Fat Cats United: 10 Biggest 527 Groups

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527 groups, which can collect unlimited donations, raised $506 million in 2008. They’ve already raised $236 million for this fall’s election—and it’s not even a presidential year. Here are the 10 biggest:

527 COMMITTEE / POLITICAL LEANING	TOTAL RAISED	TOP DONOR / AMOUNT
American Solutions for Winning the Future Conservative/Republican	$17.2 million	Crow Holdings $350,000
Service Employees International Union Liberal/Democratic	$6.4 million	SEIU $6.4 million
America Votes Liberal/Democratic	$6.4 million	Friends of America Votes $2.4 million
Citizens United Conservative/Republican	$5.8 million	Self-employed donors $61,320
College Republican National Committee Conservative/Republican	$4.5 million	John Templeton Foundation $450,100
EMILY’s List Liberal/Democratic	$4 million	Akonadi Foundation/Newsweb $250,000 each
Carly for California Conservative/Republican	$3.6 million	Carly Fiorina Enterprises $2.5 million
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Liberal/Democratic	$2.7 million	IBEW $1.2 million
ActBlue Liberal/Democratic	$2.5 million	JPMorgan Chase $39,848
Mid-Atlantic Leadership Fund Liberal/Democratic	$2.4 million	Democratic Governors Association $1.45 million
As of July 9. Top donors list does not include retired donors.