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.
- Cash on hand
- The committee's own reported balance at the close of its last reporting period, taken from its FEC summary filing — not a total of the itemized contributions beside it. A dash means no summary filing is on file for this committee.
Full definitions in the methodology glossary.
4307 committees.
| Funding organization | Committee | Party | Type | Total given | Recipients | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA) PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 8 | $110,814 |
| — | WESTERN GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $71,930 | |
| XEROX CORPORATION | XEROX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (XPAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 1 | $133,390 |
| — | U A LOCAL 85 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 1 | $177,511 |
| MAZI VICTORY FUND | NEW YORK STATE CONSERVATIVE PARTY | Party committee (qualified) | $10,000 | 1 | $21,065 | |
| NATIONAL PAWNBROKERS ASSOCIATION INC | NATIONAL PAWNBROKERS ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NPA-PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 1 | $54,552 |
| CICILLINE | RIPPLE OF HOPE PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 5 | $1,048 |
| AMUSEMENT & MUSIC OPERATORS ASSOCIATION | AMUSEMENT & MUSIC OPERATORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 3 | $149,942 |
| — | SAINT PAUL PIPEFITTERS/STEAMFITTERS LOCAL 455 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $85 |
| AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS PAC | AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $18,277 |
| — | IDT CORPORATION PAC ('IDT PAC') | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 1 | $54,401 |
| AMERICAN COATINGS ASSOCIATION INC. | AMERICAN COATINGS ASSOCIATION INC.POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PAINT-PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 1 | $15,608 |
| RED GOLD, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | RED GOLD, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 5 | $34,806 |
| — | FREEDOM FOR AMERICA (FFA PAC) | Hybrid PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $210,467 | |
| — | CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC. EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CEIPAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 8 | $88,151 |
| DEUTSCHE BANK USA CORPORATION | DEUTSCHE BANK USA CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $13,598 |
| COMMITTEE ON PIPE AND TUBE IMPORTS FEDERAL PAC | COMMITTEE ON PIPE AND TUBE IMPORTS FEDERAL PAC | — | PAC | $10,000 | 4 | $20,309 |
| — | SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA | Party committee (qualified) | $10,000 | 2 | $7,030 | |
| — | MISSOURI 5 COMMITTEE | PAC | $10,000 | 1 | $241,743 | |
| TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP. | TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP. PAC (TRIWEST ALLIANCE PAC) | — | PAC | $10,000 | 4 | $21,324 |
| — | SAWTOOTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SAWTOOTH PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 3 | $41,770 |
| — | SKIPAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 1 | $11,669 |
| — | PATRIOT FUND | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 5 | $325,387 | |
| NONE | WHO DAT PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $79,261 |
| PIT CREW FUND | HUDSON FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $10,000 | 4 | — | |
| TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND | DOUG LAMALFA COMMITTEE | House campaign | $10,000 | 2 | — | |
| ROKITA | THE FUND FOR AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $23,279 | |
| — | FULL HOUSE PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 3 | $38,635 |
| THE ADT SECURITY CORPORATION | THE ADT SECURITY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ADT PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 3 | $98,421 |
| BROWNLEY | JOBS UNITE LABOR AND INDUSTRY IN AMERICA PAC (JULIA PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $211,364 |
| NONE | THINK BIG AMERICA PAC | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $590,707 | |
| JACKIE WALORSKI SWIHART | JUMP INTO ACTION FOR CONSERVATIVES TO KEEP OUR IDEAS ELEVATED PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 1 | $6,063 |
| — | BFB PAC | — | PAC | $10,000 | 10 | $101,248 |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF VISION CARE PLANS | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF VISION CARE PLANS (NAVCP) PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 3 | $35,794 |
| — | HEALTH JUSTICE PAC | — | PAC | $10,000 | 2 | $7,804 |
| TEAM ESTES | RON ESTES FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $10,000 | 5 | — | |
| COMER VICTORY FUND | CREATING OPPORTUNITIES, MARKETS AND ENTHUSIASM IN RURAL KENTUCKY PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $195,173 |
| — | LINDA COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $10,000 | 1 | — | |
| — | SIOUXLAND ETHANOL LLC PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 1 | $101,789 |
| — | MAJORITY IN ACTION | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 1 | $0 |
| OORAH! POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | ALL HANDS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 1 | $133,500 |
| — | DAKOTA LEADERSHIP PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $510,607 |
| — | I.B.E.W. LOCAL 103 FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 7 | $478,658 |
| DEMAIO | CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP PAC | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $9,439 | |
| CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION | VOTE NURSES VALUES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE: CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION | — | Super PAC | $10,000 | 1 | $266,291 |
| — | ELECT REPUBLICANS | — | Hybrid PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $134,935 |
| — | TRUTH TO POWER | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $272,692 |
| NONE | CONSERVATIVE BATTLEGROUND FUND | — | PAC | $10,000 | 2 | $31,783 |
| TUBERVILLE | COACH PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $10,000 | 2 | $61,116 |
| — | FREE MARKET FUND | — | PAC | $10,000 | 2 | $964 |
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.
Source: Senate LDA filings.