $63.53K American Federation of Teachers Local 604 COPE
Mid-American Carpenters Regional Council Political Action Committee $47.80K Preckwinkle for President
UFCW LOCAL 881 (MEMBERSHIP DUES NOT EXCEEDING $150) $31.03K UFCW Local 881 PAC
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits $29.10K Wine and Spirits Distributors of Illinois PAC
Keefe, Keefe & Unsell, PC $27.40K Illinois Trial Lawyers Assn PAC
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE $26.59K American Federation of Teachers Local 604 COPE
Get Illinois Right PAC $25.00K House Republican Organization
Midwest Region Organizing Committee (Member Dues) $19.50K Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee

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Top Earners last 30 days, updated daily

Political committees operate by receiving donations, transfers and loans from people, organizations, and other committees. Here's who's raised the most money in the last month.

Rank Committee New funds
1 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC +$837,666.78
2 Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE +$434,040.36
3 Carpentry Advancement Political Action +$268,145.25
4 Friends for Fritz +$253,089.24
5 Credit Union Political Action Council (CUPAC) IL +$168,250.00
6 Illinois Bankers' PAC +$163,409.86
7 Stephens Political Action Committee NFP +$158,500.00
8 Clean Energy Illinois - Barry Matchett, Treasurer +$120,000.00
9 People for Emanuel Chris Welch +$115,501.00
10 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate +$100,001.00

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Top Political Committees highest current funds, updated daily

Political committees must report their current funds, along with donations and expenditures every quarter. Here's the committees that have the most investments and cash on hand.

Rank Committee Current funds
1 Carpentry Advancement Political Action $8,210,505.25
2 Friends of Michael J Madigan $6,182,034.09
3 JB for Governor $4,150,742.35
4 LiUNA Chicago Laborers District Council $3,399,153.40
5 Laborers' Political League - Great Lakes Region $3,366,132.32
6 Citizens for Giannoulias $3,271,983.03
7 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC $2,893,269.95
8 Finishing Trades of Chicago Corp PAC $2,584,506.25
9 13th Ward Democratic Org $2,465,527.92
10 ISDF $2,375,592.42

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Tracking Political Donations by month and year

The chart below shows political donations since 1994. Hover over a month to see total donations and transfers during that time period. To see total donations and transfers by year, decrease the size of your browser window until you see dark green bars.