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Attention, fellow journalism nerds: You might already know that nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. What you didn't know (because it just went live) is that @propublica.bsky.social has a new database that lets you easily search these organizations’ finances:

Introducing ProPublica’s 527 Explorerwww.propublica.org Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. ProPublica is releasing a new database that will allow journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organiz...

I searched for hits on a company I worked for a decade ago, just to test the feature. "Citrix" came up with all sorts of hits, some containing "Citrus", others with no discernable connection to my old company's name at all. You need a better search algorithm.