Legislative intelligence platform

Trace who funds the groups shaping state legislation.

Legislative View connects IRS Form 990 grants, official bill positions, and copied legislation across all 50 states, with every claim linked to its primary source.

See the organizations behind a policy, the coalitions surrounding it, and where the same legislative language is spreading next.

Public records only. Every material claim traces to the document it came from.

50
States covered
7,598
Organizations indexed
151,706
Grants traced
4,409
Sourced bill positions
9,640
Bill-text matches

Coverage as of July 2026. See data coverage and refresh dates.

The evidence graph

Follow the full chain behind a policy.

Legislative View connects financial disclosures, organization identities, official policy positions, coalition activity, and similar legislation across states. Instead of reviewing each source in isolation, analysts see the relationships in one defensible research workflow. Select any step below to inspect the underlying evidence.

One documented chain Click any step

Funder

Ford Foundation

Association, not causation. Legislative View documents financial relationships, public policy positions, and legislative similarities found in public records. The presence of a relationship does not, by itself, establish coordination, influence, intent, or causation.

Product category

More than a legislative tracker.

Traditional legislative platforms tell you what a bill says and where it is in the process. Legislative View shows the network around it: the organizations taking positions, the funders connected to those organizations, the coalitions surrounding the issue, and where similar legislative language is appearing in other states.

Funding relationships

IRS Form 990 Schedule I and 990-PF grant line items, normalized and matched to an organization registry by EIN and name.

151,706
grant records traced, to 52,315 recipient organizations

Positions and coalitions

Official support and oppose records drawn from committee analyses, with organizations ranked by sustained engagement rather than one-time appearances.

2,147
organizations across 4,409 sourced positions

Cross-state similarity

Sentence-transformer scoring compares bill text across all 50 states, with a cross-state filter so in-state companion bills do not create noise.

9,640
cross-state text matches scored above threshold

Provenance is the product

Built for conclusions that need to be defended.

Legislative View does not ask users to trust a black-box AI summary. Every material relationship is linked to the underlying filing, legislative record, or official source so analysts can verify the evidence themselves.

Open the original Form 990 filing. Review the organization's official position. Compare the legislative text. The evidence stays attached to the analysis.

Numbered citation Filing and publication date Identity match status
Extract: CA AB 2930Sourced

Center for Democracy & Technology is recorded as supporting CA AB 2930 in the Senate Floor Analyses for the 2023-2024 session1.

Separately, Ford Foundation reported grants to the organization in tax years 2021 through 2023, including $1,250,000 for its Algorithmic Fairness and Disability Rights Program2.

These are two independently documented public records. No coordination or influence is asserted3.

1 CA Senate Floor Analyses, AB 2930, 2023-2024
2 IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, Ford Foundation, TY2021-TY2023
3 Association-and-causation policy, methodology

Cross-state intelligence

See where legislative language is spreading.

Detect substantially similar bill text across states, identify the organizations active around each version, and understand how the surrounding coalition changes by jurisdiction. Legislative View connects cross-state bill similarity with official organization positions and IRS 990 funding relationships in one sourced evidence graph.

Compare the text

Pairwise similarity scoring surfaces substantially similar language between bills in different states, with the matched passages identified.

Compare the coalition

See which organizations appear on the record in each state, and how support and opposition shift between jurisdictions.

Compare the funding

Connect the organizations on record to the grant relationships disclosed in public IRS filings.

Built for policy teams

For teams that need more than alerts.

Legislative View helps public-affairs firms, trade associations, government-relations teams, law firms, and institutional analysts move from monitoring legislation to understanding the network behind it.

Public-affairs firms

Produce sourced client intelligence.

Identify coalitions, trace organizational relationships, compare similar bills across states, and deliver findings a client can verify line by line.

Trade associations

Map support and opposition networks.

Monitor the organizations active around an issue, track copied legislative language, and understand who is on record in each state.

Corporate government relations

Detect policy patterns early.

Spot emerging legislative patterns across states and understand which organizations may shape the debate before it reaches your jurisdiction.

Law firms and institutional analysts

Build a defensible record.

Assemble a documented relationship trail with citations to filings and legislative records suitable for client memoranda and diligence.

Investigative and public-interest research

Also used by

Journalists

Trace and cite funding relationships.

