Meta put $45 million into a single political group
Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: IRS 527 Political Organizations API – Contributions and Expenditures
IRS filings show one contributor to the American Technology Excellence Project since January 2025: Meta Platforms, $45,000,000. Meta also gave $540,000 to Forge the Future Project. OpenAI gave $2.8 million to the Democratic Governors Association.
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— IRS Political Organization Filing and Disclosure
| Organization | Receipts 2025-26 | Donors |
|---|---|---|
| ActBlue Non-Federal | $350.9M | 144,295 |
| ActBlue Technical Services, Inc. | $233.4M | 9,456 |
| Republican Governors Association | $216.8M | 3,261 |
| Democratic Governors Association | $215.8M | 9,827 |
| Republican State Leadership Committee - RSLC | $109.4M | 5,302 |
| Republican Attorneys General Association | $69.0M | 828 |
| Democratic Attorneys General Association, Inc. | $62.5M | 2,004 |
| Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee | $50.4M | 9,986 |
| The PAC for America's Future | $49.1M | 1,156 |
| American Technology Excellence Project | $45.0M | 1 |
| AFSCME Working Families Fund | $43.4M | 10 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION POLITICAL ED & ACTION FUND | $36.4M | 5 |
| GOPAC, Inc. | $36.2M | 316 |
| Garden State Forward | $31.7M | 2 |
| AFT SOLIDARITY 527 | $23.3M | 2 |
Caveats
Form 8872 contributions, Jan 2025 to Nov 2026. Some filers report lump totals ("sum of transactions") instead of itemized gifts; ActBlue's rows are pass-through donations.
Sources
- IRS Political Organization Filing and Disclosure, read through the Pushbuild IRS 527 Political Organizations API on 2026-11-07
Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.
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