DataDawn

Pure Information

Public records from across government and civil society. Searchable, free, citation-quality.

Explore five data surfaces ↓
25+ federal data sources Β· 180M+ public records, cross-referenced.
001 β€” Federal officials Β· live

Members of Congress

Every senator and representative β€” roll-call votes, stock trades, donations received, committee seats, sponsored bills, and earmarks. Built from public records.

536 current Β· 12.8K all-time Β· 8.4M votes Β· 886K speeches Β· 62K trades
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002 β€” Nonprofits Β· data live

Nonprofits & foundations

IRS Form 990 filings, foundation grants, officers and directors, and the Business Master File for ~2M tax-exempt organizations.

1.9M tax-exempt orgs Β· 5.2M filings Β· 13.6M grants
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003 β€” Public companies Β· hub in build

Public companies

SEC insider trading (Form 4) and corporate entity links. The dedicated company hub is in active development β€” gated on Form 4 promotion to the entity layer.

2.4M corporate & org entities searchable now Β· SEC Form 4 hub in development
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004 β€” Regulations Β· data live

Regulations & dockets

Federal Register documents, regulations.gov dockets and public comments, and the eCFR β€” the federal rulemaking record.

1M Federal Register docs Β· 256K dockets Β· 9.9M comments Β· eCFR
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005 β€” Connections

Connections

Curated cross-reference views that present how records in different datasets line up. DataDawn presents the connections; it does not interpret them.

3 curated cross-reference views
Lobbying on bills
Bills matched to the clients and filings that lobbied on them.
Commenters who lobby
Public-comment filers matched to lobbying registrants by name.
Witnesses who lobby
Hearing witnesses matched to lobbying registrants by name.
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006 β€” Walkthroughs

Guided walkthroughs

Short, apolitical screen tours of how to use each surface β€” built from real public records, start to finish.

Profiling a member of Congress
Search a legislator β†’ votes, stock trades, donations, sponsored bills, earmarks.
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In production
Tracing a foundation's grantmaking
Search β†’ 990-PF β†’ grants made β†’ click through to the grantee.
Recording when the nonprofit hub ships
In production
Researching a public company
Cross-dataset corporate profiling across filings and entities.
Recording when the company hub ships
In production
Tracking a regulation's lifecycle
Search β†’ docket β†’ public comments β†’ final rule.
Recording when the regulations hub ships
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