Money
Who paid: FEC committees ranked by total committee-to-candidate contributions given. Counts and sums only.
How this money flows — and what each column means
Federal law bars corporations, unions, and nonprofits from giving candidates money out of their own treasuries. What they can do is sponsor a committee — and the committee moves the money:
- Funding organization
- The actor at the start of the flow — what the FEC calls the committee's "connected organization": the corporation, union, or association that sponsors the committee and whose employees or members fund it. When a committee has a bland name, this column says who is actually behind it. (Super PACs use the field loosely — often naming an affiliated committee instead of a sponsor; candidate committees usually name none.)
- Committee
- The FEC-registered entity that legally raises and spends. Every row in this table is one. Committees are the vehicle, not the actor.
- Party
- Self-declared at FEC registration. Candidate and party committees declare one; most PACs deliberately do not — that is the dash.
- Type
- What the committee is legally allowed to do. A regular PAC gives directly to candidates under per-election caps. A Super PAC raises unlimited money but may only spend independently — it can never hand money to a candidate. Hybrid PACs run both models from separate accounts; campaign committees belong to a single candidate.
- Total given & Recipients
- Itemized committee-to-candidate contributions in our data, and how many distinct candidates received them. Click a committee to see exactly who.
Full definitions in the methodology glossary.
4259 committees.
| Funding organization | Committee | Party | Type | Total given | Recipients |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | NATIONAL READY MIXED CONCRETE ASSN. PAC (CONCRETEPAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $207,000 | 65 |
| — | EXPERIAN NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXPERIAN PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $206,000 | 67 |
| — | INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IRI PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $206,000 | 68 |
| NONE | SOLIDARITY VICTORY PAC | — | Super PAC | $205,619 | 4 |
| MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC. | MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC. EMPLOYEE PAC (MASTERCARD PAC) OR (MASTERCARD EMPLOYEE PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $205,500 | 74 |
| — | PEOPLE FOR INTEGRITY IN GOVERNMENT | — | Super PAC | $205,382 | 2 |
| ARKANSAS RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | WATERPAC - NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION POLITICAL COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $205,000 | 28 |
| NONE | MCGUIREWOODS FEDERAL PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $204,000 | 94 |
| NONE | MONTANA FREEDOM PAC | — | Super PAC | $203,360 | 2 |
| NONE | PHILLY FIRST SUPER PAC | — | Super PAC | $202,732 | 1 |
| — | GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GUIDEWELL PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $202,500 | 64 |
| BLUEPAC - BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION PAC | BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA PAC (SHIELD PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $202,000 | 43 |
| PG&E CORPORATION | PG&E CORPORATION EMPLOYEES ENERGYPAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $201,572 | 75 |
| TARGET CORPORATION | TARGET CORPORATION CITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM (TARGETCITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $201,000 | 101 |
| — | SILICORN VALLEY PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $201,000 | 67 |
| TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY | TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $200,500 | 55 |
| — | DEFEND THE DREAM | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $200,000 | 29 |
| — | HF SINCLAIR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DINO PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $199,500 | 62 |
| — | CENTER FORWARD INITIATIVE INC (CFI) | — | Super PAC | $199,074 | 2 |
| NATIONAL ROOFING AND CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION | NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION ROOF PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $199,000 | 70 |
| AECOM | AECOM PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $199,000 | 94 |
| OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL | OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $198,500 | 51 |
| AMERICAN CLEAN POWER ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN CLEAN POWER ASSOCIATION CLEANPOWER PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $198,000 | 47 |
| SALT RIVER VALLEY WATER USERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE ( SRPPIC) | SALT RIVER VALLEY WATER USERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE ( SRPPIC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $197,500 | 80 |
| SQUIRE SANDERS (US) LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SQUIRE SANDERS PAC) | SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $197,500 | 118 |
| — | OCEANS PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $197,500 | 24 |
| WILLIAMS | PATRIOTS IN ACTION | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $196,000 | 42 |
| — | OUR FUTURE COLORADO | — | Super PAC | $195,250 | 1 |
| KENNEDY | COMMON SENSE FOR AMERICA PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $195,000 | 22 |
