Here are some links (3) to help you do some background investigations; Want to find out about some activist organizations? here is a good link ( http://www.activistcash.com/index_organizations.cfm ) to look up Organizations, Foundations, Celebrities, and Key Players. This site is a very complete reference site to do checks on. Another informative site ( http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6497 ) to gather information is Discover the networks.org, that site is a guide to the political left. Finally a link to Opensecrets Campaign Finance page. http://www.opensecrets.org/news/disclosure.php