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According to its latest available tax filing (2015), the ABA had a total of $78.9 million in revenue, $75.3 million in expenses, and $34.1 million in net assets. The ABA also has a number of related organizations including: American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America; Americans Against Food Taxes; Americans for Food and Beverage Choice; American Beverage Association Fund for Consumer Choice; and American Beverage Association PAC.
Led by the ABA, the soda industry spent $48.9 million on recent soda tax opposition campaigns in Cook County, IL; Philadelphia, PA; Boulder, CO; San Francisco, CA; Oakland, CA; Seattle, WA, Santa Fe, NM; and Albany, California, according to a November 2017 report <ref>Center for Science in the Public Interest, [https://cspinet.org/sites/default/files/attachment/big-soda-2017.pdf "Big Soda vs. Public Health: 2017 Edition,"] September 5, 2017.</ref> by the watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest.
==Recent Campaign Websites==
The ABA itself maintains a strong internet presence with a [http://www.ameribev.org/ website], [https://twitter.com/AmeriBev Twitter account], [https://www.facebook.com/AmeriBev/ Facebook account], and [https://www.youtube.com/user/AmericanBeverage YouTube account]. In addition, the organization creates and maintains a large number of “campaign websites” with linked social media accounts.
Below is a list of the some of the more recent ABA campaign websites.
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<li><a href="http://www.donttaxourgroceries.com/">No on V, Enough is Enough: Don’t Tax Our Groceries</a> (San Francisco)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.axthebevtax.com/">Ax the Bev Tax</a> (Philadelphia)</li>
<li><a href="http://nooaklandgrocerytax.com/default.aspx?NoModal=True">No on HH: No Grocery Tax</a> (Oakland)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.stopthecookcountytax.com/">Can the Tax Coalition</a> (Cook County)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.betterwayforsantafe.com/">Better Way for Santa Fe & Pre-K </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.keepseattlelivableforall.com/">Keep Seattle Livable for All</a></li>
<li><a href="http://noon2h.com/default.aspx">No on 2H: Stop the Beverage and Grocery Tax (Boulder) </a></li>
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