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Media Fund
"527" Political Organization
Contributions, Expenses, & Filing Information


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Group NameMedia Fund
Stated PurposeTo communicate with the public on issues that relate to the election of cnadidates for federal, state or local office or the legislative process in a manner that does not expressly advocate the election or defeat of a particular candidate.
Email Addressgruvergary@hotmail.com
Established Date11/05/2003
Contact PersonGary Gruver
Contact Address1101 Vermont Avenue, NW
9th Floor
Washington, DC  20005
Mailing Address1101 Vermont Avenue, NW
9th Floor
Washington, DC  20005
Contributions Received
(since 11/05/2003)
$60,139,183
Expenditures Made
(since 11/05/2003)
$60,158,448

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Media Fund
"527" Contribution List

ContributorEmpoyer/Occupation$ Contribution AmountDate
Abe Pollin
Washington, DC  20004
Washington Sports & Entertainment/CEO $100,00010/22/2004
AFL-CIO
Washington, DC  20006
$250,00007/12/2004
AFLCIO
Washington, DC  20006
NA/NA $525,73802/01/2004-
04/22/2004
AFSCME
Washington, DC  20036
NA/NA $2,100,00004/01/2004-
07/22/2004
Alma O Cohen
Philadelphia, PA  19103
NA/Homemaker $1,00004/28/2004
Amer Fed of State, County, Muni Employees
Washington, DC  20036
$50,00010/05/2005
American Federation of Gov't Employees
Washington, DC  20001
$75,00008/24/2004
American Federation of Teachers
Washington, DC  20001
$250,00009/01/2004
American Federation of Teachers COPE
Washington, DC  20001
NA/NA $750,00003/01/2004-
03/05/2004
American Postal Workers Union
Washington, DC  20005
$500,00008/17/2004
Andre Gregory
New York, NY  10014
SelfEmployed/Artist $5,00005/19/2004
Annette P Cumming
Jackson, WY  83001
Cumming Foundation/Executive Director/VP $2,50007/26/2004
Anthony T Dean
Long Grove, IL  60047
Village of Long Grove/President $25,00009/21/2004
Axelrod & Associates, Inc
Chicago, IL  60610
$29,53509/21/2004
Barry J Peek
North Haven, NY  11963
Meyer Suozzi English Klein/Attorney $50005/25/2004
BCTGM International Union
Kensington, MD  20895
$50,00008/30/2004
Ben Heller
Sharon, CT  06069
NA/Retired $12,50006/01/2004
Bernard Rapoport
Waco, TX  76702
American Income Life Insurance/Chairman Emeritus $25,00007/29/2004
Bruce Fields
Chicago, IL  60622
Self/Trader $1,00010/22/2004
Business Loan Express
New York, NY  10022
NA/NA $12,50006/29/2004
Christine L Mattso
Austin, TX  78746
Self/Homemaker $1,200,00009/22/2004
Committee to Defeat George Bush
BRookdale, CA  95007
$5,00007/26/2004
Communication Workers of America
Washington, DC  20001
NA/NA $500,00005/21/2004-
08/30/2004
Craig Kaplan
New York, NY  10003
Selfemployed/Attorney $10,00003/31/2004
David Bender
Woodbridge, CT  06525
Bender Plumbing Supplies, Inc./Owner $12,50010/22/2004
Deleware County Consulting Inc
Gladwyne, PA  19035
$10,00012/16/2004
Democratic Governors Association
Washington, DC  20001
$125,00010/14/2005-
11/30/2005
Elizabeth Sloss
Seattle, WA  98112
Self/Psychotherapist $1,00010/22/2004
Environment 2004 Action Fund
Washington, DC  20005
$30,00010/18/2004
Frank Brunckhorst
Sarasota, FL  34231
Boars Head/Chairman of the Board $100,00005/17/2004
Fred Eychaner
Chicago, IL  60614
Newsweb Corp./President $500,00002/19/2004
Galloway Group
Boulder, CO  80302
$75,00009/29/2004
IBEW Educational Committee
Washington, DC  20005
$200,00009/29/2004
IBEW Educational Committee Education Fund
Washington, DC  20005
NA/NA $10,00004/20/2004
Int'l Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers
