527 organization

A "527 organization" is kind of like a special club that people can join to try to get other people to vote for certain politicians or to support certain issues. The club can raise money from people who agree with their goals, and they can use that money to run ads or send out flyers to try to convince people to vote the way they want them to.

But, there are rules that the club has to follow. They can't directly tell people who to vote for, and they can't work too closely with the candidates they support. They also have to tell the government who gave them money and how much they got.

So, think of it like a club that tries to persuade people to support certain ideas or politicians, but they have to follow some rules about how they do it and who they work with.