Top ten dark money spenders in the 2016 U.S. election cycle August 2016

This statistic shows the top ten dark money spenders in the 2016 U.S. election cycle. As of August 2016, the US Chamber of Commerce spent over 20.36 million U.S. dollars in the 2016 election cycle.

Top ten dark money spenders in the 2016 U.S. election cycle as of August 2016

Characteristic	Money spent in U.S. dollars
US Chamber of Commerce	20,355,534
American Future Fund	9,787,426
Club for Growth	3,553,259
Majority Forward	2,744,592
League of Conservation Voters	2,610,288
Americans for Prosperity	2,274,448
Ending Spending	1,618,138
Environmental Defense Action Fund	1,325,248
VoteVets.org	1,291,152
Planned Parenthood Action Fund	1,002,330

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August 2016

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United States

Survey time period

As of August 26, 2016

Supplementary notes

Dark money groups are political nonprofits that do not disclose their donors and super PACs that accept contributions from political nonprofits and shell corporations meant to hide the owner's identity.

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