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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
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate $12,938,086.32
JB for Governor $11,120,430.53
People for Emanuel Chris Welch $7,909,688.36
ISDF $2,759,689.37
Democrats for the Illinois House $1,529,909.37
Democratic Party of Illinois $942,625.33
Republican State Party Committees
Committee Name Cash on Hand
Friends of John Curran $1,523,789.69
McCombie for Illinois $1,089,574.53
Illinois Republican Party $830,420.67
House Republican Organization $582,412.68
Republican State Senate Campaign Committee $94,439.52


Recent Political Donations

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

Donor Amount Recipient
Chicago Forward $250.00K Keep Chicago Affordable
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor Management PAC $250.00K Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate
Labor Management Union Carpentry Cooperation Promotion Fund $228.85K Carpentry Advancement Political Action
ISDF $200.00K Committee for Natalie Toro
American Federation of Teachers $100.00K End Homelessness, supporting Bring Chicago Home
Fritz Kaegi $100.00K Stop Tax Corruption Cook County
Tony Davis $100.00K Eileen O'Neill Burke for State's Attorney
State Power Fund $91.32K End Homelessness, supporting Bring Chicago Home
Intl Union of Operating Eng Local 150 State County & Local Area PAC $75.00K Eileen O'Neill Burke for State's Attorney
UA Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC $68.50K Friends for Susana Mendoza

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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 Eileen O'Neill Burke for State's Attorney +$2,364,951.00
2 End Homelessness, supporting Bring Chicago Home +$1,217,118.13
3 Committee for Natalie Toro +$995,273.88
4 Committee to Reelect Larry R Rogers Jr +$955,800.00
5 Friends of Michael Crawford +$952,160.38
6 Keep Chicago Affordable +$897,500.00
7 Friends for Clayton Harris lll +$653,121.01
8 Joy for Justice, Inc. +$604,500.00
9 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC +$592,090.94
10 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate +$497,500.00

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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 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate $12,938,086.32
2 JB for Governor $11,120,430.53
3 Friends For Mary S Alexander-Basta $10,230,575.51
4 Carpentry Advancement Political Action $8,135,257.74
5 People for Emanuel Chris Welch $7,909,688.36
6 Friends of Michael J Madigan $6,319,233.02
7 Laborers' Political League - Great Lakes Region $3,209,842.41
8 Eileen O'Neill Burke for State's Attorney $3,081,293.59
9 Illinois PAC for Education (IPACE) $2,889,949.75
10 ISDF $2,759,689.37

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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.