Washington, DC  20006
$30,00007/30/2004
IUPAT
Washington, DC  20006
$250,00007/26/2004
James H Clark
Dallas, TX  75219
Self/Investment $1,000,00007/27/2004
James Lamb
Arlington, VA  22205
Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon/Attorney $50009/29/2004
James Probst
Marion, IA  52302
Nuclear management Co./Engineer $2,00011/10/2004
Jonathan McHale
Austin, TX  78746
Self/Investor $1,800,00008/27/2004-
09/22/2004
Joseph Field
Bala Cynwyd, PA  19004
Entercom/Executive $1,375,00010/07/2004-
10/25/2004
Joseph M Field
Bal Cynwyd, PA  19004
Entercom Communications/Executive $100,00009/17/2004
Joseph M Field
Bala Cynwyd, PA  19004
Entercom Communications Corp/Chairman $100,00006/08/2004
Laborers Political League
Washington, DC  20006
NA/NA $500,00005/07/2004-
05/19/2004
Leonard Lieberman
Newark, NJ  07102
SelfEmployed/Consultant $25,00005/24/2004
Lerach, Coughlin, Stoia & Robbins LLP
San Diego, CA  92101
$75,00009/21/2004
MACPAC-PA
Philadelphia, PA  19101
$15,00011/10/2004
Marcy Garriott
Austin, TX  78732
NCSoft/CEO $10,00011/15/2004
Metro Management, Inc
Edina, MN  55439
NA/NA $10,00004/28/2004
MoveOnorg
Greenbrae, CA  94904
$29,53508/24/2004
Murray D Peek
Boynton Beach, FL  33437
NA/Retired $25004/08/2004
National Education Association
Washington, DC  20036
$10,00011/15/2004
Norman Bender
New Haven, CT  06530
Bender Plumbing Supplies, Inc./CEO $25,00010/22/2004
Paul Goldenberg
Irvine, CA  92612
Paul's TV & Video/President $20,00011/10/2004
Peggy Cafritz
Washington, DC  20016
Retired $5,00010/07/2004
Richard Garriott
Austin, TX  78730
NCSoft/Vice President $10,00011/15/2004
Rosenfeld Bernstein Tannehauser
New York, NY  10022
NA/NA $12,50006/29/2004
Ruth C Kolbe
Needham, MA  02492
NA/Volunteer $2,50004/28/2004
S Davis Carniglia
Muir Beach, CA  94965
Information Requested $62509/29/2004
SEIU Local 1199
New York, NY  10036
NA/NA $1,000,00003/10/2004
September Fund
Washington, DC  20036
$300,00010/26/2006
Service Employees Int'l Union
Washington, DC  20005
$250,00009/16/2005
Sharon Bender
Woodbridge, CT  06525
Homemaker $12,50010/22/2004
Sheet Metal Workers Intl Assn Political Ed League
Washington, DC  20006
NA/NA $100,00005/19/2004
Sheet Metal Workers' Int'l Assn
Washington, DC  20006
$100,00009/24/2004
Stronger America
Washington, DC  20044
$100,00010/27/2004
Tranportation Communications Intl Union
Rockville, MD  20850
NA/NA $100,00006/25/2004
UA Political Education Committee
Washington, DC  20001
NA/NA $250,00005/17/2004
UFCW
Washington, DC  20006
$200,00007/30/2004
UNITE
New York, NY  10001
NA/NA $100,00005/24/2004-
08/17/2004
United Steelworkers of America
Pittsburgh, PA  15222
$200,00007/01/2004
Victory Campaign 2004
Washington, DC  20036
NA/NA $44,475,00012/31/2003-
10/27/2004


Media Fund "527" Expenses

Vendor$ Expense AmountPurposeDate
Redmond Walsh
888 16th Street NW 7th Fl.
Washington, DC  20006
$27,213 Media Consulting01/31/2004-
06/23/2004
Redmond Walsh
888 16th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$148 Office Supplies12/16/2004
Redmond Walsh
888 16th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$4,332 Payroll11/30/2004
Redmond Walsh
888 16th Street NW, Suite 740
Washington, DC  20006
$48,601 Salary04/29/2004-
11/15/2004
Redmond Walsh
888 16th Street NW 7th Fl.
Washington, DC  20006
$857 Travel Expenses05/04/2004
Reed Millar
19 spring Lane
Fleetwood, PA  19522
$2,016 Salary10/31/2005-
11/15/2005
Rene Huey-Lipton
8407 Meadowview Drive
Austin, TX  78737
$1,403 Travel & Meeting Expenses09/24/2004
Reno Newspapers, Inc.
