Texas Home School Coalition (THSC) is the most politically active group in Texas dedicated to issue advocacy on behalf of homeschool parents and families. The THSC is made of three organizations, THSC – a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, THSC PAC – a state focused political action committee, and the THSC Association – a 501(c)(4) non-profit focused on …

Self-dubbed the “Voice of Texas’ business,” the Texas Association of Business (TAB) has been involved in both policy advocacy and campaigns over the years. Originally aligned with Republican interests over a Democrat-led legislature, in recent years TAB has supported more moderate Republicans and Democrats friendly with the speaker of the Texas House, Joe Straus, rather …

Founded in 1974, the Associated Republicans of Texas (ART) is a state-focused political action committee whose stated purpose is to “keep Texas a conservative, Republican-led state.” With wording like that one would expect their financials to be chock-full of contributions to conservative candidates, but that’s not the case. Rather than examining voting records or how “conservative” a …

Formed in 2006, Empower Texans is the largest taxpayer advocacy group in Texas. The organization is made up of three entities, including Empower Texans, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit (also known as Texans for Fiscal Responsibility), the Empower Texans Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, and the Empower Texans PAC, a general-purpose political action committee. One of the …

Based out of Austin, Texas, the Texas Alliance for Life PAC and Texas Alliance for Life (TAL), a 501(c)(4) organization, advocate for restrictions on abortion. During the legislative session TAL works in the Capitol either supporting or opposing particular bills relating to abortion, meanwhile during election season their PAC actively works to help or defeat certain …