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''Politico'' reported that in many ways the DA "mirrors" the [[Koch brothers]] network, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars to politically active organizations such as [[Americans for Prosperity]] that operate largely outside of campaign finance disclosure rules. Like the Kochs, the DA also has a policy of closing its meetings to press and declining to make public its contributors.<ref name="liberal conspiracy"/>
However, ''Politico'' also noted that the DA operates at a lower scale than the Koch network, spending about $500 million between 2005 and 2014, compared to the Kochs' $400 million just in 2014. In addition, donors have more discretion about which organizations receive their contributions. As ''Politico'' explains,
:"Koch network donors are expected to provide almost every penny of the Koch operation’s $290 million 2014 spending goal. By contrast, DA donors — or “partners,” in the club’s parlance — are projected to provide a maximum of $39 million toward the $200 million 2014 spending goal of the 21 core DA groups, according to the briefing booklet. That means most of the cash raised by DA-linked groups actually comes from donors, institutions or revenue streams outside the DA’s cloistered ranks. Another difference: While DA partners are required to donate at least $200,000 a year to recommended groups, they ultimately decide to which group their money goes. The Koch network, on the other hand, collects contributions in the nonprofit political hub [[Freedom Partners]] Chamber of Commerce, which then distributes the cash mostly as it sees fit to groups in the network."<ref name="liberal conspiracy"/>