955 Kuenzli Street
Reno, NV  89502
$2,483 Advertisement06/17/2004
Robert Thomas
25 McLea Ct. East
San Francisco, CA  94103
$3,405 Media Production10/29/2004
Roger Harris
7531 Terrace River Dr
Temple Terrace, FL  33637
$1,127 Salary10/31/2005-
11/08/2005
Ryan Philliips Utretch & McKinnon
1133 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC  20036
$29,394 Legal Fees07/08/2004
Ryan Phillips Utrecht & MacKinnon
1133 Connecticut Ave NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC  20036
$18,394 Consulting / Legal Services09/06/2006
Ryan Phillips Utrecht & MacKinnon
1133 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC  20036
$37,336 Legal Services11/30/2006-
12/18/2007
Ryan Phillips Utrecht and MacKinnon
1133 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC  20036
$47,981 Legal Services02/06/2007-
05/03/2007
Ryan Phillips Utrecht MacKinnon
1133 Connecticut Avenue NW #300
Washington, DC  20036
$71,987 Legal Services12/31/2003-
04/07/2004
Ryan Phillips Utretch McKinnon
1133 Connecticut Avenue
Suite 300
Washington, DC  20036
$94,232 Legal Fees07/02/2004
Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon
1133 Connecticut Ave NW #300
Washington, DC  20036
$105,510 Legal Counsel11/22/2004-
12/22/2005
Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon
1133 Connecticut Ave NW #300
Washington, DC  20036
$39,543 Legal Fees10/26/2004-
11/17/2004
Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon
1133 Connecticut Ave NW
Ste 300
Washington, DC  20036
$11,856 Legal Services10/30/2006-
11/21/2006
Ryan, Phillips, Utretch & MacKinnon
1133 Connecticut Avenue
Suite 300
Washington, DC  20036
$21,087 Legal Fees09/02/2004
September Fund
1133 Connecticut Ave NW
Ste 300
Washington, DC  20036
$135,000 Contribution11/02/2006
Shelby Morris
2025 Peachtree Rd NE #1243
Atlanta, GA  30309
$898 Salary10/31/2005-
11/08/2005
Simone Hardeman
888 16th Street NW, Suite 740
Washington, DC  20006
$4,917 Salary09/15/2004-
11/15/2004
Simone Hardeman
3850 Tunlaw Rd #708
Washington, DC  20007
$2,599 Payroll11/30/2004-
12/31/2004
Simone Hardeman
3850 Tunlaw Road
#708
Washington, DC  20007
$523 Salary08/31/2004
Squier Knapp Dunn
1818 N Street NW 450
Washington, DC  20036
$495,712 Media Production03/31/2004-
05/21/2004
St Paul Travelers
PO Box 96359
Chicago, IL  60693
$944 Insurance09/25/2006
Storefront Political Media
250 Sutter Street
#650
San Francisco, CA  94108
$20,000 Media Creative Fees07/08/2004
Storefront Political Media
250 Sutter Street
#650
San Francisco, CA  94108
$35,312 Media Production06/21/2004-
07/08/2004
SVM, LLP
888 16th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$543 Fuel09/28/2005
Terry Berland Casting
2050 S. Bundy Dr
Los Angles, CA  90025
$1,250 Media Production10/29/2004
Terry Franklin
1601 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd
Silver Spring, MD  20860
$50,000 Media Research10/19/2004
Terry Franklin
1601 Olney-Sandy Road
Silver Springs, MD  20860
$25,000 Media Research09/13/2004
The Guardian
P.O. Box 8012
Appleton, WI  54912
$5,706 Health Insurance04/19/2004-
02/01/2005
The Guardian
P.O. Box 8012
Appleton, WI  54912
$-702 Refund of Overpayment04/19/2005
The Hartford
690 Asylum Avenue
Hartford, CT  06115
$266 Liability Insurance07/19/2005
The Hartford
PO Box 2907
New Hartford, NY  13413
$826 Insurance05/22/2004
The Ickes & Enright Group, Inc.
1300 Connecticut Avenue NW
Sixth Floor
Washington, DC  20036
$371 Telephone, Printing, Postage Expenses03/26/2007
The McLaughlin Company
1725 DeSales Street NW
Washington, DC  20036
$501 Business Insurance12/18/2007
The McLaughlin Company
1725 DeSales Street NW
Washington, DC  20036
$1,704 Insurance Premium11/30/2006
The McLaughlin Group
1725 DeSales
Washington, DC  20006
$1,704 Liability Insurance10/31/2005
The McLaughlin Group
1725 DeSales Ave
Washington, DC  20006
$400 Liability Insurnace12/13/2005
The McLaughlin Group
1725 DeSales St NW
Washington, DC  20006
$913 Workmans' Compensation Insurance10/27/2005
The Organizing Group
888 16th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$2,432 Meals/Staging Site/Office Supplies11/14/2005
The Organizing Group
888 16th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$23,250 Organizing Services09/30/2005-
12/06/2005
The Strategy Group
1603 Orrington Ave #1730
Evanston, IL  60201
$349,123 Direct Mail10/18/2004-
10/21/2004
The Strategy Group
1603 Orrington Ave #1730
Evanston, IL  60201
$310,327 Media Buy10/26/2004
The Strategy Group, Inc.
