Follow the Money
Corporations donate millions to PACs. PACs fund politicians. Politicians award billions in contracts. See the full circle.
See What They Don't Want You to See
Money Flow Maps
Interactive Sankey diagrams trace money from corporations through PACs to politicians and back through government contracts.
ROI Calculator
How much do corporations spend on politics, and how much do they get back? Search any entity to calculate their return on political investment.
Industry Dashboard
See how entire industries — defense, pharma, tech, oil & gas — leverage political spending. Compare lobbying vs contracts by sector.
Dark Money Tracer
Trace anonymous political spending from 501(c)(4) nonprofits through Super PACs to attack ads. See the full chain of dark money.
Contract Tracker
Which companies get the biggest federal contracts? Cross-reference with their political donations to see the ROI of lobbying.
Entity Profiles
Search any politician, corporation, or PAC. See their full financial profile — who funds them, who they fund, and what contracts they got.
Power Networks
Interactive network graphs show corporate structures, board overlaps, PAC connections, and the revolving door between industry and government.
Investigations
Long-form investigations into the defense pipeline, pharma lobbying, congressional insider trading, dark money, and the revolving door.
How Money Corrupts the System
Donate
Corporations and wealthy individuals donate to PACs and Super PACs. We're tracking $214.1M in contributions.
Lobby
Lobbying firms are paid $97.2M to influence legislation. The same corporations that donate also lobby.
Legislate
Politicians who receive the money write and vote on laws that affect the donors' industries.
Contract
The federal government awards $165.0B in contracts — often to the same corporations that funded the campaigns.
Every Dollar is a Public Record
All data comes from official government sources. Updated in real-time. No paywalls. No editorializing. Just the numbers.