Organizations Filed Purposes:
We are a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that reveals the influence of money in politics, informs and empowers voters, and advances reforms that promote a more responsive democracy.
MapLights online tools and research bring transparency to government data and put a spotlight on the outsize influence of money in politics so that journalists and advocacy groups can hold lawmakers accountable.
Money and Influence: MapLight is a nonpartisan nonprofit that strives to create a government that (actually) works for the people. By connecting the influence of special interest groups to the issues people care about, we empower journalists, citizens, and advocacy groups to hold government accountable. Since 2009, our findings illustrating the impact of political money on the issues affecting citizens everyday lives have reached over 350 million people through TV, radio, magazines, newspapers, blogs, and other websites. From our work highlighting the obstacles faced by environmental activists working toward reform to our investigations uncovering pay-to-play politics among Cabinet appointees to our expose on how public pension money has been used to fund an anti-rent control campaign in California and many other investigations like this (Continued on Schedule O)
Voter's Edge: In 2018, our nonpartisan online voter guide Voters Edge reached 2 million people -- equivalent to 1 in 8 voters -- in California, providing them with unbiased and nonpartisan information to help them to make better-informed voting decisions about the candidates and issues appearing on the ballot. 91% of Voters Edge users said that our guide made them feel more confident about making the right choices on Election Day. 77% of Voters Edge users said that they would vote for more offices and leave fewer choices blank thanks to the information they found on our guide.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Daniel G Newman | President | 40 | $207,849 |
| Leon Smith Ii | Technical Director | 40 | $165,947 |
| Paul Perry | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| John O'Farrell | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Shel Kaphan | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jim Heerwagen | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Melanie Sloan | Co-Chair/Treas. | 1 | $0 |
| Doug Edwards | Co-Chair/Sect'y | 1 | $0 |
Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (
public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202001279349300340_public.xml