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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ROAD TO FREEDOM CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE | PAC (multicandidate) | $187,000 | 64 | |
| RYAN | PATRIOT PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $187,000 | 49 |
| ACA INTERNATIONAL | ACPAC ACA INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $186,500 | 38 |
| AVANGRID | AVANGRID POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $186,500 | 49 |
| — | WITH HONOR PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $186,500 | 42 |
| AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY - HEAD AND NECK SURGERY ENT PAC | AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY ENT PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $186,000 | 64 |
| — | APPLIED INTUITION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (APPLIED PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $185,250 | 37 |
| — | NATSO INC. NATSO PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $185,000 | 51 |
| — | M-PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $185,000 | 24 |
| — | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $185,000 | 20 |
| VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY | VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $184,500 | 53 |
| PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPORATION | PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPORATION FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('PROTECTIVEPAC') | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $184,500 | 64 |
| — | ABRAHAM LINCOLN PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $184,500 | 55 |
| — | ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $183,122 | 56 |
| MATSON, INC. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMITTEE | MATSON, INC. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMITTEE | PAC (multicandidate) | $183,000 | 28 | |
| — | H&R BLOCK INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BLOCKPAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $183,000 | 75 |
| — | THE AMERICAN CENTERPOINT PAC INC. | — | Super PAC | $183,000 | 1 |
| UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC | VPP | — | Hybrid PAC (multicandidate) | $182,994 | 34 |
| NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION | NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CANDY PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $182,500 | 64 |
| CORNING INCORPORATED | CORNING INCORPORATED EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (COREPAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $182,038 | 57 |
| NONE | LEAN FORWARD AMERICA | — | PAC | $182,000 | 56 |
| — | VITORIA PAC | PAC (multicandidate) | $181,500 | 36 | |
| — | AMERICA'S MOUNTAIN PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $181,300 | 44 |
| NONE | FOLEY & LARDNER POLITICAL FUND, INC. | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $180,500 | 94 |
| SCHNEIDER | BRIDGE THE GAP PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $180,000 | 54 |
| SCOTT | LETS GET TO WORK PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $180,000 | 25 |
| HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE | HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $179,500 | 56 |
| REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. | REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; RAI PAC | PAC (multicandidate) | $178,500 | 65 | |
| UNITED AIRLINES MASTER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (UALMEC) | UNITED PILOTS PAC/UNITED AIRLINES MASTER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $178,500 | 59 |
| EQUITABLE HOLDINGS, INC. | EQUITABLE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EQUITABLE PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $178,000 | 64 |
| — | ALLIANCE FOR PHARMACY COMPOUNDING PAC (COMP PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $177,500 | 43 |
| — | ACROSS THE AISLE PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $177,500 | 24 |
| SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SWAPAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $177,000 | 86 |
| — | HIGHWATER PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $177,000 | 30 |
| — | TEXAS PATH TO FREEDOM PAC | — | Super PAC | $176,035 | 2 |
| — | NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $175,150 | 38 |
| THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. PAC | THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $175,000 | 53 |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FRANKLIN TEMPLETON PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $174,500 | 53 |
| INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW | UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW | PAC (multicandidate) | $173,750 | 46 | |
| MCCORMICK | PENNSYLVANIA HONOR | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $173,500 | 26 |
| — | FINANCIAL SERVICES INSTITUTE PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $172,500 | 36 |
| MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION | MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $171,000 | 46 |
| ASCO ASSOCIATION | ASCO ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASCO ASSOCIATION PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $171,000 | 66 |
| LG&E - KU POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | PPL CORPORATION PEOPLE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $170,500 | 58 |
| — | AFFORDABILITY AND PROGRESS PAC | — | Super PAC | $170,164 | 2 |
| BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY PAC | BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $170,000 | 80 |
| — | TENASKA INC EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $170,000 | 67 |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | META PLATFORMS, INC. PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $170,000 | 80 |
| — | PERIMETER PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $170,000 | 22 |
| NORTHEAST SENATE VICTORY COMMITTEE | TOGETHER HOLDING OUR MAJORITY PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $170,000 | 24 |
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 | $63,860,000 | 369 | 12 | 760 |
| BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | $41,500,000 | 378 | 344 | 771 |
| LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION | $40,000,000 | 1 | 24 | 2 |
| CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. | $39,500,000 | 1 | 720 | 2 |
| AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD | $35,930,000 | 321 | 250 | 654 |
| BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS | $34,905,000 | 363 | 34 | 632 |
| CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. | $31,270,000 | 375 | 338 | 778 |
| HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP | $28,100,000 | 341 | 470 | 702 |
| MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC | $27,140,000 | 185 | 45 | 323 |
| CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS | $25,800,000 | 134 | 15 | 297 |
| CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC | $22,587,558 | 158 | 0 | 340 |
| AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | $21,583,000 | 1 | 554 | 4 |
| INVARIANT LLC | $21,410,000 | 214 | 290 | 386 |
| THORN RUN PARTNERS | $19,080,000 | 266 | 141 | 544 |
| CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. | $15,960,000 | 184 | 194 | 375 |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | $15,460,000 | 1 | 76 | 1 |
| CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC | $14,920,000 | 177 | 762 | 356 |
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS | $14,145,000 | 191 | 50 | 382 |
| MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC | $13,720,000 | 123 | 4 | 261 |
| S-3 GROUP | $13,630,000 | 124 | 60 | 260 |
Source: Senate LDA filings.