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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NONE | ONDER VICTORY FUND | — | PAC | $7,000 | 1 | $0 |
| NONE | LAMANTIA FAMILY PAC | — | PAC | $7,000 | 1 | $41,409 |
| NONE | STOP COMMUNISM PAC | — | Hybrid PAC | $7,000 | 2 | $52,183 |
| ALME | ACCOUNTABLE LEADERS FOR MONTANA'S EXCELLENCE | — | PAC | $7,000 | 1 | $7,970 |
| NONE | SOONER INTEGRITY FUND | — | Super PAC | $7,000 | 1 | $43 |
| — | HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA | — | Independent-expenditure filer | $6,880 | 2 | $0 |
| NONE | FRIENDS OF JERLILIA RYANS FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $6,859 | 1 | — | |
| CRAWFORD MURPHY & TILLY INC (CMT) | CRAWFORD MURPHY & TILLY INC PAC | — | PAC | $6,750 | 8 | $20,988 |
| AMERICAN PHARMACIES, INC. | AMERICAN PHARMACIES, INC. FEDERAL PAC | — | PAC | $6,750 | 2 | $38,436 |
| — | ATTICUS LABS INC. PAC | — | PAC | $6,725 | 1 | $26,837 |
| SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 2024 | AMODEI FOR NEVADA | House campaign | $6,700 | 5 | — | |
| ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA | ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $6,700 | 4 | $26,102 |
| — | INDIVISIBLE PROJECT INC. | — | Independent-expenditure filer | $6,694 | 5 | $0 |
| — | WE INVEST IN LIVES AND DREAMS PAC | — | PAC | $6,684 | 1 | $0 |
| NONE | MISSOURI CONSERVATIVES FOR CONGRESS PAC | — | Super PAC | $6,650 | 2 | $3,093 |
| — | AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FKA ASMT/PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $6,500 | 7 | $61,661 |
| NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC | AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE PAC - OKLAHOMA | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $6,500 | 4 | $235,093 |
| ENGINEERS; INT'L UNION OF OPERATING | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 68 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $6,500 | 4 | $19,234 |
| — | NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $6,500 | 3 | $53,439 |
| BASIN ELECTRIC POWER CO-OP | BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BASIN ELECTRIC PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $6,500 | 5 | $40,485 |
| — | PACIFIC COAST PRODUCERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FEDERAL | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $6,500 | 3 | $17,371 |
| — | MAX'S PAC | PAC | $6,500 | 2 | $160,227 | |
| NONE | CLARKE FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $6,500 | 5 | — | |
| REPUBLIC SERVICES INC. | REPUBLIC SERVICES INC. EMPLOYEES FOR BETTER GOVT. PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $6,500 | 2 | $215,066 |
| NORTH CAROLINA SOYBEAN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION NC SOYPAC | NORTH CAROLINA SOYBEAN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION NC SOYPAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $6,500 | 7 | $61,446 |
| ADAMS | CAPITOL HEEL PAC | — | PAC | $6,500 | 4 | $1,884 |
| — | THE JOCKEY CLUB PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $6,500 | 5 | $41,430 |
| — | CITIZENS FOR JOHN RUTHERFORD | House campaign | $6,500 | 3 | — | |
| NONE | RALPH NORMAN FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $6,500 | 3 | — | |
| — | STARKEY PAC | — | PAC | $6,500 | 3 | $11,999 |
| NEXTDECADE CORPORATION | NEXTDECADE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $6,500 | 4 | $65,153 |
| — | ALL IN PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $6,500 | 3 | $10,564 |
| — | THE MODERATE PAC, INC. | — | Hybrid PAC | $6,500 | 3 | $267 |
| FORGING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION | FORGING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE-FORGING FORGINGPAC | — | PAC | $6,500 | 3 | $31,392 |
| BRECHEEN | JOSH BRECHEEN FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $6,500 | 3 | — | |
| — | GRIT & HEART PAC | — | PAC | $6,500 | 7 | $6,455 |
| — | INTEGRATION INNOVATION, INC. PAC | — | PAC | $6,500 | 2 | $4,700 |
| NATIONAL COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYERS | NATIONAL COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYERS (AG EMPLOYER LABOR PAC) | — | PAC | $6,500 | 5 | $30,250 |
| GLOBAL PAYMENTS, INC. | WORLDPAY, LLC GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND (WORLDPAY/GLOBAL PAYMENTS, INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $6,500 | 3 | $69,244 |
| PHRONESISDC, LLC | PHRONESISDC, LLC PAC (PHRONESISDC PAC) | — | PAC | $6,500 | 3 | $3,419 |
| ICELAVEN DEVELOPMENT GROUP | ICELAVEN DEVELOPMENT GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $6,500 | 2 | $1,442 |
| BLUESTEM BIOSCIENCES INC | BLUESTEM BIOSCIENCES INC PAC | — | PAC | $6,500 | 4 | $40,818 |
| Y COMBINATOR MANAGEMENT, LLC | Y COMBINATOR MANAGEMENT, LLC POLITICAL COMMITTEE (LITTLE TECH PAC) | — | PAC | $6,500 | 5 | $86,854 |
| — | SMUCKER FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $6,350 | 3 | — | |
| — | CF INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEES' GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND | PAC (multicandidate) | $6,300 | 4 | $20,931 | |
| NONE | TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PAC | — | PAC | $6,200 | 2 | $6,605 |
| — | NORTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $6,200 | 2 | $18,451 |
| — | EMGAGE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | Hybrid PAC | $6,096 | 3 | $135,734 |
| — | VOTAR ES PODER PAC | — | Super PAC | $6,015 | 1 | $329,099 |
| AMERICAN SHEEP INDUSTRY ASSOC INC | AMERICAN SHEEP INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION INC RAMS PAC | PAC (multicandidate) | $6,000 | 6 | $141,163 |
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.