1603 Orrington Ave
Evanston, IL  60201
$8,333 Mail Design09/19/2005
The Thunder Road Group
888 16th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$844 Bookkeeping Services03/23/2005
The Thunder Road Group
888 16th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$11,820 Communications Research01/13/2005
The Thunder Road Group
888 16th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$1,498 Media Consulting02/16/2005
The Thunder Road Group
888 16th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$1,086,764 Research Communications01/31/2004-
06/29/2004
The Washington Post
1150 15th Street NW
Washington, DC  20071
$1,270 Recruitment Advertising10/20/2005
Thunder Road Group
888 16th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$504 Bookkeeping Services08/01/2005
Thunder Road Group
888 16th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$158,125 Communications Research10/26/2004
Thunder Road Group, LLC
888 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
$38,168 Research Communication07/08/2004
Thunder Road Group, LLC.
888 16th Street NW, Suite 740
Washington, DC  20006
$54,187 Research & Communications09/30/2004
Thunder Road Group, LLC.
888 16th Street NW, Suite 740
Washington, DC  20006
$163,221 Research Communication08/12/2004-
08/31/2004
TNS Media intelligence
2800 Shirlington Rd #700
Arlington, VA  22206
$25,000 Research10/26/2004
Toledo Blade
Po Box 921
Toledo, OH  43697
$7,239 Media Buy10/29/2004
Travelers
PO Box 3556
Orlando, FL  32802
$-596 Refund of Work Comp Insurance Overpayment01/12/2007
Travelers Indemnity & Affiliates
PO Box 96359
Chicago, IL  60693
$-884 Refund of Insurance Premium11/06/2007-
12/17/2007
Travelers Indemnity & Affiliates
PO Box 96359
Chicago, IL  60693
$675 Work Comp Insurance08/10/2007
United Parcel Service
P.O. Box 7247-0244
Philadelphia, PA  19170
$35 Overnight Shipping10/20/2004
Virginia Department of Taxation
PO Box 1777
Richmond, VA  23218
$40 Payroll Taxes03/26/2007
Walker Marchant Group
2250 17th Street NW #120
Washington, DC  20016
$827,171 Media Buy10/07/2004-
10/27/2004
Walker Marchant Group
2050 17th Street NW #1200
Washington, DC  20016
$46,087 Media Commission10/15/2004-
10/27/2004
Walker Marchant Group
2050 17th Street NW #120
Washington, DC  20016
$108,181 Media Consulting10/29/2004-
11/15/2004
Walker Marchant Group, LLC.
2050 17th Street, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC  20016
$199,981 Media Buy10/07/2004
Walker Marchant Group, LLC.
2050 17th Street, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC  20016
$61,906 Media Commission10/01/2004-
10/07/2004
Walker Merchant Group, LLC
2050 17th Street, NW
#1200
Washington, DC  20016
$778,822 Media Buy09/13/2004-
09/30/2004
Walker Merchant Group, LLC
2050 17th Street, NW
#1200
Washington, DC  20016
$49,251 Media Commissions09/20/2004
Walker Merchant Group, LLC.
2050 17th Street, NW
#1200
Washington, DC  20016
$416,208 Media Buy09/23/2004
Waterfront Strategies
1010 Wisconsin Ave NW
Ste 800
Washington, DC  20007
$188,125 Media Buy10/27/2006
Westhill Marketing Sciences
60 Broad Street, 29th Fl.
New York, NY  10004
$50,250 Research05/13/2004-
05/21/2004
Westhill Partners
919 18th Street NW
Washington, DC  20005
$45,000 Media Consulting01/25/2005-
08/03/2005
Westhill Partners
919 18th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$45,000 Media Consulting02/16/2005-
05/05/2005
Westhill Partners
919 18th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$15,033 Media Consulting/Shipping06/01/2005
Westhill Partners
919 18th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$15,134 Media Consulting/Travel03/31/2005
Westhill Partners
919 18th Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
$82 Travel/Telephone04/27/2005
Whitney Wyatt Burns
P.O. Box 1174
Springfield, VA  22151
$20,418 Accounting Fees09/02/2004-
10/26/2004
Zimmerman & Associates
1250 6th Street
Suite 202
Santa Monica, CA  90401
$90,968 Media Production07/28/2004-
09/30/2004
Zimmerman & Associates
1250 Sixth St #202
Santa Monica, CA  90401
$37,520 Media Research10/26/2004
Zimmerman & Markman
725 Arizona Ave #406
Santa Monica, CA  90401
$1,240 Media Production Expense04/12/2005
Zimmerman Markham
1250 6th St. 202
Santa Monica, CA  90401
$79,814 Media Production05/21/2004-
06/23/2004

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