Funding
Rhode Island State Board of Elections
For the latest campaign finance disclosures, go here.
For the campaign finance disclosure calendar, go here.
Note on the disclosures: Ballot advocacy disclosures tend to be incomplete. They may be most reliable as an indicator of advertising purchased with cash. Organizations can send countless communications to their members without reporting an expenditure. But if the organization purchases a Facebook ad to reach out to non-members, it has to be disclosed. Staff time to run an advocacy campaign is generally not disclosed, perhaps because it isn’t practical to distinguish between time spent on an advocacy campaign and other pursuits. After 2004, the Rhode Island ACLU sued the State Board of Elections (American Civil Liberties Union v. Rhode Island Board of Elections, C.A. No. 04-487-T) when the State Board of Elections queried it about inadequate disclosures. The ACLU observed that it receives general funding from groups (such as its coalition partners) and cannot allocate how much of that funding goes to a particular ballot advocacy campaign.
Vote Yes Campaign
November 4, 2014
Matthew Schweich, $300
November 3, 2014
Matthew Schweich, $1,901.20
October 30, 2014
Timothy Murphy, $1,000
October 29, 2014
Angus Davis, $2,000
October 3, 2014
Alan Hassenfeld, $12,500
September 25, 2014
Aram Garabedian, $1,000
September 18, 2014
Aram Garabedian, $5,000
September 14, 2014
Timothy Murphy, $1,000
June 30, 2014
John Hazen White, Jr., $23,000 (an in-kind, not a cash, contribution)*
John Hazen White, $15,000
*This was for a billboard. The matching billboard by the no campaign was not reported as either a contribution or expenditure.
Vote No Campaign
November 3, 2014
National Education Association PAC for Education, $10,000
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, $5,000
Woonsocket Teachers Guild, $1,000
October 27, 2014
Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals Solidarity Fund (RIFTHP), $5,000
Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Unions (RIACLU), $5,000
October 20, 2014
National Education Association PAC for Education, $10,000
October 15, 2014
New England Laborers Management Trust, $10,000
Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers, $2,500
Rhode Island Brotherhood of Police Officers, $2,500
October 6, 2014
Teamsters Local 251, $5,000
October 2, 2014
Rhode Island AFL-CIO COPE, $5,000
Rhode Island AFL-CIO, $10,000
October 1, 2014
Iron Workers Local 37 Target Fund, $2,000
West Warwick Teachers’ Alliance, $1,000
Cranston Teachers’ Alliance, $1,000
August 12, 2014
United Nurses & Allied Professionals, $3,000
Rhode Island Hospital United Nurses & Allied Professionals, $2,500
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Rhode Island State Council, $300
August 11, 2014
Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ, $2,000
August 8, 2014
Rhode Island Association for Justice, $10,000
July 10, 2014 (first filing date; not the contribution date)
District 1199 SEIU, $4,000 (May 22, 2014)
United Food and Commercial Workers Defense Fund, $5,000 (May 22, 2014)
AFSCME AFL-CIO People PAC, $10,000 (May 15, 2014)
United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP), $10,000 (May 7, 2014)
Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Unions (RIACLU), $10,000 (May 1, 2014)
Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals Solidarity Fund (RIFTHP), $10,000 (May 1, 2014)
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, $10,000 (April 3, 2014)
Total for Citizens for Responsible Government on July 10, 2014: $59,000
*RIACLU sued the Rhode Island State Board of Elections in 2004 with regard to multiple campaign finance disclosure issues, including the disclosure of the entities that funded its contributions opposing the referendum to convene a state constitutional convention.