Verify organizational positions and cite the original source documents in a publishable piece.

Foundations, government and academic researchers

Understand the field before acting.

Review the coalition landscape around an issue, with public-records citations throughout.

Where we fit

Different tools answer different questions.

CapabilityTraditional bill trackerStakeholder CRMLegislative View
Bill status and textYesSometimesYes
Stakeholder contactsLimitedYesOrganization-focused
Official organization positionsLimitedLimitedYes
IRS 990 funding relationshipsNot typically includedNot typically includedYes
Cross-state bill similaritySometimesNot typically includedYes
Connected evidence graphNot typically includedNot typically includedYes
Primary-source citationsVariesVariesCore requirement

Capabilities vary by vendor, product tier, and configuration. This table describes general category differences, not any specific competitor's current feature set.

Data coverage and freshness

Know exactly how current each source is.

Legislative records and financial filings move on different clocks. Bill and position data refresh as official records publish. Funding relationships reflect the latest available IRS filing year, which lags current legislative activity by design.

Legislative records
Last refreshed April 2026

Bill text, sponsors, and amendment history across all 50 states. 7,494 bills and 16,919 text versions indexed.

Organization positions
Last refreshed July 2026

Official support and oppose records from committee analyses. 4,409 positions from 2,147 organizations.

IRS Form 990 filings
Through tax year 2023

Schedule I and 990-PF grant records. Tax year 2024 filings are still publishing and are incomplete.

Reading the dates. A grant reported in a tax year 2021 filing may have been made earlier and published later. Filing year, tax year, and legislative session are shown separately throughout the product so an analyst can judge the timing themselves.

Methodology

How the connections are made.

In plain language, so a reader can judge the work rather than take it on faith.

Sources

IRS Form 990 Schedule I and 990-PF Part XV grant line items; state legislature bill text, sponsors and amendment history; official committee position records. Public records only.

Organization identity resolution

Names are normalized and matched to an organization registry. Matches are recorded by type, for example exact EIN match or exact name match, and the status travels with the claim.

Bill similarity

Sentence-transformer embeddings score pairwise text similarity across states above a defined threshold, with an explicit cross-state filter so companion bills within one state do not dominate results.

Association and causation

The platform documents relationships found in public records. A documented grant and a documented position are reported as separate facts. Coordination, influence, intent, and causation are never inferred from adjacency alone.

Confidence and human review

Ambiguous identity matches are queued for human review rather than published automatically. Unresolved items are shown as unverified instead of being presented as fact.

Known limitations

Form 990 data is annual and lags legislative activity. Committee records vary in completeness by state. Similarity scoring identifies textual overlap, not authorship or origin.

Questions

The things buyers ask first.

Where does the data come from?
Entirely from official public records: IRS Form 990 filings, state legislature bill text and sponsors, and official committee position records. No scraping of private sources and no inside information. Every material figure links to the document it came from.
How current is the data?
Legislative records were last refreshed in April 2026 and organization positions in July 2026. IRS Form 990 grant data runs through tax year 2023, since 2024 filings are still publishing. Each evidence view shows its own filing year, tax year, and session so you can judge timing directly.
Does a funding relationship mean the funder caused the position?
No. Legislative View documents financial relationships, public policy positions, and legislative similarities found in public records. The presence of a relationship does not, by itself, establish coordination, influence, intent, or causation. Grants and positions are reported as separate documented facts.
Is this a CRM? Does it do outreach?
No. Legislative View is the intelligence layer that sits alongside a CRM. It does not manage contacts or send email. It documents what is happening around a policy and who is connected to it, so your outreach in whatever tool you use is aimed correctly.
Can I verify a claim myself?
Yes, and that is the point. Every material number, position, and grant carries a citation to its primary source. Select any relationship in a brief and we will show you the source document and the query behind it.
How do I get a brief, and what does it cost?
Request a sourced brief on your issue area below. We reply within one business day with a walkthrough on your states and bills, and you keep a sourced brief on your top question. Pricing is scoped to the engagement and covered on the call.

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Tell us the issue area and jurisdictions. We return the documented chain, every link cited.

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We come back within one business day with a 20-minute walkthrough on your states, your bills, and the documented relationships behind them.