| — | JACKSON HOLDINGS LLC AND JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY FEDERAL SSF (JACKSON NATIONAL FEDER | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $195,000 | 66 |
| TORRES | LA BAMBA PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $195,000 | 27 |
| NONE | ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP (APKS) PARTNERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $194,500 | 82 |
| HERZOG | HERZOG PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $194,500 | 65 |
| NATIONAL NURSES UNITED | NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTION | — | Super PAC | $194,395 | 9 |
| — | AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION LTD. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARI PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $193,500 | 82 |
| NONE | NORPAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $192,800 | 22 |
| NONE | POET PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $192,500 | 30 |
| SLOTKIN | MITTEN PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $192,500 | 26 |
| BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. | BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. PAC (AKA BREAD FINANCIAL PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $192,250 | 44 |
| NATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION FOUNDATION | CAP-PAC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION FOUNDATION INC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $192,000 | 52 |
| — | TRANSDIGM GROUP INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $192,000 | 31 |
| NONE | THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER PAC | — | Super PAC | $191,000 | 1 |
| COZEN O'CONNOR | COZEN O'CONNOR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $190,749 | 89 |
| NONE | NEW YORKERS FIGHTING BACK (NYFB) | — | Super PAC | $190,063 | 2 |
| HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $190,000 | 53 |
| — | UPPER HAND FUND | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $190,000 | 33 |
| — | GRANITE VALUES PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $190,000 | 20 |
| — | ELECT DEMS NOW PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $190,000 | 53 |
| NONE | NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $188,500 | 99 |
| THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA | THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (GUARDIAN LIFE P | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $188,000 | 68 |
Hover any column header for what it means. A dash means the committee reports nothing for that field to the FEC — most PACs report no party. "Super PAC" committees raise unlimited money for independent spending but cannot give to candidates directly. Definitions live in the methodology glossary.
Source: FEC bulk data (committee-to-candidate contributions).
Top lobbying registrants
Lobbying firms ranked by total reported lobbying spend, grouped by registrant. These figures come from filings made under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) — the 1995 law that requires paid lobbyists to file public quarterly reports naming their client, the issues (often specific bills) they lobbied on, and their total spend for the quarter (glossary). Campaign money and lobbying spend are separate channels: the committees above are FEC campaign contributions (money to candidates); the registrants below are lobbying income/spend (money to influence legislation). This platform does not yet link an FEC committee to a lobbying registrant — entity resolution to bridge the two is not built, so read neither total as flowing into the other.
Honesty note: each amount is a gross sum of per-quarter lump sums a registrant reported (roadmap §3.2). The filings name which bills were lobbied on, but never how much of the money went to any one bill, and never whether the filer supported or opposed it.
| Registrant (lobbying firm) | Total reported | Clients | Bill mentions | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALLARD PARTNERS | $57,940,000 | 369 | 12 | 684 |
| LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION | $40,000,000 | 1 | 24 | 2 |
| CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. | $39,500,000 | 1 | 720 | 2 |
| BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | $39,260,000 | 378 | 328 | 737 |
| CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. | $30,180,000 | 375 | 308 | 759 |
| HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP | $25,560,000 | 341 | 413 | 644 |
| CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS | $25,380,000 | 134 | 15 | 288 |
| BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS | $21,465,000 | 363 | 19 | 428 |
| INVARIANT LLC | $17,740,000 | 214 | 220 | 324 |
| AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD | $17,560,000 | 321 | 115 | 346 |
| AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | $15,940,000 | 1 | 260 | 2 |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | $15,460,000 | 1 | 76 | 1 |
| MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC | $15,260,000 | 184 | 24 | 203 |
| CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. | $14,190,000 | 184 | 151 | 340 |
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS | $14,095,000 | 190 | 48 | 380 |
| S-3 GROUP | $13,630,000 | 124 | 60 | 260 |
| STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS | $12,590,000 | 185 | 10 | 362 |
| MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. | $12,310,000 | 134 | 265 | 236 |
| PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA | $12,210,000 | 1 | 63 | 1 |
| CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC | $11,910,000 | 182 | 249 | 311 |
Source: Senate LDA filings.